1. UNR and DRI Weather Comparison Jan 2010
Why temperature? DRI is about meters above UNR.
Adiabatic lapse rate 9.8 C/km, UNR is warmer by 1.4 C ???

2. UNR and UNR Farm

3. UNR Weather Station Location
tractor

4. Schematic of a Weather Station
see

5. Air Temperature at DRI and UNR in Jan 2010
UNR is warmer at mid day,
but DRI is warmer at night.

6. (DRI - UNR) C = 0 ????
Monster
Inversions!!
No Wind!

7. Air Pollution Consequence of Stagnation and Inversion: Total Particle Mass Concentration (PM 2.5 um)
Summer Wild Fire
Mexico City
Reno

8. And the Black Carbon Particle Mass Concentration
Mexico City ventilates
better than Reno.
This woodsmoke was
mostly not Black Carbon.

9. Close with Diffraction from Cloud Droplets Using the Moon as a Light Source: 27 Jan 10