Boulder (BOU)

United States

GRUAN status

active
since 2012
certified
2014
recertified
2018, 2023

Site Name

GRUAN (code, name)
BOU Boulder
-short
Marshall
-long, international
National Center for Atmospheric Research - Marshall Field Test Site
-long, national
NCAR Marshall Field Test Site
WMO (code, name)
72471

Location

Country
United States
State
Colorado
Latitude
39.95 °N
Longitude
105.20 °W
Altitude
1743 m

Map

Institution / Operator

Name
NOAA/ESRL/GMD
-long, international
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Earth System Research Laboratory/Global Monitoring Division
-long, national
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Earth System Research Laboratory/Global Monitoring Division
Website
www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd
Description

Site Contact

Name
Elizabeth Asher
Affiliation
NOAA/ESRL/GMD
Address
325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305 USA
Email
elizabeth.asher@noaa.gov
Phone
Fax

Site Description

Foundation
General type
rural but proximate to city of Boulder
Topography
rolling hills
Land use (within 10 km)
start of prarie grass landscape with nearby urbanization
Climate
mid-latitude, mid-continental climate influence by mountains
Website

Non Co-located Sites

Boulder
10 km southeast from Marshall; site with GPS column water, Microwave profiler (WV, T, H2O), FTIR column water
Table Mtn
12 km north from Boulder; site with full BSRN instrumentation

Relevant Documents

ICM-14 (2022)

GRUAN Site Report for Boulder - Dale Hurst

ICM-13 (2021)

GRUAN Station Report for Boulder - Dale Hurst

ICM-12 (2020)

GRUAN Site Report for Boulder - Dale Hurst
Progress on the development of a novel NOAA FPH cooled by dry ice + ethanol - Dale Hurst

ICM-11 (2019)

GRUAN Site Report for Boulder - Dale Hurst

ICM-10 (2018)

GRUAN Site Report for Boulder - Dale Hurst
Anomalously Strong and Rapid Drying of the Tropical Lower Stratosphere in 2016: Connections to Both the QBO and ENSO - Dale Hurst

ICM-9 (2017)

GRUAN Site Report for Boulder - Dale Hurst

ICM-8 (2016)

GRUAN Station Report for Boulder - Dale Hurst
NOAA/NWS/SFSC MODERNIZATION UPDATES AND PLANS - Jim Fitzgibbon and Dan Brewer

ICM-7 (2015)

GRUAN Station Report for Boulder - Dale Hurst

ICM-6 (2014)

GRUAN Station Report for Boulder - Dale Hurst
Validation of Aura Microwave Limb Sounder stratospheric water vapor measurements by the NOAA frost point hygrometer - Dale Hurst

ICM-5 (2013)

Ascent‐Descent Differences in Radiosonde Pressure and Temperature Measurements - Dale Hurst
Boulder, Colorado - Dale Hurst

ICM-4 (2012)

Boulder, Colorado - Dale Hurst
Frost Point Hygrometers and GRUAN - Dale Hurst

ICM-3 (2011)

Site report: Boulder, USA - Dale Hurst and June Wang
Boulder, Colorado 2010 Site Report - Dale Hurst

ICM-2 (2010)

Site report: Boulder, Colorado, USA - Dale Hurst
Site Progress Report: Boulder, Colorado - Dale Hurst and June Wang

ICM-1 (2009)

Site Description: Boulder, Colorado - Dale Hurst

Lindenberg (2008)

Boulder/Denver, Colorado as a GRUAN site - June Wang

 

Measurement Systems

KeyNameDescriptionInstrument ViewInstrument ChangeZIP
BOU-GN-01 GNSS Site P041
BOU-GN-02 GNSS site TMS3
BOU-RS-01 Marshall Radiosonde Launch Site 2023-06-07

Current data flow