The CFACT project is an NSF-funded field campaign and science project to observe, model, and predict the cold fog over complex terrain. The overarching goals of the CFACT project are to 1) investigate cold fog development and environmental conditions in complex terrain with the latest observation technology, 2) improve microphysical parameterizations and visibility algorithms used in numerical weather prediction (NWP) models, and 3) develop data-assimilation and analysis methods for current and next-generation (e.g., sub-kilometer scale) NWP models.
The CFACT field project was conducted in Heber Valley, Utah ( Google Map Link), during January and February 2022. The CFACT was supported by the NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory with the deployment of a network of ground-based in-situ instruments and remote sensing platforms to obtain comprehensive measurements of thermodynamic profiling, cloud microphysics, physical and chemical properties of aerosols, and dynamics of the environment.
Comprehensive post-field research with data analysis, modeling, and data assimilation has been in progress.
See details in the project website https://home.chpc.utah.edu/~pu/cfactweb .