IFRACS_2014:
Isotopic Fractionation in Snow
The Isotopic Fractionation in Snow experiment (IFRACS) is a meteorological research program conducted near Steamboat Springs, CO. This campaign was designed to investigate whether or not the degree of riming on the snow crystals could be determined by...
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2014-01-17 00:00:00 |
2014-02-28 23:59:59 |
LATTE:
Lower Atmospheric Thermodynamics & Turbulence Experiment
Background The purpose of this document is to briefly outline and discuss the upcoming Lower Atmospheric Thermodynamics & Turbulence Experiment (LATTE) to be conducted at the Boulder Atmospheric Observatory (BAO) in February of 2014. A primary...
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2014-02-10 00:00:00 |
2014-02-28 23:59:59 |
OWLeS:
Ontario Winter Lake-effect Systems
The OWLeS project examines the formation mechanisms, cloud microphysics, boundary layer processes and dynamics of lake-effect systems (LeS) using new observational tools capable of detailing LeS characteristics not observed in previous LeS field...
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2013-11-15 00:00:00 |
2014-01-29 23:59:59 |
IDEAS-4:
Instrument Development and Education in Airborne Science Phase 4
Instrument Development and Education in Airborne Science (IDEAS) phase 4 is a three year program to provide opportunities for flight testing of improved instrumentation for airborne research. The goal is to improve the capability of instrumentation for...
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2011-10-17 00:00:00 |
2013-11-18 23:59:59 |
METCRAX-II:
Meteor Crater Experiment II
METCRAX-II was the second experiment studying the atmospheric boundary layer of the Arizona Meteor Crater. METCRAX-II investigated downslope-windstorm-type flows that develop when thermally-driven drainage flows cascade over the rim of the Arizona...
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2013-09-30 00:00:00 |
2013-10-30 23:59:59 |
DEEPWAVE_2013:
DEEPWAVE 2013 Dry Run
The DEEPWAVE project is intended to measure gravity waves from their source in the troposphere to their breakdown in the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere (i.e., MLT). The location of the project is based on satellite indications that in austral...
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2013-07-09 00:00:00 |
2013-08-31 23:59:59 |
SPRITES-II:
SPRITE SPECTRA-II
The scientific objective of SPRITE SPECTRA-II is to determine the physical processes involved in sprites, and in particular the ionization of molecules in the blue part of the light spectrum. The blue light cannot be adequately observed from ground...
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2013-07-25 00:00:00 |
2013-08-15 23:59:59 |
SAS:
The Southeast Atmosphere Study
The Southeast Atmosphere Study (SAS) is a collaboration that brings together resources and facilities from NSF, NOAA, EPA, and EPRI. The SAS is the "umbrella" for the NOMADSS, SOAS, NAAMEX, TROPHONO, and SENEX projects. SAS's main purpose is to ensure...
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2013-05-14 00:00:00 |
2013-07-31 23:59:59 |
MPEX:
Mesoscale Predictability Experiment
The Mesoscale Predictability Experiment (MPEX) will be conducted within the U.S. intermountain region and high plains during the late spring/early summer of 2013 and will include the use of the NCAR GV, along with the new Airborne Vertical Atmospheric...
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2013-05-01 00:00:00 |
2013-06-30 23:59:59 |
PolarStar:
Polar Star Mapserver, Terascan and Ice Observations Project
The Polar Star Mapserver, Terascan and Ice Observations Project was created for the US Coast Guard for installation on the USCGC Polar Star. The software includes Mapserver, Terascan processing, and an Ice Observations Form and was written for and...
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2010-09-30 00:00:00 |
2013-06-30 23:59:59 |
SAANGRIA-TEST:
SAANGRIA instrumentation Test project
SAANGRIA Test project is an instrumentation test experiment based from Jeffco in Broomfield, CO. The purpose of the experiment is to operate and test in flight the instruments that are scientifically critical to the 2014 DEEPWAVE experiment. The...
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2013-02-13 00:00:00 |
2013-03-02 23:59:59 |
CEOP:
Coordinated Energy and Water Cycle Observation Project
The goal of the Coordinated Energy and Water Cycle Observation Project (CEOP) is to understand and predict continental to local-scale hydroclimates with application to water resources. Associated science questions include: What are the average...
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2002-10-01 00:00:00 |
2012-12-31 23:23:00 |
SCP:
Shallow Cold Pool (SCP) Experiment
The Shallow Cold Pool (SCP) experiment was an ISFS deployment in a shallow gully within the Pawnee Grasslands. The primary goal of SCP was to examine the formation and maintenance of common shallow cold pools. These cold pools had not been previously...
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2012-10-01 00:00:00 |
2012-11-30 23:59:59 |
DC3:
Deep Convective Clouds & Chemistry Project
The Deep Convective Clouds and Chemistry Project (DC3) field campaign investigates the impact of deep, midlatitude continental convective clouds, including their dynamical, physical, and lightning processes, on upper tropospheric (UT) composition and...
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2012-05-01 00:00:00 |
2012-06-30 23:59:59 |
DYNAMO:
Dynamics of the Madden-Julian Oscillation
There is considerable evidence for the importance of the MJO in weather and climate (e.g., hurricane activity, U.S. West Coast flooding events, and ENSO), and in their seamless prediction. But our ability of simulating and predicting the MJO is...
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2011-10-01 00:00:00 |
2012-03-31 23:59:59 |
ASCII:
AgI Seeding of Clouds Impact Investigation
AgI Seeding of Clouds Impact Investigation (ASCII) was one project in a series of multi-season field campaigns, all part of the Wyoming Weather Modification Pilot Program, aimed at studying randomized cloud seeding. ASCII was conducted over the Sierra...
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2012-01-04 00:00:00 |
2012-03-04 23:59:59 |
TORERO:
Tropical Ocean tRoposphere Exchange of Reactive halogen species and Oxygenated VOC
The scientific objective of the TORERO project is to study the release and transport of halogenated gases and oxidized VOCs in the Eastern Tropical Pacific during the season of the high biologic productivity. The project timeframe is coincident with a...
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2012-01-15 00:00:00 |
2012-02-26 23:59:59 |
GCIP:
GEWEX Continental-scale International Projects
The projects of the Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Continental-scale International Project (GCIP).
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1996-01-01 00:00:00 |
2011-12-21 23:59:00 |
CiS_2:
Careers in Science 2
Careers in Science (CiS) is a targeted education and outreach program planned for 2011 that exposes students from accredited postsecondary minority institutions to career opportunities within the areas of science and science support. Multi-day visits...
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2011-11-08 00:00:00 |
2011-11-18 23:59:59 |
ICEBRIDGE:
Antarctic 2011 Operation IceBridge
IceBridge, a six-year NASA mission, is the largest airborne survey of Earth's polar ice ever flown. It will yield an unprecedented three-dimensional view of Arctic and Antarctic ice sheets, ice shelves and sea ice. These flights will provide a yearly,...
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2011-09-28 00:00:00 |
2011-11-03 23:59:59 |
ARCSS:
NSF Arctic System Science
The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Arctic System Science (ARCSS) Program is a multidisciplinary approach to understanding polar processes for climate and global change. ARCSS is the only element of the U.S. Global Change Research Program...
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1971-01-01 00:00:00 |
2011-09-30 23:59:00 |
HIPPO5:
HIAPER Pole to Pole Observations 5 (HIPPO-5)
The "Collaborative Research: HIAPER Pole-to-Pole Observations (HIPPO) of Carbon Cycle and Greenhouse Gases Study" measured cross sections of atmospheric concentrations approximately pole-to-pole, from the surface to the tropopause, five times during...
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2011-08-15 01:01:00 |
2011-09-15 23:59:00 |
CWEX:
Crop/Wind-energy EXperiment
In CWEX-11, flux towers were deployed close to an east-west line of six turbines, labeled B1-B6 from west to east (see Fig. 1). The upwind reference tower (NCAR 1) was placed 2.0 D south of turbine B2, where D is the turbine fan diameter (74 m for this...
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2011-06-22 00:00:00 |
2011-08-16 23:59:59 |
ICE-T:
Ice in Clouds Experiment - Tropical
The objective of the Ice in Clouds - Tropical (ICE-T) experiment is to show that under given conditions, direct ice nucleation measurement(s), or other specific measurable characteristics of the aerosol, can be used to predict the number of ice...
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2011-07-01 00:00:00 |
2011-07-31 23:59:00 |
HIPPO4:
HIAPER Pole to Pole Observations 4 (HIPPO-4)
The "Collaborative Research: HIAPER Pole-to-Pole Observations (HIPPO) of Carbon Cycle and Greenhouse Gases Study" measured cross sections of atmospheric concentrations approximately pole-to-pole, from the surface to the tropopause, five times during...
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2011-06-01 01:01:00 |
2011-07-15 23:59:00 |
MC3E:
The Midlatitude Continental Convective Cloud Experiment
The Midlatitude Continental Convective Cloud Experiment (MC3E) was a collaborative effort between the NASA Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission Ground Validation (GV) program and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Atmospheric Radiation...
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2011-04-22 00:00:00 |
2011-06-06 23:59:59 |
WISPAR:
Winter Storms and Pacific Atmospheric Rivers
The Winter Storms and Pacific Atmospheric Rivers (WISPAR) field campaign took place over the Pacific Ocean from February 11 to March 10, 2011. The primary scientific objective of WISPAR is to evaluate the capabilities of the unmanned NOAA/NASA Global...
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2011-02-11 00:00:00 |
2011-03-10 23:59:59 |
PCAPS:
Persistent Cold-Air Pool Study
Research Objectives: * determine processes responsible for formation, maintenance and destruction of multi-day wintertime temperature inversions or cold-air pools, * evaluate their influence on pollutant transport and mixing, and * determine how models...
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2010-12-01 00:00:00 |
2011-02-07 23:59:00 |
CONCORDIASI:
Concordiasi
Concordiasi is a joint French-United States initiative that started during the International Polar Year (IPY). The field experiments took place over Antarctica during September-November 2008, December 2009, and September-December 2010. This archive...
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2008-09-01 00:00:00 |
2010-12-31 23:59:00 |
AMMA:
African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses
AMMA has 3 main goals : - to improve our inderstanding of the West African Monsoon and its influence on the physical, chemical and biological environment, regionally and globally. - to provide the underpinning science that relates variability of the...
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2002-01-01 00:00:00 |
2010-12-31 23:59:00 |
WAMO:
Western Atmospheric Mercury Observations
WAMO is a pilot project exploring an important phenomenon of the mercury cycle in the atmosphere. The project tests the ability of research instrumentation to measure reactive and non-reactive mercury species and to relate these measurements to the...
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2010-10-14 00:00:00 |
2010-12-21 23:59:00 |
ITOP:
Impact of Typhoons on the Ocean in the Pacific
The Impacts of Typhoons on the Ocean in the Pacific (ITOP) program is a multi-national field campaign that aims to study the ocean response to typhoons in the western Pacific Ocean. ITOP is focused on the following scientific questions: How does the...
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2010-08-11 00:00:00 |
2010-11-09 23:59:00 |
CiS_1:
Careers in Science 1
Careers in Science (CiS) is a targeted education and outreach program planned for 2010 & 2011 that exposes students from accredited postsecondary minority institutions to career opportunities within the areas of science and science support. Multi-day...
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2010-10-27 00:00:00 |
2010-10-29 23:59:59 |
GRIP:
Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes
The Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes (GRIP) experiment was a NASA campaign aimed at gaining a better understanding of how tropical storms develop into major hurricanes. The field project was conducted between 15 August and 30 September 2010,...
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2010-08-15 00:00:00 |
2010-09-30 23:59:59 |
PREDICT:
Pre-Depression Investigation of Cloud-systems in the Tropics (PREDICT)
Prediction and understanding of tropical cyclogenesis remains one of the most challenging aspects of atmospheric science. A multitude of tropical disturbances emerge from the West African coast every year near the Cape Verde islands, but only a few of...
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2010-08-15 00:00:00 |
2010-09-30 23:59:00 |
BEACHON:
Bio-hydro-atmosphere interactions of Energy, Aerosols, Carbon, H2O, Organics and Nitrogen
The Bio-hydro-atmosphere interactions of Energy, Aerosols, Carbon, H2O, Organics and Nitrogen (BEACHON) project is a broad ranging, multi-year study being led by NCAR/ISP. BEACHON is aimed at enhancing the understanding of the roles of biogenic...
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2010-08-01 00:00:00 |
2010-08-31 23:59:59 |
VORTEX2:
Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment 2
The Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment (VORTEX) is a multi-agency field program to investigate (i) tornadogenesis, maintenance, and demise, (ii) tornado near-ground wind field, (iii) relationships among tornadoes, their...
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2009-05-10 00:00:00 |
2010-06-15 23:59:00 |
HIPPO3:
HIAPER Pole to Pole Observations 3 (HIPPO-3)
The "Collaborative Research: HIAPER Pole-to-Pole Observations (HIPPO) of Carbon Cycle and Greenhouse Gases Study" measured cross sections of atmospheric concentrations approximately pole-to-pole, from the surface to the tropopause, five times during...
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2010-03-20 00:00:00 |
2010-04-20 23:59:00 |
PLOWS:
Profiling of Winter Storms
The Profiling of Winter Storms (PLOWS) field program is focused on obtaining a greater understanding of the mesoscale structure and dynamics of cyclonic weather systems and the improvement of 0-48 hr cool season quantitative precipitation forecasts....
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2009-02-07 00:00:00 |
2010-03-01 23:59:00 |
ISPA-2010:
Inhibition of Snowfall by Pollution Aerosol 2010
The Inhibition of Snowfall by Pollution Aerosol (ISPA) field project examines the link between pollution aerosols and snow riming. The study is centered around DRI's Storm Peak Laboratory (SPL) on Mt. Warner near Steamboat Springs. SPL operates a range...
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2010-01-14 00:00:00 |
2010-02-28 23:59:59 |
HEFT10:
HAIS Experimental Flight Test - 2010 (HEFT10)
HEFT-10 is one of the series of airborne projects that are conducted by the EOL RAF to allow instrument developers flight time on the G-V. Initially, HEFT projects were put in place to provide test flight opportunity to the HIAPER HAIS instrument...
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2009-12-01 00:00:00 |
2010-02-16 23:59:00 |
HIPPO2:
HIAPER Pole to Pole Observations 2 (HIPPO-2)
The "Collaborative Research: HIAPER Pole-to-Pole Observations (HIPPO) of Carbon Cycle and Greenhouse Gases Study" measured cross sections of atmospheric concentrations approximately pole-to-pole, from the surface to the tropopause, five times during...
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2009-10-26 00:00:00 |
2009-12-19 23:59:00 |
ADELE-SPRITE:
Airborne Detector for Energetic Lightning Emission Sprite Spectra (ADELE-SPRITE)
ADELE / SPRITE is a field campaign combining two separate research project at the same location at the same time. The project will deploy out of Melbourne, FL. The ADELE part will operate during the day studying gamma rays near convective storms. The...
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2009-08-13 00:00:00 |
2009-09-09 23:59:00 |
PodCertGV:
GV Large Pod Certification Project
Long term plans for the HIAPER aircraft include the capability to fly large pod instruments for research. The "large pods" are ~0.5 m diameter x 4 m long, significantly larger than PMS canisters. There are several instruments in the HAIS list that...
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2009-04-23 00:00:00 |
2009-07-21 23:59:00 |
ASP_2009:
Advanced Study Program
The 2009 ASP summer colloquium, "Exploring the Atmosphere, Observational Instruments and Techniques," ran from May 31st to June 12th, 2009. Attendees included 27 students from four countries, as well as more than 70 professors, scientists, and staff...
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2009-05-31 00:00:00 |
2009-06-12 23:59:59 |
HIPPO:
HIAPER Pole to Pole Observations 1 (HIPPO-1)
The "Collaborative Research: HIAPER Pole-to-Pole Observations (HIPPO) of Carbon Cycle and Greenhouse Gases Study" measured cross sections of atmospheric concentrations approximately pole-to-pole, from the surface to the tropopause, five times during...
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2009-01-07 00:00:00 |
2009-01-31 23:59:00 |
VAMOS:
Variability ofthe American MOnsoon Systems
Monsoon systems provide a framework for studies on the predictability of precipitation during the warm season. The Variability of the American Monsoon Systems (VAMOS) project emphasize the interplay between the atmosphere, oceans and continental...
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2001-02-01 00:00:00 |
2008-12-01 23:59:00 |
VOCALS:
VAMOS Ocean-Cloud-Atmosphere-Land Study
VOCALS is an international program that is part of the CLIVAR VAMOS (Variability of the American MOnsoonS) program. The scientific issues underlying VOCALS can be broken into four interconnected categories: atmospheric, oceanic, and coupled model...
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2008-10-01 00:00:00 |
2008-11-30 23:59:00 |
T-PARC:
THORPEX Pacific Asian Regional Campaign (T-PARC)
The THORPEX (THe Observing Research and Predictability EXperiment) Pacific Asian Regional Campaign (T-PARC) is a multi-national field campaign that addresses the shorter-range dynamics and forecast skill associated with high-impact weather events of...
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2008-08-01 00:00:00 |
2008-10-07 23:59:00 |
CPS:
Cloud and Precipitation Study 2008
The Cloud and Precipitation Study (CPS) was a project aimed at examining shallow and deep convection, as well as stratiform precipitation, in a tropical/subtropical environment in an attempt to better understand cloud and precipitation processes. The...
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2008-07-30 00:00:00 |
2008-09-30 23:59:59 |
NIWOT08:
Niwot Ridge Experiment, 2008
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2008-07-01 00:00:00 |
2008-08-31 23:59:59 |
AHATS:
Advection Horizontal Array Turbulence Study
AHATS was the fourth in the series of Horizontal Array of Turbulence Studies (HATS). This series of experiments aims to improve large-eddy simulations (LES) of turbulence close to the Earth's surface, by collecting data that can be spatially filtered...
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2008-06-09 00:00:00 |
2008-08-16 23:59:59 |
POST:
Physics of Stratocumulus Top (POST)
The Physics of Stratocumulus Top (POST) project studies stratocumulus clouds (Sc) off the west coast of California using a combination of aircraft measurements and modeling. The objective is to improve the understanding of the physical processes that...
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2008-07-14 00:00:00 |
2008-08-15 23:59:00 |
TIMREX:
Terrain-influenced Monsoon Rainfall Experiment
Taiwan and United States conducted a joint field experiment during the period of May 15 to June 30, 2008 at the western plain and mountain slope region of southern Taiwan. It was called the Southwest Monsoon Experiment/Terrain-influenced Monsoon...
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2008-04-30 00:00:00 |
2008-06-30 23:59:59 |
START08:
Stratosphere-Troposphere Analyses of Regional Transport (START08)
The Stratosphere-Troposphere Analyses of Regional Transport (START08) studied the chemical and transport characteristics of the extratropical upper tropospheric and lower stratospheric (ExUTLS) region using the NSF/NCAR HIAPER aircraft. In the ExUTLS,...
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2008-04-21 00:00:00 |
2008-06-28 23:59:00 |
HEFT08:
HAIS Experimental Flight Test - 2008 (HEFT08)
HEFT-08 is one of the series of airborne projects that are conducted by EOL RAF to allow instrument developers flight time on the GV. Initially, HEFT projects were put in place to provide test flight opportunity to the HIAPER HAIS instrument developers...
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2008-02-01 00:00:00 |
2008-02-29 23:59:00 |
HEFT08-GISMOS:
HEFT08 - GNSS Instrument System for MultiStatic and Occultation Sensing
GISMOS was a project conducted over the Gulf of Mexico on the G-V aircraft. The purpose of the project was to test the GNSS Instrument System for MultiStatic and Occultation Sensing, a HAIS instrument. GISMOS is part of the HEFT-08 project. HEFT-08 is...
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2008-02-14 00:00:00 |
2008-02-22 23:59:59 |
STAR:
Storm Studies in the Arctic
The goal of the Storm Studies in the Arctic (STAR) project is to improve understanding and prediction of severe arctic storms and their hazards, through the use of research flights from Baffin Island, as well as surface- and satellite-based instruments.
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2007-10-10 00:00:00 |
2008-02-18 00:00:00 |
CAREER:
Research on Convective Snow in the Central United States
Thundersnow events (snow attended by lightning and thunder) will be examined with a multiscale approach using standard meteorological platforms (e.g., rawinsonde network, National Lightning Detection Network), observations in the field (integrated...
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2005-01-15 00:00:00 |
2008-01-31 23:59:59 |
GAPP:
GEWEX Americas Prediction Project
The Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Americas Prediction Project (GAPP) initiative is developing an improved capability to make seasonal to annual forecasts through better land surface and hydrologic modeling. Funded by both NOAA and...
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2001-04-01 00:00:00 |
2007-12-31 23:59:59 |
OKMESO:
Soil Moisture and Surface Meteorological data
The Oklahoma Mesonet is a permanent mesoscale observing network. The Mesonet consists of 115 stations, including at least one station in each of Oklahoma's 77 counties. The average station spacing is 32 km. Mesonet sites are predominantly located in...
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1977-01-01 00:00:00 |
2007-12-31 23:59:59 |
ICE-L:
Ice in Clouds Experiment (ICE-L)
The objectof of the ICE-L experiment is to show that under given conditions, direct ice nucleation measurement(s), or other specific measurable characteristics of the aerosol, can be used to predict the number of ice particles forming by nucleation...
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2007-11-01 00:00:00 |
2007-12-31 23:59:00 |
CLIMODE:
Clivar Mode Water Dynamic Experiment
CLIMODE is a project to study the dynamics of 'Eighteen Degree Water' (EDW), the subtropical mode water of the North Atlantic. This project stems from two years of CLIVAR planning (with advice and support of both the Atlantic and US CLIVAR committees)...
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2005-11-09 00:00:00 |
2007-11-19 23:59:59 |
PASE:
Pacific Atmospheric Sulfur Experiment
The Pacific Atmospheric Sulfur Experiment is a comprehensive study of the chemistry of sulfur in the remote marine troposphere. A major part of PASE will be devoted to the chemistry and physics (primarily of sulfur) in a cloud free convective boundary...
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2007-08-05 00:00:00 |
2007-09-07 23:59:00 |
BuFEX:
Bunny Fence Experiment
This study is based on the hypothesis that the human induced landscape heterogeneity in southwest Australia has a significant influence on the climate in this region. We proposed that the landscape heterogeneity influences the regional climate through...
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2005-12-01 00:00:00 |
2007-08-31 23:59:59 |
NIWOT07:
Niwot Ridge Pilot Experiment, 2006-2007
In support of a NSF-supported project to investigate the use of sensor networks for biogeoscience research, NCAR and CU are deploying additional equipment at the Univ. Colo. Flux Facility (CUFF) in the Univ. Colo. Mountain Research Station (MRS)....
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2007-07-01 00:00:00 |
2007-08-31 23:59:59 |
TC4:
Tropical Composition, Cloud and Climate Coupling
The Tropical Composition, Cloud and Climate Coupling (TC4) mission was a NASA field campaign aimed at investigating the structure, properties and processes in the tropical Eastern Pacific. The goal of the project is to better understand the chemical,...
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2007-06-28 00:00:00 |
2007-08-08 23:59:59 |
CHATS:
Canopy Horizontal Array Turbulence Study
The objective of CHATS was to make spatial measurements of the velocity and scalar turbulence fields in a uniformly vegetated canopy, using arrays of sonic anemometer/thermometers augmented with fast response water vapor and carbon dioxide sensors....
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2007-03-15 00:00:00 |
2007-06-15 23:59:59 |
PACDEX:
PACific Dust EXperiment
The long range transport of dust and anthropogenic aerosols (e.g, black carbon, organics and sulfates, and air pollution from Eurasia, across the Pacific Ocean, into North America is one of the most wide spread and major pollution events on the planet....
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2007-03-29 00:00:00 |
2007-05-24 23:59:00 |
FraWST07:
Front Range Weather Study, 2007
FRaWSt (the Front Range Winter-weather Study) was an informal project using the S-Pol radar located at Marshall field site in Boulder County Colorado headed by Dr. Gywon Lee. Collocated with the radar were particle size disdrometers and a snow gauge...
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2007-01-10 00:00:00 |
2007-03-31 23:59:59 |
ISPA-2007:
Inhibition of Snowfall by Pollution Aerosol, 2007
NCAR / EOL is deploying an Integrated Sounding System ISS to the Inhibition of Snowfall by Pollution Aerosols (ISPA) project in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. The project is being carried out for the Desert Research Institute's Storm Peak Laboratory (SPL...
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2007-01-02 00:00:00 |
2007-02-28 23:59:59 |
CPPA:
Climate Prediction Project for the Americas (derived from PACS and GAPP)
The Climate Prediction Program for the Americas (CPPA) is a competitive research program to improve operational intraseasonal to interannual climate prediction and the hydrological applications. This program is strongly motivated by the Nation's need...
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2002-01-01 00:00:00 |
2006-12-31 23:59:59 |
MISMO:
The Mirai Indian Ocean Cruise for the Study of the MJO-Convection Onset
The Mirai Indian Ocean cruise for the Study of the Madden-Julian oscillation (MJO)-convection Onset (MISMO) was a field experiment that took place in the central equatorial Indian Ocean during October–December 2006, using the research vessel Mirai, a...
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2006-10-24 00:00:00 |
2006-12-25 23:59:59 |
METCRAX:
Meteor Crater Experiment
The Meteor Crater Experiment (METCRAX) is a 3-year meteorological research program supported by the Mesoscale Dynamics Division of the U. S. National Science Foundation (NSF). The program is investigating the structure and evolution of temperature...
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2006-09-25 00:00:00 |
2006-11-01 23:59:59 |
SBI:
Western Arctic Shelf Basin Interactions Project
The Western Arctic Shelf Basin Interactions (SBI) project is a multi-year, interdisciplinary program to investigate the impact of global change on physical, biological and geochemical processes over the Chukchi and Beaufort Sea shelf basin region in...
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2002-05-01 00:00:00 |
2006-10-31 23:59:59 |
NAMMA:
NASA African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis
The African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses (AMMA) project was an international collaboration aimed at improving our knowledge and understanding of the West African Monsoon and its variability. The NASA African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses ...
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2006-08-06 00:00:00 |
2006-09-12 23:59:59 |
CuPIDO:
Cumulus Photogrammetric, In-Situ and Doppler Observations
The Cumulus Photogrammetric, In-situ and Doppler Observations (CuPIDO) field experiment will use digital visible spectrum cameras, surface mesonet stations, high temporal resolution soundings and aircraft data to examine the onset and transition of...
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2006-07-01 00:00:00 |
2006-08-31 23:59:00 |
REFRACTT06:
Refractivity Experiment For H2O Research And Collaborative operational Technology Transfer '06
REFRACTT is the Refractivity Experiment For H2O Research And Collaborative operational Technology Transfer. The field phase will be conducted from 5 June to 11 August 2006 in northeastern Colorado. Goals REFRACTT includes scientific research and...
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2006-06-05 00:00:00 |
2006-08-11 23:59:59 |
MLO_CN2:
Mauna Loa Seeing Study (Cn-squared study)
Sonic anemometers were deployed during Summer 2006 at the Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii to quantify the atmospheric seeing quality, to help NCAR/HAO plan current and future telescope observations. This study was intended to replicate measurements made...
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2006-06-09 00:00:00 |
2006-08-08 23:59:59 |
CLIVAR-KESS:
Climate Variability and Predictability Project - Kuroshio Extension Sytem Study
The Climate Variability and Predictability (CLIVAR) Project is an international, multi-agency campaign aimed at understanding the physical processes responsible for climate variability and predictability. The Kuroshio Extension Sytem Study (KESS) is a...
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2006-05-29 00:00:00 |
2006-07-04 23:59:59 |
INTEX-B2:
Intercontinental chemical transport Experiment (second MILAGRO segment)
INTEX-B will be conducted during a 10-week period from March 1 to May 15, 2006. The first phase of the study will be performed during March and will focus on Mexico City pollution outflow, while the second phase will be performed during April and May...
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2006-01-20 00:00:00 |
2006-05-19 23:59:59 |
T-REX:
Terrain-induced Rotor Experiment
The Terrain-induced Rotor Experiment (T-REX) is the second phase of a coordinated effort to explore the structure and evolution of atmospheric rotors (intense low-level horizontal vorticies that form along an axis parallel to, and downstream of, a...
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2006-03-01 00:00:00 |
2006-04-30 00:00:00 |
MIRAGE_Mexico:
Megacities Impact on Regional and Global Environment (a MILAGRO sub-program)
The goal of the MIRAGE program is to characterize the chemical/physical transformations and the ultimate fate of pollutants exported from urban areas, and to assess the current and future impacts of these exported pollutants on regional and global air...
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2006-03-01 00:00:00 |
2006-03-30 23:59:59 |
MILAGRO:
Megacity Initiative: Local and Global Research Observations
The Megacity Initiative: Local and Global Research Observations (MILAGRO) project brought an international research team of hundreds of scientists and students including Mexican investigators and collaborating Mexican government agencies to the Mexico...
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2006-03-01 00:00:00 |
2006-03-30 23:59:00 |
ProgressiveSci:
Progressive Science
From November 22, 2005 to January 13, 2006 five projects were conducted under the umbrella of the HIAPER Progressive Science Mission: START (Stratosphere-Troposphere Analyses of Regional Transport), CHAPS (Characterization of the HIAPER Aircraft in...
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2005-11-22 00:00:00 |
2006-01-13 23:59:59 |
START:
Stratosphere-Troposphere Analysis of Regional Transport Experiment (a G-V Progressive Science subcomponent)
From November 22 to December 23, five projects were conducted under the umbrella of the HIAPER Progressive Science Mission: START (Stratosphere-Troposphere Analyses of Regional Transport), CHAPS (Characterization of the HIAPER Aircraft in Progressive...
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2005-11-22 00:00:00 |
2006-01-13 23:59:59 |
CHAPS:
Characterization of HIAPER Aircraft in Progressive Science (a G-V Progressive Science Subcomponent)
From November 22 to December 23, five projects were conducted under the umbrella of the HIAPER Progressive Science Mission: START (Stratosphere-Troposphere Analyses of Regional Transport), CHAPS (Characterization of the HIAPER Aircraft in Progressive...
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2005-08-15 00:00:00 |
2006-01-13 23:59:59 |
DOCIMS:
Drizzle and Open Cells in Marine Stratocumulus (a G-V Progressive Science subcomponent)
From November 22 to December 23, five projects were conducted under the umbrella of the HIAPER Progressive Science Mission: START (Stratosphere-Troposphere Analyses of Regional Transport), CHAPS (Characterization of the HIAPER Aircraft in Progressive...
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2005-11-21 00:00:00 |
2006-01-13 23:59:00 |
WVSS:
Water Vapor Sensing System
Atmospheric water vapor measurements from commercial aircraft are now available to complement the real-time winds and temperatures available from the Aircraft Communication, Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS). The technology of this first...
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1999-07-01 00:00:00 |
2005-12-31 23:59:59 |
GLOBEone:
Globe One
GLOBE ONE is a field campaign involving a first hand partnership between students and scientists to collect a structured, multidisciplinary data set designed to answer a research question. The question being asked is: For corn and soybeans, what are...
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2004-05-09 00:00:00 |
2005-11-10 23:59:00 |
WAMME:
West African Monsoon Modeling and Evaluation
West African Monsoon Modeling and Evaluation (WAMME) is a Coordinated Enhanced Observing Period (CEOP) Inter-Monsoon Model Study (CIMS) initiative. We plan to initiate a West African Monsoon Modeling and Evaluation project (WAMME) using GCMs and...
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2000-04-01 00:00:00 |
2005-10-31 23:59:00 |
RAINEX:
Hurricane Rainband and Intensity Change Experiment
One of the primary outstanding problems in hurricane dynamics is the tendency of mature storms to undergo rapid intensity changes. These intensity changes appear to be related to dynamical interactions between the inner-core region of the storm ...
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2005-08-15 00:00:00 |
2005-09-30 23:59:59 |
REFRACTT05:
Refractivity Experiment For H2O Research And Collaborative operational Technology Transfer
REFRACTT is the Refractivity Experiment For H2O Research And Collaborative operational Technology Transfer. Goals REFRACTT includes scientific research and operational application goals. Both have the goal of greatly enhancing the observed field of...
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2005-05-24 00:00:00 |
2005-08-04 23:59:59 |
RICO:
Rain in Cumulus Over the Ocean
Shallow, maritime, cumulus convection is one of the most prevalent cloud types on the planet. Trade wind cumuli typically extend to no greater than 4 km altitude, the height of the tropical trade wind inversion, and are dominated by warm rain processes...
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2004-11-24 00:00:00 |
2005-01-24 23:59:00 |
PACS:
Pan American Climate Studies
The Pan American Climate Studies (PACS) Program is a United States Federal Program in the 1995 to 2004 time frame directed towards the goal of improving the skill of operational seasonal-to-interannual climate prediction (with emphasis on precipitation...
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1995-01-01 00:00:00 |
2004-12-31 23:59:59 |
CME04:
Carbon in the Mountains Experiment 2004
The Carbon in the Mountains Experiment (CME04) occurred during the Airborne Carbon in the Mountains Experiment (ACME). Field operations during this project took place along the Niwot Ridge of the Colorado Front Range of the Rocky Mountains from June to...
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2004-06-10 00:00:00 |
2004-10-05 23:59:59 |
NAME:
North American Monsoon Experiment
The North American Monsoon Experiment (NAME) is an internationally coordinated, joint CLIVAR-GEWEX process study aimed at determining the sources and limits of predictability of warm season precipitation over North America, with emphasis on time scales...
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2004-06-01 00:00:00 |
2004-09-30 23:59:59 |
OHATS:
Ocean Horizontal Array Turbulence Study
Ocean Horizontal Array Turbulence Study (OHATS) is part of an ongoing effort to investigate wind-wave interactions and improve our ability to assess the impacts on weather forecasts and climate variability. The investigation utilizes the Air-Sea...
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2004-08-05 00:00:00 |
2004-09-05 23:59:59 |
SMEX04:
Soil Moisture Experiment 2004
In much of the interior of the North American continent, summer precipitation is a dominant feature of the annual cycle. Surface boundary conditions play an important role in initiation and maintenance of the North American Monsoon System (NAMS), which...
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2004-07-01 00:00:00 |
2004-08-31 23:59:59 |
ATST:
Advanced Technology Solar Telescope Site Survey
The ATST site survey goal was to locate a site that would maximize the scientific productivity of the telescope. The general daytime characteristics of such a site are frequently clear skies, excellent seeing, low humidity, few aircraft contrails, and...
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2004-06-30 00:00:00 |
2004-08-08 23:59:59 |
