CIRA - Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere

Christman Field Latest Observations English Units Metric Units

Date Time MST	Temp °F	RH %	DewPt °F	Wind mph	Dir °	Gust mph	Dir °	Press in Hg	Solar W/m^2	Prec in
2021-08-03 19:35	64.6	75.6	56.7	13.5	261	17.9	277	25.015	0.1	0.00
2021-08-03 19:30	64.6	76.6	57.1	15.5	277	18.4	276	25.015	0.2	0.00
2021-08-03 19:25	64.7	75.9	57.0	14.4	276	18.1	268	25.013	0.3	0.01
2021-08-03 19:20	64.9	75.8	57.1	15.3	261	18.9	289	25.011	0.4	0.01
2021-08-03 19:15	65.5	74.0	57.0	16.2	268	19.7	269	25.011	0.6	0.00
2021-08-03 19:10	65.7	72.0	56.4	17.3	248	21.6	269	25.009	0.8	0.00
2021-08-03 19:05	65.8	72.5	56.7	19.1	255	23.9	260	25.009	1.0	0.00
2021-08-03 19:00	66.4	71.7	57.0	17.5	248	23.2	273	25.009	1.3	0.01
2021-08-03 18:55	67.1	69.4	56.8	15.9	257	21.8	254	25.009	1.9	0.00
2021-08-03 18:50	67.8	67.6	56.7	17.7	271	22.8	258	25.009	2.5	0.00
2021-08-03 18:45	68.3	67.2	57.0	16.1	272	21.0	266	25.008	2.6	0.00
2021-08-03 18:40	68.0	67.1	56.7	11.9	293	14.8	289	25.007	2.6	0.00
2021-08-03 18:35	67.6	70.8	57.8	10.2	284	13.9	306	25.006	2.6	0.00
2021-08-03 18:30	67.8	71.8	58.3	9.2	299	10.9	302	25.005	2.9	0.00
2021-08-03 18:25	67.9	70.6	58.0	9.5	311	11.2	310	25.004	3.6	0.00
2021-08-03 18:20	67.7	73.3	58.9	8.1	311	12.2	310	25.004	4.5	0.00
2021-08-03 18:15	67.8	74.5	59.4	7.0	318	9.3	312	25.004	5.2	0.00
2021-08-03 18:10	68.0	74.5	59.6	6.4	318	8.2	312	25.004	5.4	0.00
2021-08-03 18:05	68.1	74.5	59.7	7.9	323	10.0	323	25.005	5.2	0.00
2021-08-03 18:00	67.8	74.7	59.5	8.7	324	11.6	319	25.004	5.2	0.00
2021-08-03 17:55	67.3	78.0	60.3	7.6	334	11.0	335	25.004	5.5	0.00
2021-08-03 17:50	67.5	81.0	61.5	7.1	325	8.1	343	25.002	6.7	0.00
2021-08-03 17:45	67.7	79.2	61.0	7.2	348	8.5	327	25.001	8.3	0.00
2021-08-03 17:40	67.9	79.0	61.1	8.0	333	9.9	322	25.001	10.9	0.00
2021-08-03 17:35	68.1	77.2	60.7	8.6	323	10.5	321	25.000	16.6	0.00
2021-08-03 17:30	68.1	76.5	60.5	8.2	312	10.6	323	24.999	26.8	0.00
2021-08-03 17:25	68.2	77.7	61.0	6.8	320	8.5	322	24.998	37.2	0.00
2021-08-03 17:20	68.4	78.3	61.4	6.2	322	7.1	319	24.998	40.3	0.00
2021-08-03 17:15	68.8	76.8	61.2	5.9	316	7.1	312	24.996	44.0	0.00
2021-08-03 17:10	69.0	74.8	60.7	5.8	315	6.7	315	24.995	45.7	0.00

Date Time MST	Temp °C	RH %	DewPt °C	Wind m/s	Dir °	Gust m/s	Dir °	Press hPa	Solar W/m^2	Prec mm
2021-08-03 19:35	18.1	75.6	13.7	6.0	261	8.0	277	847.10	0.1	0.00
2021-08-03 19:30	18.1	76.6	13.9	6.9	277	8.2	276	847.11	0.2	0.00
2021-08-03 19:25	18.2	75.9	13.9	6.4	276	8.1	268	847.04	0.3	0.25
2021-08-03 19:20	18.3	75.8	14.0	6.8	261	8.4	289	846.99	0.4	0.25
2021-08-03 19:15	18.6	74.0	13.9	7.2	268	8.8	269	846.97	0.6	0.00
2021-08-03 19:10	18.7	72.0	13.6	7.7	248	9.6	269	846.91	0.8	0.00
2021-08-03 19:05	18.8	72.5	13.7	8.6	255	10.7	260	846.90	1.0	0.00
2021-08-03 19:00	19.1	71.7	13.9	7.8	248	10.4	273	846.90	1.3	0.25
2021-08-03 18:55	19.5	69.4	13.8	7.1	257	9.8	254	846.91	1.9	0.00
2021-08-03 18:50	19.9	67.6	13.7	7.9	271	10.2	258	846.90	2.5	0.00
2021-08-03 18:45	20.2	67.2	13.9	7.2	272	9.4	266	846.86	2.6	0.00
2021-08-03 18:40	20.0	67.1	13.7	5.3	293	6.6	289	846.83	2.6	0.00
2021-08-03 18:35	19.8	70.8	14.3	4.6	284	6.2	306	846.80	2.6	0.00
2021-08-03 18:30	19.9	71.8	14.6	4.1	299	4.9	302	846.76	2.9	0.00
2021-08-03 18:25	19.9	70.6	14.4	4.2	311	5.0	310	846.74	3.6	0.00
2021-08-03 18:20	19.9	73.3	14.9	3.6	311	5.4	310	846.74	4.5	0.00
2021-08-03 18:15	19.9	74.5	15.2	3.1	318	4.1	312	846.72	5.2	0.00
2021-08-03 18:10	20.0	74.5	15.3	2.9	318	3.7	312	846.72	5.4	0.00
2021-08-03 18:05	20.1	74.5	15.4	3.5	323	4.5	323	846.75	5.2	0.00
2021-08-03 18:00	19.9	74.7	15.3	3.9	324	5.2	319	846.73	5.2	0.00
2021-08-03 17:55	19.6	78.0	15.7	3.4	334	4.9	335	846.72	5.5	0.00
2021-08-03 17:50	19.7	81.0	16.4	3.2	325	3.6	343	846.67	6.7	0.00
2021-08-03 17:45	19.8	79.2	16.1	3.2	348	3.8	327	846.63	8.3	0.00
2021-08-03 17:40	19.9	79.0	16.2	3.6	333	4.4	322	846.62	10.9	0.00
2021-08-03 17:35	20.0	77.2	15.9	3.8	323	4.7	321	846.61	16.6	0.00
2021-08-03 17:30	20.1	76.5	15.8	3.7	312	4.7	323	846.57	26.8	0.00
2021-08-03 17:25	20.1	77.7	16.1	3.0	320	3.8	322	846.54	37.2	0.00
2021-08-03 17:20	20.2	78.3	16.3	2.8	322	3.2	319	846.53	40.3	0.00
2021-08-03 17:15	20.4	76.8	16.2	2.6	316	3.2	312	846.47	44.0	0.00
2021-08-03 17:10	20.5	74.8	15.9	2.6	315	3.0	315	846.41	45.7	0.00

Data Processing Centers (DPC)

Team Members

CIRA is the home of the Data Processing Center (DPC) for CloudSat, a NASA ESSP satellite launched in April 2006. CloudSat carries a 94 GHz radar measuring the vertical distribution of cloud reflectivity around the world from a low-Earth, sun-synchronous polar orbit. Working with internal and external science partners, the CloudSat DPC processes the observed reflectivity into retrieved parameters that describe cloud microphysics, precipitation, and cloud radiative properties for weather and climate research. The DPC has produced and distributed more than 105 million data files with a total volume of more than 3.7 petabytes to users around the world.

In 2018, CIRA was awarded the contract to design, build, and operate the Data Operations Center (GDOC) for NASA’s GeoCarb mission which will put an instrument on a commercial telecommunications satellite for launch in the early 2020’s. From its vantage point in geostationary orbit over the western hemisphere, GeoCarb’s high spectral resolution radiometer will observe solar radiation reflected by the Earth’s surface. The GDOC will receive data acquired by the instrument and run science applications to retrieve concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane, and carbon monoxide, and measure solar induced fluorescence, an indicator of vegetation health.