Université de Fribourg

The Convective and Orographically-induced Precipitation Study (COPS): the scientific strategy, the field phase, and research highlights

Wulfmeyer, Volker ; Behrendt, Andreas ; Kottmeier, Christoph ; Corsmeier, Ulrich ; Barthlott, Christian ; Craig, George C. ; Hagen, Martin ; Althausen, Dietrich ; Aoshima, Fumiko ; Arpagaus, Marco ; Bauer, Hans-Stefan ; Bennett, Lindsay ; Blyth, Alan ; Brandau, Christine ; Champollion, Cédric ; Crewell, Susanne ; Dick, Galina ; Girolamo, Paolo Di ; Dorninger, Manfred ; Dufournet, Yann ; Eigenmann, Rafael ; Engelmann, Ronny ; Flamant, Cyrille ; Foken, Thomas ; Gorgas, Theresa ; Grzeschik, Matthias ; Handwerker, Jan ; Hauck, Christian ; Höller, Hartmut ; Junkermann, Wolfgang ; Kalthoff, Norbert ; Kiemle, Christoph ; Klink, Stefan ; König, Marianne ; Krauss, Liane ; Long, Charles N. ; Madonna, Fabio ; Mobbs, Stephen ; Neininger, Bruno ; Pal, Sandip ; Peters, Gerhard ; Pigeon, Grégoire ; Richard, Evelyne ; Rotach, Mathias W. ; Russchenberg, Herman ; Schwitalla, Thomas ; Smith, Victoria ; Steinacker, Reinhold ; Trentmann, Jörg ; Turner, David D. ; Baelen, Joel van ; Vogt, Siegfried ; Volkert, Hans ; Weckwerth, Tammy ; Wernli, Heini ; Wieser, Andreas ; Wirth, Martin

In: Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 2011, vol. 137, no. S1, p. 1–348

Within the framework of the international field campaign COPS (Convective and Orographically-induced Precipitation Study), a large suite of state-of-the-art meteorological instrumentation was operated, partially combined for the first time. This includes networks of in situ and remote-sensing systems such as the Global Positioning System as well as a synergy of multi-wavelength passive and active...