Publications / Teaching

Teachings

Here are a few curriculum changes that include the use of this facility. This is a list of hands-on lab experimentsand data analysis examples. (All ATOC 1070 weather labs can be reviewed here)

Undergraduate Level (90 minutes lab classes)

Precipitation Lab using disdrometer, rain gauge, and weather radar
Radiation Lab using ceilometer, pyranometer, and pyrgeometer

Publications and Presentations

Included here is a list of publications and presentations related to the ATOC Skywatch facility describing the instruments and implementation into undergraduate teaching curriculum.

Presentations

Kittelman, S. A. and S. E. LeBlanc, 2010: Keeping an eye to the sky - An Introduction to the ATOC Skywatch Laboratory, ATOC Seminar Series, Boulder, CO
LeBlanc, S. E., P. Pilewskie, S. Kittelman, K. Friedrich, 2009: Summary of the Skywatch Suite of Instruments, ATOC Studen Poster Conference, Boulder, CO

Teaching implementation and research

Trenbath, K., A. S. Kittelman, P. Pilewskie, and K. Friedrich, 2010: Transforming an Atmospheric Science Undergraduate Lab - Integrating Skywatch Observatory into ATOC 1070, ATOC Student Poster Conference, Boulder, CO
Trenbath, K., et al. 2011: Course Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement Poster
Trenbath, K., et al. 2011: Course Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement Paper

Research articles using Skywatch data

LeMone, M. A., T. W. Schlatter, and R. T. enson, 2013: A stricking cloud over Boulder Colorado: What is its altitude and does it matter? Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 94, 634-643.

Student Projects

Included here is a few collaborations and student projects that have occurred since the start of this facility

Student Projects

ATOC 4710, P. Pilewskie: Skywatch Downward Surface Irradiance-2015 class project
Cloud height comparison
Pyranometer comparison
Pyrgeometer and CG4 cross calibrations
Ozone measurement comparisons
SSFR optical head comparisons