2. TO 2015 Pan/Parapan Am Games
• July 10-26, August 7-15
• 41 participating countries
• 6132 athletes
• 364 events
• 36+15 sports (19+6 outdoors)
3. Purpose
• Safety and security for
the games
• Decision making for
organizers
• Showcase EC’s science
and technology
• Issue venue-specific
warnings and tailored
forecasts
• Consistency and
accuracy of warnings
and forecasts
• Improved lead times
• Reduced false alarms
12. Lake Breezes and Lake Breeze Fronts (LBF)
• Sharp decrease in T
• Increase in moisture
content
• Change in wind
http://www.islandnet.com/~see/weather/elements/ http://www.yorku.ca/pat/research/dsills/primer.html
AMMOS
LIDAR
Routes
Pan am background
Pictures from driving
Icast
Outflow boundary day
Air quality pictures
Environment Canada
How many days
The map of observations
Lake breeze background
What we were measuring
Car set up with data transfer?
Environment Canada news
Those three news sites
Pam Am Games
Dates
Why environment Canada was involved
Purpose
Research motivation
Map of locations of events – compare with obs locations map
“observationally challenged”
MESONET – increased observation network for the games
Types of obs
Compact (1) “weather station on a stick” T/RH/P/u,v/precip (amount, start/stop, intensity), black globe for heat stress, weather camera.
ATMOS station (2) “fancier” T/RH/P/u,v/precip (amount, start/stop, intensity), RESEARCH GRADE EQUIPMENT WMO GUIDELINES
Radiosondes (3) (4x/day)
Close up of compact (4)
WaveRider (5)
Watch Keeper (6) – for near sailing events
LiDar (laser radar? Doppler pointed up) (7) – We had one in a truck!
Cars!
Ammos parts
TL: Me kneeling on the car roof outside Home Depot
TC: A1M driving near YDS
TR: View of the pressure port, temp/RH tube with fan, and anemometer from inside the passenger’s seat
BL: What our live view looked like
BC: Me and the safety equipment on a 10 minute stop at Warden S
BR: Air quality equipment (dust trak top and CPC bottom) – we couldn’tfunction as UBER if we tried no space!
