Observational data for Sochi-2014 (project FROST-20 14)

Dmitry Kiktev

Hydrometcentre of Russia / Roshydromet

COSMO GM2 Septemer 2013, Sibiu, Romania

Today’s network of meteorological stations in the region of Sochi

The Olympic sport venues

Each venue has 1 basic station and 1-4 supplementary sport stations

Current Instrumentul Setup (AMSs and Sensors Installed): Roshydromet’s stations

Station Name WMO index

Coordinates Hm

Measured parameters

T air Rel. hum.

Wind Liquid Precip.

SolidPrecip.

Snow Height

Snow T Visibility Atm. Pressur

e

Cloud base

Aviation station «Adler» 37171 43°26'20,83" 39°55'50,80" + + + + + + +

Automated АМК «Sochi» 37099 43°34'23,76" 39°45'21,00" 142 + + + + + +

Krasnaya Polyana 37107 43°40'56,10" 40°12'10,52" 565 + + + + + + +

Kordon Laura 37090 43°41'59,15" 40°15'54,56" 575 + + + + + + +

Aibga 37108 43°38'5,29" 40°17'4,69" 2225 + + + + + +

Gornaya carousel -1000 37102 43°40'04” 40°15'24” 977,8 + + + + + + + +

Gornaya carousel -1500 37098 43°39'15" 40°15'04" 1434 + + + + + + + +

Kepsha 37100 43°36'54,18" 40°2'56,60" 180 + + + + + + + + +

Solokh-Aul 37092 43°48' 39°38' 230 + + + + + + + + +

Lazarevskoye 37093 43°54' 39°20' 20 + + + + + + + +

Magry 37015 43°01' 39°10' 25 + + + + +

Imeretinka 37095 43°24'05" 39°57'14" 60 + + + + + +

Kichmai 37094 43°50'00" 39°30'43" 38

Current Instrumentul Setup (AMSs and Sensors Installed): IRAM’s Stations at the sport venues

Station Name WMO index

Coordinates Hm

Measured parametersT air Rel.

humidity

Wind Directi

on

Wind Speed

Liquid Precip

.

SolidPrecip

.

Snow Height

Snow surfac

e T

Snow T

Visibility

Atm. Press

ure

Cloud base

Biathlon + Skiing Venue

Biathlon-1400 39042 43°41'35,32" 40°19'6,73" 1405 + + + + +Biathlon Stadium 39044 43°41'31,63" 40°19'36,05" 1455 + + + + + + + + + + +Skiing Stadium 39043 43°41'40,52" 40°19'43,69" 1480 + + + + + + +Biathlon-1500 39045 43°41'34,90" 40°20'6,70" 1495 + + + + +

Ski Jumping

Ski Jumping-800 39041 43°40'27,10" 40°14'24,30" 781 + + + + + + + + + + +Ski Jumping-650 39040 43°40'38,30" 40°14'24,30" 628 + + + + + + + + + + + +Nordic combined-675 39050 43°40'39" 40°14'15" 676

Nordic combinedn-615 39051 43°40'39" 40°14'04" 616

Sledge

Sledge-830 39046 43°39'45,30" 40°17'10,02" 830 + + + + + + + + +Sledge-700 39047 43°40'7,33" 40°17'19,97" 700 + + + + + + + + + + + +

Snowboard & Freestyle

Snowboard 39049 43°39'22,12" 40°19'42,59" 1020 + + + + + + + + + + + +Freestyle 39048 43°39'12,46" 40°19'14,02" 1130 + + + + + + + + +

Basic frequency of observations - 10-minutes; 1-minute observations - for prec intensity, visibility, cloud base, wind gusts

Current Instrumentul Setup (AMSs and Sensors Installed):Roza-Khutor - Alpine Skiing Venue

Station Name Coordinates H,m

Measured parameters

T air Rel. humidi

ty

Wind Directi

on

Wind Speed

Liquid Precip.

SolidPrecip.

Snow Height

Snow surfac

e T

Snow T

Visibility

Atm. Pressu

re

Cloud base

11Sr (Aibga) 43°37'24" 40°18'45" 2320 + + + + +

12Sr (Men’s start) 43°37'47" 40°18'25" 2040 + + + + + + + + + + +

13Sr (Women’s start)

43°38'08" 40°18'32" 1750 + + + + + + + + + + +

14Sr(Middle Point) 43°38'22" 40°18'47" 1580 + + + + + + + + +

17Sr(Finish) 43°38'43" 40°19'53" 980 + + + + + + + + + + + +

Current Instrumentul Setup (AMSs and Sensors Installed) : «Meteofon» stations at the towers of mobile communication

Station Name WMO index

Coordinates HAbove

sea lev.,m

Measured parameters (Vaisala WXT-520)Air

temperature

Rel. humidity

Wind Direction

Wind Speed

Liquid Precip.Amount

SolidPrecip.Amount

Atm. Pressure

Sochi-Plastunka 39003 43°38'23" 39°45'26" 152 + + + + + +Adler-Galitsino 39016 43°32'03" 39°59'15" 485 + + + + + +Esto-Sadok 39021 43°41'14" 40°15'23" 525 + + + + + +Matsesta-Chai 39024 43°37'36" 39°52'39" 421 + + + + + +Akhun mountain 39022 43°32'53" 39°51'03" 693 + + + + + +Krasnaya Polyana 39025 43°40'23" 40°12'03" 503 + + + + + +Kalinovo lake 39002 43°36'58" 39°52'55" 403 + + + + + +Adler-Airport 39013 43°26'42" 39°55'12" 146 + + + + + +Veseloye 39012 43°26'24" 40°00'36" 124 + + + + + +Ermolovka 39014 43°27'36" 40°01'48" 346 + + + + + +Lesnoye 39017 43°34'12" 39°58'48" 339 + + + + + +Pogranichnik 39010 43°25'12" 39°55'12" 12 + + + + + +Loo 39026 43°42'36" 39°34'48" 180 + + + + + +Pikhtinka 39023 43°37'12" 40°04'48" 720 + + + + + +Zubova shel 39005 43°49'48" 39°25'12" 215 + + + + + +Adler-Norluis 39011 43°25'28" 39°58'54" 173 + + + + + +Adler-Moldovka 39015 43°28'21" 39°57'36" 205 + + + + + +Sochi-Obzornaya 39004 43°40'53" 39°42'23" 381 + + + + + +Sochi-Verbliud 39001 43°35'08" 40°00'34" 285 + + + + + +Veseloye-Mirra 39020 43°24'54" 40°00'18" 28 + + + + + +Issues related: Nonstandard height; precipitation measurements

Quality Control of station observations• At the moment

implemented only

for operational data

(series to be controlled)

• Parameters:

T, humidity, wind, Pmsl

• Components:

- Check of limits;

- Spatial control - for observations at 00, 03, 06 ..21 UTC;

- Temporal control – for 10-minute observations;

- QC with respect to COSMO-2.2 forecasts (works better for temperature than for humidity);

- Manual control

QC flags are presented as a composition of several digits:

- low-order (rightmost) digit – manual control;- the 2nd digit from the right – spatial control

using approach by Steinaker et al, 2000;- the 3rd digit from the right – temporal control

and control with respect to the model forecast; - the 4th digit from the right – reserve.

Each digit can take the following values:0 - no control (default)1- suspicious5 - OK9 – rejected

Examples: e.g., 0010, 0001, 0900 etc.

- Observation data are available from the FROST-2014 ftp-server.

- XML-description for the station data is available at http://frost2014.meteoinfo.ru/doc.

- Update period for the station observation data at the project server is 10 min

- Raw data (volume files) from the Sochi Doppler radar in IRIS format are available at the project sever and updated every 10 minutes

- Temperature/Humidity (HATPRO and Scintec-3000) and Wind (Scintec-3000) profilers data to be available at the project server during the Olympic winter.

Snow Density Measurements

During snowfalls manual snow density measurements are curried out by the party of anti-avalunch service in Krasnaya Polyana.

According to AMS observations there were precipitation intensities up to 30 cm/hour at Roza-Khutor.

Thank you!

http://frost2014.meteoinfo.ru