Flash Flood Forecasting Over Complex Terrain: With an Assessment of the Sulphur Mountain NEXRAD in Southern California (2005)
Chapter: Appendix C: Chronology of the Siting of the Sulphur Mountain NEXRAD
Appendix C
Chronology of the Siting of the Sulphur Mountain NEXRAD
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Date |
Event |
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August 1984-December 1984 |
SRI International, Inc. receives input on site suggestions from the Federal Aviation Administration Western Pacific Region, the National Weather Service Western Region, and the NEXRAD Joint System Program Office |
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March 1985 |
Analysis of the local atmospheric inversion statistics are provided to SRI International, Inc. |
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March-July 1985 |
SRI International, Inc. visits many sites in the Los Angeles area |
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April 1986 |
SRI International, Inc. completes the Preliminary Site Survey for the Los Angeles, California area (Sulphur Mountain site) |
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August 1987 |
SRI International, Inc. completes the In-Depth Site Survey for the Los Angeles, California area (Sulphur Mountain site) |
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1987 |
Sulphur Mountain selected as the best of 32 candidate locations |
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1992 |
SRI International, Inc. reviews alternative siting criteria |
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November 15, 1993 |
Construction of Sulphur Mountain NEXRAD begins |
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December 16, 1993 |
Sulphur Mountain NEXRAD installation complete |
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January 1994-March 1994 |
Sulphur Mountain NEXRAD tested |
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March 1994 |
Sulphur Mountain NEXRAD accepted |
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December 1994 |
Sulphur Mountain NEXRAD commissioned |
