Latitude: 39.99° N
Longitude: 105.26° W
Elevation: 1634 msl
Status: Active
Website(s):
Station Representative(s):
Brian Vasel
Chief of Observatory Operations
NOAA ESRL Global Monitoring Laboratory
Colorado
USA
NDACC Measurements at the Boulder, CO, United States Station
| Instrument | Status | Period | Parameter | Affiliations | Data Link | Metadata | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DobsonD061 | Active | 1966
–present
|
Ozone | NOAA/ESRL | AmesHDF | Metadata Summary
x
G. McConville (NOAA/ESRL) — Daily Dobson #061 observations beginning September 1966. |
|
| FTIR SpectrometerBruker | Active | 1999
–present
|
Multiple Species | NCAR | HDF | Metadata Summary
x
J. Hannigan and I. Ortega and M. Coffey (ret) (NCAR) — Bruker 120M (250cm OPD) installed at South Mountain in 1999 in bldg. 1985, operating under autonomous control. Instrument was moved to bldg. 1971 (1km from previous location at same altitude) in Summer 2011. In May 2015 a new Bruker 125HR FTIR (also 250cm OPD) operating with new software control and new solar tracker was installed. |
|
| LidarNd:Yag | Inactive | 2000
–2012
|
Aerosol | NOAA/ESRL | Ames | Metadata Summary
x
J. E. Barnes (NOAA/ESRL) — Aerosol measurements using Nd:YAG system. The database for 532-nm backscatter extends back to January 2000. Not operational since 2012. |
|
| SondeECC | Active | 1991
–present
|
Ozone | NOAA/ESRL | Ames | Metadata Summary
x
B. Johnson (NOAA/ESRL) — Weekly ECC sondes since June 1991. |
|
| SondeFrost Point Hygrometer | Active | 1980
–present
|
Water Vapor | NOAA/ESRL | Ames | Metadata Summary
x
D. Hurst (NOAA/ESRL) — Monthly NOAA frost point hygrometer sondes launched year-round since 1980 to obtain profiles of water vapor, temperature, pressure, and winds from surface to ~26 km. An ECC ozonesonde is part of the payload when the NOAA FPH is launched. |
|
| UV SpectroradiometerUV5 | Active | 2004
–present
|
UV | NOAA/ESRL, NIWA | Ames | Metadata Summary
x
A. Geddes (NIWA), S. Stierle (NOAA/ESRL), B. Liley, M. Kotkamp — Spectral UV irradiance measurements (285-450 nm) since June 1998. Three different NIWA double monochromators have been used at three sites in and around Boulder. The present instrument (UV5) has been in use since August 2001, and participated in the 2003 International UV Spectroradiometer Intercomparison at Table Mountain, CO. It is calibrated biannually with external reference lamps and weekly stability calibrations are conducted with an internal lamp. Data is archived since 2004. |