Desert Research Institute
Desert Research Institute
Labs & Capabilities Ice Physics Laboratory
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Lab Description
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Research and Education at 10,500 Feet
DRI's Storm Peak Lab is one of only a few mountaintop atmospheric research facilities in the world.
Climate Data for the Western U.S.
The Western Regional Climate Center is one of six regional climate centers in the United States.
Understanding Fire in the Natural World
Since 1998, DRI's CEFA Program has supported fire management for the nation.
The Ice Physics Laboratory is primarily located in the Sage Building in Stead, NV, with a component in the DRI NNSC building. Research in this lab is concerned with nucleation, growth, and evaporation of ice and related hydrate crystals that occur in the atmosphere. A dynamic diffusion cloud chamber has been developed to control temperature, supersaturation, and air velocity as independent parameters, allowing for detailed investigation of ice crystal phenomena. Instruments are developed for aircraft deployment of mixed-phase cloud.