TOPDOWN 2014 News & Links
Oil and Gas Info
North Dakota Industrial Commission, Department of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas Division
U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) Mapping System
Four Corners
CIRES Press Release: Scientists probe methane emission mystery in Four Corners region
New Mexico Environment Department: Four Corners Area Current Studies
New Mexico Environment Department: Four Corners Air Quality Group Update on Recent Agency Activities
Satellite products from NOAA/NGDC showing flares
KML files and images of flares for ND
Weather and Meteorology
NOAA ESRL CSD Meteorological Products - GOES and radar images
NWS Graphical Forecasts - Northern Plains (winds)
NOAA Aviation Weather - METARs
http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/observations/metar/stations/DDDD.TXT
Replace DDDD with 4 letter station abbreviation. Use to get METARs for any station (i.e. KISN).
ICARTT Data Format info
Information about ICARTT files
HYSPLIT Trajectory Model Instructions
- GO TO: http://ready.arl.noaa.gov/HYSPLIT_traj.php
- Click on "Compute forecast trajectories"
- Number of trajectory starting locations: 1
- Type of trajectory: Matrix
- NEXT>>
- Meteorology: NAM CONUS
- Lower left: 47.5N, 104W
- Upper right: 48.5N, 102W
- First grid point NE of lower left point: 47.75N, 103.5W
- NEXT>>
- Select Meteorological Forecast Cycle: (select most recent)
- NEXT>>
- Trajectory direction: Select backward
- Start time (UTC): Select day 21 hours (4 pm)
- Total run time (hours): 5 hours
- Level 1 height: 1000 magl
- GIS output of contours? Google Earth (kmz)
- Zoom Factor: 200