Media Coverage

The following articles and news releases were published about the SAIL field campaign.

Media Coverage

• 9News (Denver, Colorado)
  “Unique Colorado project could guide decisions on water usage for the West”
  August 26, 2022

• Aspen Public Radio
  “Scientists collect ‘mountains of data’ near Crested Butte to understand water in the West”
  July 10, 2022

• KBUT News (Gunnison Valley, Colorado)
  “Scientists in the East River watershed collect ‘mountains of data’ to understand water in the West”
  May 31, 2022

• Crested Butte News (Colorado)
  “SAIL research project making strides in north end of the valley”
  April 6, 2022
  “RMBL, DOE begin major atmospheric study in the East River Valley”
  September 1, 2021
  “Major atmospheric study to be conducted in valley”
  March 10, 2021

• The Washington Post
  “He spent almost 50 years alone at 10,000 feet. His hobby helped shape climate research in the Rockies.”
  November 27, 2021

• The Colorado Sun
  “From sky to bedrock, researchers near Crested Butte are resetting what we know about water in the West”
  October 24, 2021

• Eos
  “Collaboration in the Rockies Aims to Model Mountain Watersheds Worldwide”
  September 21, 2021

• Colorado Public Radio
  “To Understand How Mountains And The Atmosphere Bring Water To The West, Scientists Aim Their Instruments At Colorado’s
  Sky”
  September 1, 2021

• Water & Wastes Digest
  “Colorado SAIL Observatory to Observe U.S. Western Water Shortage”
  August 30, 2021

• The Science Times
  “US Western Water Shortage: Prediction of Rain and Snowfall Available Soon in Colorado’s SAIL Observatory”
  August 25, 2021

• Earth.com
  “Predicting the future of water availability in the American West”
  August 25, 2021

• Salt Lake Tribune
  “Forecasters couldn’t predict how quickly Colorado River reservoirs would dry up this year. Scientists are trying to improve their models.”
  August 25, 2021

• The Associated Press
  “Scientists launch effort to collect water data in U.S. West”
  August 24, 2021

• Science
  “High in the Colorado Rockies, scientists launch search for causes of western water woes”
  August 24, 2021

• Santa Fe New Mexican
  “New Colorado River observatory will help predict droughts”
  August 24, 2021

• Gunnison Country Times
  “RMBL research seeks the missing piece”
  April 8, 2021

• The Gazette
  “High and Dry: Colorado in Drought — Scientists preparing for ‘chaotic weather’ future”
  March 4, 2021

Institutional Releases/Articles

• Leipzig University
  “In search of snow’s secrets”
  December 1, 2023

• Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  “Studying Water in the Mountain Air”
  April 26, 2022

• Argonne National Laboratory
  “Argonne scientists advance global climate models by embarking on two new field campaigns”
  December 14, 2021

• NOAA
  “Researchers head to the mountains to improve weather and water forecasting tools”
  October 20, 2021

• Indiana University
  “Professor Part of Massive Field Lab Researching Global Warming’s Impact on Water Sources”
  September 14, 2021

• Los Alamos National Laboratory (published by Los Alamos Reporter in New Mexico)
  “LANL Team Brings Expertise In Atmospheric Aerosols To New Snowpack Study Predicting Future Of Western U.S. Water”
  August 30, 2021

• Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  “Mountains of Data: An Unprecedented Climate Observatory to Understand the Future of Water”
  August 24, 2021

• Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory
  “SAIL Away”
  March 2021 Newsletter

• Boise State University
  “Lejo Flores to collaborate on large-scale atmospheric measurement project”
  June 30, 2020

Columns

• Albuquerque Journal (New Mexico)
  “Using science to understand the future of water”
  Written by SAIL co-investigator Allison C. Aiken, Los Alamos National Laboratory
  October 31, 2021

Video

• “Behind the Wings” (PBS)
  “Earth From Space”
  Features interviews with SAIL Principal Investigator Dan Feldman, co-investigator Ken Williams, and ARM technician Paul Ortega
  July 28, 2022