CLAMPS: Past Deployments
This page provides summary information about past deployments of CLAMPS1 and CLAMPS2. If you have interest in any of these data, please contact us.
AWAKEN2023
The second phase of AWAKEN began in June 2023 for the OU-NSSL team. Again, CLAMPS2 deployed at DOE-ARM's E36 site. CLAMPS1 was at the Rolling Meadows golf course. This deployment lasted until October.
VORTEX-USA/PERiLS
The CLAMPS2 facility returned to the Southeast to support the PERiLS project from February-May 2023. CLAMPS1 was meant to deploy as well, but instrument repairs kept it sidelined. To meet mission goals, strategic choices were made to deploy CLAMPS2 in Lake Village, AR (where CLAMPS1 was deployed in PERiLS year 1).
AWAKEN2022
Through collaboration with DOE and partners at LLNL, both CLAMPS platforms deployed in N OK near large wind power installations for several weeks in support of the much larger AWAKEN project. CLAMPS2 deployed at DOE-ARM's E36 site. CLAMPS1 was at the Rolling Meadows golf course. This deployment repeats for a longer period in 2023. In 2022, the deployment lasted from mid October to late December.
TRACER-CUBIC and TRACER-UAS
The full DOE TRACER program was postponed by a year by COVID to this year. Both CLAMPS platforms and the UWisconsin SPARC facility were included in the TRACER-CUBIC deployment across the Houston, TX metro from early June until late September 2022. Note the few weeks in early June were conflicted with TORUS2022 for CLAMPS2's lidar. It arrived late. TRACER-UAS deployed several multi-week IOPs, some of which included co-deployment with CLAMPS2 specifically.
TORUS2022
The COVID-delayed second year of the TORUS project included the second version of the lidar truck. This platform is a dual-lidar capable truck and operated in dual-lidar mode for TORUS. It borrowed the CLAMPS2 lidar for this project which ran from mid-May through mid-June.
VORTEX-USA/PERiLS
From February to April 2022, both CLAMPS facilities deployed in support of the VORTEX-USA and NSF PERiLS missions. CLAMPS1 was located in Lake Village, AR. CLAMPS2 was located in Yazoo City, MS. While the CLAMPS systems were deplyoed continuously, this project included IOP-based CopterSonde deployments as well.
SPLASH/SAIL
In collaboration with other OAR labs and the DOE-SAIL project, CLAMPS2 deployed to Crested Butte, CO from October 2021 to January 2022 during SPLASH.
TRACER-AQ Collaboration
Although the main component of TRACER was delayed from 2021 to 2022, TRACER-AQ was still ongoing. CLAMPS1 deployed to Aldine, TX (N Houston) in support during Ausust-September.
NCAR-EOL Collaboration
July-August 2021 CLAMPS1 deployed to the NCAR Marshall Field Site along with several EOL instruments (MPDial, S-Pol, 30-m tower, RWP, etc.) for comparison and testing multi-instrument aproaches.
BLISSFUL
Both CLAMPS platforms deployed along with some additional experimental platform IOPs during June and July 2021 at the Kessler Farm site.
PBLTops
During August and September 2020, a CIMMS DDRF-funded deployment studied PBL-top detection methods by deploying CLAMPS2 near KOUN for 4 weeks and deploying CLAMPS1 and Kessler Farm for 2 weeks before moving it to NWS Shreveport (near KSHV) for 2 weeks.
NWC/RIL Deployment
During phased re-opening of OU in response to COVID19, CLAMPS1 deployed south of the RIL dock area in June 2020.
CHEESEHEAD
Both CLAMPS deployed in north central Wisconsin during September and October 2019.
SGP-MPDial campaign
The CLAMPS2 trailer (without Doppler lidar) supported NCAR/EOL in a test of thier water vapor DIAL system at the ARM-SGP site in June and July 2019. Measurements include thermodynamic retreival profiles.
TORUS2019
The CLAMPS2 Doppler lidar only supported the Targeted Observation by Radars and UAS of Supercells (TORUS) field campaign during May and June 2019. Measurements include VAD-retreived horizontal winds and vertical velocity measurements in the near-storm enviornment.
VORTEX-SE/MESO18-19
Both CLAMPS supported VSE deployments. CLAMPS1 deployed near Courtland, AL from Nov. 18 - Apr. 19. CLAMPS2 deployed near Cullman, AL from Feb. 19 - Apr. 19.
LAPSERATE
CLAMPS1 supported the LAPSERATE campaign in Colorado's San Luis Valley in July 2018.
VORTEX-SE
CLAMPS1 supported VORTEX-SE from Dec. 2017 - May 2018.
LAFE
CLAMPS2 supported the LAFE campaign at the ARM-SGP site in Aug 2017.
RIVoRS
CLAMPS2 deployed as part of a plains-roving campaign in May-June 2017.
Perdigao
In May-June 2017 CLAMPS1 deployed in a modular framework overseas as part of the Perdigao (Portugal) campaign.
EPIC PhaseII
CLAMPS2 supported the second phase of the EPIC campaign at the SGP site in May 2017.
VORTEX-SE
CLAMPS2 deployed from Feb-March 2017 near Scottboro, AL for VORTEX-SE.
EPIC PhaseI
CLAMPS2 supported the first phase of the EPIC campaign at the SGP site in October 2016.
Mini-MPEX
CLAMPS2's first deployment was plains-roving in May-June 2016.
VORTEX-SE
CLAMPS1 deployed near Belle Mina, AL from March-May 2016.
PECAN
CLAMPS1's first deployment was plains-roving in June and July of 2015.