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 |
MESA:
Monsoon Experiment South America
MESA is a component of the CLIVAR-VAMOS program, and its main goal is to investigate the main characteristics and variability of the South American Monsoon Systems (SAMS). The main hypothesis driving MESA is that SAMS provides a physical basis for...
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2001-01-01 00:00:00 |
2001-01-01 23:59:59 |
Meso18-19:
Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes EXperiment-Southeast (VORTEX-SE) Meso18-19
The VORTEX-SE Scientific Steering Committe determined that it is highly desirable to conduct observations across the Southeast cool season. The period of slightly enhanced tornado potential extends from October through early May, and the forecasting...
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2018-10-22 00:00:00 |
2019-04-30 23:59:59 |
MET:
Mass and Energy Transport
The Mass and Energy Transport (M. E. T) project focused on atmospheric observations over the Pacific Ocean, west of the Mount Sutro Tower in San Francisco. It also studied the process of quantifying the transport of mass and energy through...
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1978-08-03 00:00:00 |
1978-08-16 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 |
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 |
MethaneAIR:
MethaneAIR
MethaneAIR is an airborne imaging spectrometer funded by the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and private philanthropy as part of the EDF International Methane project. The first scientific goal of the EDF program is to accurately measure emissions of...
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2019-10-28 00:00:00 |
2021-08-16 23:59:59 |
MexCAPS:
Mexico City Air Pollution study
The Mexico City Air Pollution study (MexCAPS) was the first comprehensive program designed to provide substantive recommendations for improving the air quality of Mexico City. This effort began under the joint auspices of Los Alamos National Laboratory...
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1991-02-09 00:00:00 |
1991-02-27 23:59:00 |
MFI:
Momentum Flux Intercomparison
The Momentun Flux Intercomparison project flew the King Air to evaluate the performance of the interferometric NCAR profiler during one week in November 1992. UHF wind profilers have proven their usefulness for atmospheric boundary layer studies by...
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1992-11-10 17:36:00 |
1992-11-17 22:00:00 |
MIC-78:
Mountain-Induced Convection - 1978
The Mountain-Induced Convection (MIC) project focused on making measurements of the flow patterns, thermodynamics, and transport properties of moist convective systems induced by the Magdalene Mountains in New Mexico.
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1978-05-22 00:00:00 |
1978-06-08 23:59:59 |
MIC-80:
Mountain-Induced Convection - 1980
The Mountain-Induced Convection (MIC) project focused on making measurements of the flow patterns, thermodynamics, and transport properties of moist convective systems induced by the Magdalene Mountains in New Mexico. This was an extension of...
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1980-07-24 00:00:00 |
1980-08-09 23:59:59 |
MICROFRONTS:
Microfronts Experiment, 1995
Boundary-layer micro-meteorology measurement program designed to study radiation properties and dissipation properties in frontal regions. Objectives: The objectives of the MICROFRONTS Experiment are: 1. To determine the dissipation of kinetic energy...
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1995-02-26 00:00:00 |
1995-03-31 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 |
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 |
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 |
MIST:
Microburst and Severe Thunderstorm Experiment
Project MIST involved fourty-one PAMII stations arranged in a dense cluster around the Huntsville, Alabama airport during June and July, 1986. The full PAM field base was deployed with one of the doppler radars, and an aircraft tracking system, and...
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1986-05-25 00:00:00 |
1986-07-31 23:59:59 |
MIT:
MIT
MIT experiment was from October 1983 to Apri 1984
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1983-10-11 00:00:00 |
1984-12-31 23:59:59 |
MITTS:
Monitoring the Intensification and Track of Tropical Storms (MITTS)
The purpose of the MITTS (Monitoring the Intensification and Track of Tropical Storms) project was to support NOAA operational hurricane tracking and observations while the G-IV was undergoing repairs. The NSF/NCAR GV was outfitted with AVAPS to take...
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2016-08-29 00:00:00 |
2016-10-14 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 |
MOHPREX:
Monsoon Himalayan Precipitation Experiment
In the spring of 1999, a network of sixteen meteorological stations was installed at elevations ranging from 500 to 4,500m from the leading edge of the Himalayas to the accessible headwaters of the Marsyandi river basin in Central Nepal. Two types of...
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2002-05-15 00:00:00 |
2002-06-15 23:59:59 |
MONEX-77:
Monsoon Experiment
The Monsoon Experiment (MONEX) was the core of the Global Atmospheric Research Program (GARP) Monsoon subprogram, which was a major international effort to achieve a better understanding of the planetary monsoon circulation, the major seasonal...
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1977-06-07 00:00:00 |
1977-07-04 23:59:59 |
MPD-NetDemo:
Micro-Pulse DIAL (MPD) Network Demonstration
This project is the first deployment of the network of five NCAR Micro-Pulse DIALs (MPDs). We test the network capability of these systems toward providing continuous water vapor profiles. EOL also fields two GPS receivers to provide precipitable water...
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2019-04-16 00:00:00 |
2019-07-22 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 |
MPI2019:
Mixed Phase Isotopes 2019
Scientific relevance Ice crystals and supercooled liquid droplets exist simultaneously in mixed-phase clouds. As a result, precipitation may form by distinct pathways. Water vapor in the atmosphere can deposit directly onto tiny particulates called ice...
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2018-12-20 00:00:00 |
2019-01-07 23:59:59 |
MSS-81:
Marine Stratus Studies - 1981
The Marine Stratus Studies (MSS) project, led by Dr. James W. Telford, studied the marine stratus near the California coast. This project was aimed at explaining the development of the dynamics, microphysics and radioactive properties of stratus clouds...
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1981-09-23 00:00:00 |
1981-10-12 23:59:59 |
MSS-82:
Marine Stratus Studies - 1982
The Marine Stratus Studies (MSS) project, led by Dr. James W. Telford, studied the marine stratus near the California coast. This project was aimed at explaining the development of the dynamics, microphysics and radioactive properties of stratus clouds...
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1982-08-10 00:00:00 |
1982-08-25 23:59:59 |
NADO:
nado
NADO involved two PAM stations from July, 1985, through August, 1986. These were setup to the northeast of the Denver-metro area; in the vicinity of
Denver's new airport. The intension of the experiment was to provide long-term, seasonal wind...
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1986-01-01 00:00:00 |
1986-08-30 23:59:59 |
NaLidar:
NaLidar
During the Sodium Lidar (NaLidar) project, airborne lidar measurements were taken over the central US of atmospheric density perturbations in the upper stratosphere and lower mesosphere and of the mesospheric sodium layer to test a new sodium lidar...
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1986-11-13 20:50:26 |
1986-11-18 05:42:00 |
NAMAP:
NAME Model Assessment Project
The purpose of the NAME Model Assessment Project (NAMAP) is to provide focus to high-resolution modeling activities in support of the North American Monsoon Experiment (NAME). NAMAP Phase I consists of simulations of the single 1990 warm season when...
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1990-05-01 00:00:00 |
1990-10-31 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 |
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 |
NARE-AIR:
North Atlantic Regional Experiment - Aircraft
This cost-recovery program sought to determine and quantify the processes responsible for the transport of ozone and ozone precursors from North America to the North Atlantic Ocean. Specific goals included improved understanding of (1) the fate of...
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1993-08-08 13:34:34 |
1993-08-28 18:22:15 |
NASA-LITE:
Lidar-In-Space Technology Experiment
The objective of the NASA LITE program was to demonstrate the measurement capabilities of a lidar system in orbit aboard the space shuttle. The experiment was designed to test the feasibility of space-based lidar systems. To validate the LITE...
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1994-09-02 00:00:00 |
1994-09-19 23:59:59 |
Nauru99:
Nauru ARM Experiment, 1999
Nauru99 continues a series of intensive field studies in support of the DOE/Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) program in the tropical Western Pacific (TWP). Centered around the island of Nauru, the NOAA R/V Ronald H. Brown and the JAMSTEC R/V...
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1999-06-15 00:00:00 |
1999-07-17 23:59:59 |
NBL:
Nocturnal Boundary Layer
The Nocturnal Boundary Layer (NBL) project investigated the vertical structure of the nocturnal boundary layer under clear conditions. The main objectives of this project were to observe the turbulent flux structure with respect to the position of the...
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1979-05-01 00:00:00 |
1979-05-09 23:59:59 |
NDTE:
North Dakota Tracer Experiment
The North Dakota Tracer Experiment (NDTE) was a multi-agency cooperative research program designed to examine thunderstorm and hailstorm characteristics and evolution, with emphasis on the transport of tracers within the studied storms, and the...
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1993-06-21 00:00:00 |
1993-07-31 23:59:59 |
NDTP:
North Dakota Thunderstorm Project
The purpose of this project was to continue studies of the influence of convective clouds and thunderstorms on the distribution of tropospheric trace gases, including NOy, CO, NMCH, O3, and on the distribution of solar UV radiation. The aircraft...
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1989-06-12 07:33:05 |
1989-06-30 18:37:25 |
NEWS:
New England Winter Storms
The New England Winter Storms study addresses mechanisms of band formation in a New England winter storm. The structure of the bands and their environment are documented with synoptic observations, radar data and analyses of instrumented aircraft...
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1983-11-04 15:17:43 |
1983-12-13 13:11:28 |
NEWS-82:
New England Winter Storms - 1982
The New England Winter Storms - 1982 (NEWS-82) study addressed mechanisms of band formation in a New England winter storm. The structure of the bands and their environment were documented with synoptic observations, radar data, and analyses of QueenAir...
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1982-12-11 06:10:43 |
1983-01-28 12:21:31 |
NHRE:
National Hail Research Experiment
The National Hail Research Experiment (NHRE) was conducted in the tri-state area of Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming, with the field headquarters located at Grover, Colorado. This area, during the three years prior to the start of NHRE, had been the...
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1972-03-01 00:00:00 |
1976-12-31 23:59:59 |
NIMROD:
Northern Illinois Meteorological Research On Downburst Project
The Northern Illinois Meteorological Research On Downburst Project (NIMROD) project data were collected in Minnesota, U.S. during the spring of 1978. Data were collected between 19 May 1978 and 29 June 1978.
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1978-05-19 00:00:00 |
1978-06-29 23:59:59 |
NIWOT02:
Niwot Ridge Pilot Experiment
The goals of the Niwot Ridge Pilot Experiment are: - To understand the significance of the horizontal transport of CO_2 in the nocturnal boundary layer. - To study correlations between CO_2 transport and surface heteorogeneity. - The expected results...
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2002-08-01 00:00:00 |
2002-08-30 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 |
NIWOT08:
Niwot Ridge Experiment, 2008
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2008-07-01 00:00:00 |
2008-08-31 23:59:59 |
NOLTG:
NO Lightning
The purpose of the NO Lightning project was to measure the production of NO and O3 by electrified clouds and to relate this to the occurrence of cloud-to-ground and intracloud lightning. The measurements were taken near Langmuir Laboratory (Socorro,...
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1989-07-27 11:16:15 |
1989-08-22 14:11:38 |
NOREASTER:
Nor'easter
Nor'easter consists of a single flight on the NSF/NCAR HIAPER Gulfstream-V research aircraft to fly the HIAPER Cloud Radar (HCR) across the comma head of a strong Nor'easter cyclone in an attempt to determine unambiguously whether or not generating...
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2015-01-30 00:00:00 |
2015-02-03 23:59:59 |
O3DEST:
Ozone Destruction Flux Experiment
The Ozone Destruction Flux Experiment (O3DEST) utilized the QueenAir, A-80 aircraft to make direct eddy flux measurements of ozone with fast response ozone sensors. The measurements were used in two ways: first, as a tracer in the study of boundary...
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1980-06-02 00:00:00 |
1980-06-20 23:59:59 |
OAFSS:
Ocean/Atmosphere Flux Scale Study
For the Ocean/Atmosphere Flux Scale Study (OAFSS), the space scale of Ocean/Atmosphere fluxes of sensible and latent heat, as well as momentum, was measured directly via ‘correlation techniques’ with the L-188 Electra aircraft. This scale information...
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1975-03-07 00:00:00 |
1975-03-13 23:59:59 |
OASIS:
Oklahoma Atmospheric Surface-layer Instrumentation System
The Oklahoma Mesonet (Brock et al., 1995), a system of 115 automated measurement stations across Oklahoma, is serving as the foundation for the Oklahoma Atmospheric Surface-layer Instrumentation System (OASIS) Project. OASIS (Brotzge et al. 1999a;...
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1997-10-01 00:00:00 |
2000-10-01 23:59:59 |
OCFS:
Ozone Conservation and Flux Studies
The main objective of the Ozone Conservation and Flux Studies (OCFS) experiment, was to describe the structure and scale of the momentum, temperature and moisture perturbations which were of primary importance to the storage and transport of energy...
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1981-07-07 00:00:00 |
1981-08-01 23:59:59 |
OFB:
Ozone Flux and Budget
The Ozone Flux and Budget (OFB) project investigated tropospheric sources and sinks of ozone by measuring budgets of mean ozone concentration and ozone concentration variance in an urban environment. The method employed direct measurements of ozone...
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1982-06-15 08:09:54 |
1982-07-03 15:46:00 |
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 |
OHHI:
Oceans and Human Health Initiative
The mission of the Oceans and Human Health Initiative is to improve understanding and management of the ocean, coasts and Great Lakes to enhance benefits to human health and reduce public health risks. The OHHI investigates relationships among...
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2004-01-01 00:00:00 |
2004-01-01 00:00:00 |
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 |
OLYMPEX:
Olympic Mountains Experiment
The Olympic Mountains Experiment (OLYMPEX) is a ground validation field campaign designed to verify and validate satellite measurements of precipitation from the constellation of satellites known as the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM). The...
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2015-11-01 00:00:00 |
2016-01-17 23:59:59 |
OLYMPICS:
PAM stations at 1984 Olympics
10 PAM-II stations were deployed near the Los Angeles 1984 Olympics. Data were collected from 1984-07-15 to 1984-08-11.
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1984-07-15 00:00:00 |
1984-08-11 23:59:59 |
ONT:
Organic Nuclei Tests
In weather modification programs, ice nucleating materials, and their proper seeding in response to cloud characteristics, control the results. Economical, environmental and technical aspects of existing, or possible future, problems with commonly used...
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1982-01-16 00:00:00 |
1982-02-16 11:59:59 |
Operational:
Operational Datasets
The collection of datasets that are run on an ongoing or operational basis.
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1750-01-01 00:00:00 |
9999-12-31 23:59:59 |
Operations:
EOL Operations
This is an internal project meant to contain ongoing or episodic data collection from EOL instruments. This project should not contain products or data related to externally funded field campaigns.
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2016-06-01 00:00:00 |
9999-12-31 23:59:59 |
OPUS-I:
Organization of Persistent Upwelling Structures - I
The goal of the Organization of Persistent Upwelling Structures (OPUS) experiment was to understand the role of persistent upwelling structures in the relationship between circulation and plankton distribution. QueenAir, A-80 aircraft measurements were...
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1981-03-18 00:00:00 |
1981-03-31 23:59:59 |
OPUS-II:
Organization of Persistent Upwelling Structures - II
David Stuart (Florida State University). Stuart used the Queen Air for continued studies of the Organization of Persistent Upwelling Structures (OPUS) off the coast of California between Piedras Blancas Point and Point Conception. The aircraft...
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1983-04-13 10:35:44 |
1983-05-11 13:11:36 |
ORCAS:
The O2/N2 Ratio and CO2 Airborne Southern Ocean (ORCAS) Study
The O2/N2 Ratio and CO2 Airborne Southern Ocean (ORCAS) Study is an NSF sponsored airborne field campaign with research flights planned from Punta Arenas, Chile during January and February of 2016. The Southern Ocean plays a dominant role in the...
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2016-01-10 00:00:00 |
2016-03-01 23:59:59 |
OTREC:
Organization of Tropical East Pacific Convection
OTREC (Organization of Tropical East Pacific Convection) is a field campaign during the latter part of summer (August through September 2019) over a domain covering the eastern Pacific ocean and the southwest Caribbean. This is an area which exhibits a...
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2019-07-01 00:00:00 |
2019-10-07 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 |
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 |
PACE:
Precipitaiton Augmentation for Crops Experiment
The Precipitation Augmentation for Crops Experiment (CROPS) was run jointly by NOAA Flatland Radar Project and Illinois State WAter Survey during the summer of 1989 near Champaign, Illinois. Specific objectives were to examine the effects of seeding...
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1989-05-15 00:00:00 |
1989-07-27 23:59:59 |
PacMARS:
Pacific Marine Arctic Regional Synthesis
The Pacific Marine Arctic Regional Synthesis (PacMARS) effort will facilitate new synergies in understanding of the marine ecosystem in the greater Bering Strait region, including the northern Bering, Chukchi and Beaufort seas. The PacMARS research...
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2012-06-15 00:00:00 |
2014-06-14 23:59:59 |
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 |
PAIR:
Particulate Airborne Inlet Research
The PASIN program demonstrated that airborne aerosol inlets with sharp edges pass 50% or less of ambient particles to samplers inside an aircraft. On a recent King Air program in Monterey, CA, it was found that this largely-size-independent loss occurs...
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1990-10-08 16:33:26 |
1990-10-25 11:34:41 |
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 |
PASIN:
Particulate matter Airborne Sampling INlet experiment
The major objective of the Particulate matter Airborne Sampling INlet experiment (PASIN) project was to determine airborne aerosol inlet losses due to inertial and electrophoretic processes in sampling inlets. It was observed in previous studies that...
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1989-03-11 09:01:04 |
1989-04-16 17:10:11 |
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 |
PECAN:
Plains Elevated Convection at Night
The PECAN campaign is envisioned as a multi-agency, international project (NSF, NOAA, NASA, DOE; Canada, Germany, UK) designed to advance the understanding of continental nocturnal warm-season precipitation. PECAN will focus on nocturnal convection in...
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2015-04-01 00:00:00 |
2015-07-16 23:59:59 |
PECAN_2014:
PECAN 2014 Dry Run
The PECAN campaign is envisioned as a multi-agency, international project (NSF, NOAA, NASA, DOE; Canada, Germany, UK) designed to advance the understanding of continental nocturnal warm-season precipitation. PECAN will focus on nocturnal convection in...
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2014-04-15 00:00:00 |
2014-06-13 23:59:59 |
PELTI:
Passing Efficiency of the Low-Turbulence Inlet
In July, 2000 we tested the new porous-diffuser low-turbulence inlet (LTI), developed at the University of Denver, by flying it and three other inlets on NCAR?s C-130 in the Caribbean, using both dust and sea salt as test aerosols. Aerosols were...
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2000-07-05 00:00:00 |
2000-07-23 23:59:59 |
Perdigao:
Perdigao Field Experiment
The goal of Perdigao is to improve our understanding of flow over complex terrain, including any effects of vegetation and heterogeneity at the surface, with a specific target of improving wind prediction in complex terrain at microscale. Of...
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2016-12-15 00:00:00 |
2017-07-15 23:59:59 |
PERiLS_2022:
Propagation, Evolution and Rotation in Linear Storms 2022
PERiLS (Propagation, Evolution and Rotation in Linear Storms) builds upon the results of the VORTEX-SE campaigns adding critical instruments to provide the sampling necessary to address environmental factors and storm processes that lead to quasi...
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2022-03-01 00:00:00 |
2022-04-30 23:59:59 |
PERiLS_2023:
Propagation, Evolution and Rotation in Linear Storms 2023
PERiLS (Propagation, Evolution and Rotation in Linear Storms) builds upon the results of the VORTEX-SE campaigns adding critical instruments to provide the sampling necessary to address environmental factors and storm processes that lead to quasi...
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2022-12-15 00:00:00 |
2023-05-15 23:59:59 |
PHOENIX-78:
Project PHOENIX - 1978
The main objective of project PHOENIX, named after the convective boundary layer, like the bird of mythology, which rises anew each day out of the "ashes" of the Planetary Boundary Layer (PBL) from the previous day, was to describe the structure and...
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1978-09-01 00:00:00 |
1978-09-28 23:59:59 |
PHOENIX84:
PHOENIX - 1984
PHOENIX-84 addressed dual objectives of improvements in Doppler radar techniques of measuring turbulence, pressure and buoyancy fields in the lower atmosphere, and evaluation of PBL momentum, energy and buoyancy budgets and testing of models and...
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1984-05-17 12:11:34 |
1984-07-05 11:57:11 |
PISTON:
Propagation of Intra-Seasonal Tropical OscillatioN
The Propagation of Intra-Seasonal Tropical OscillatioN (PISTON) was conducted in the August-October 2018 period over the northern Western Pacific tropical region. While numerous tropical intra-seasonal oscillations exist, PISTON primarily targeted the...
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2018-08-21 00:00:00 |
2018-10-12 23:59:59 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
POPE:
Pacific Ocean Photochemistry Experiment
The Pacific Ocean Photochemistry Experiment required ground based meterological observations in conjunction with air sampling equipment for the study of the Pacific air mass near Hawaii's Mauna Loa Observatory from April through May, 1988. To fulfill...
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1988-04-26 00:00:00 |
1988-06-06 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 |
PPP:
Power Plant Plume
The objectives of the Power Plant Plume (PPP) project were: first, to demonstrate the importance or lack of importance of hydroxide (OH) oxidized Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) in power plant plumes via the direct in-situ measurement of the OH free radical, and...
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1976-07-16 00:00:00 |
1976-07-16 23:59:59 |
Pre-BB-FLUX:
Pre Biomass Burning Fluxes of Trace Gases and Aerosols
The 2017 Pre Biomass Burning Fluxes of Trace Gases and Aerosols campaign tested the installation of the CU solar tracker and the CU SOF on the University of Wyoming King Air research aircraft in the fall of 2017. During the testing period the aircraft...
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2017-08-01 00:00:00 |
2017-10-31 23:59:59 |
Pre-BOREAS:
Pre-BOReal Ecosystem Atmosphere Study
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1993-12-10 18:10:53 |
1993-12-18 21:43:05 |
Pre-EXPRESSO:
Pre-Experiment for Regional Sources and Sinks of Oxidants
To pave the way for EXPRESSO field work, Zimmerman and ACD scientist Alex Guenther went to Africa to scout potential study regions in January 1994. Klinger met with two French colleagues in the CAR and Congo later that year and has made two more trips...
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1994-06-01 00:00:00 |
1994-07-31 23:59:59 |
Pre-INDOEX:
Pre-Indian Ocean Experiment
Regional consequences of global warming depend critically on the potentially large cooling effect of another pollutant, known as aerosols. These tiny particles, of about a millionth of a centimeter or smaller in diameter, scatter sunlight back to space...
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1996-12-19 00:00:00 |
1997-01-18 23:59:59 |
PRECIP:
Prediction of Rainfall Extremes Campaign In the Pacific
PRECIP was developed to increase our understanding of the causes and increase our prediction capability of extreme rainfall events. PRECIP addressed this need through an in-depth and comprehensive study of the fundamental causes of extreme rainfall...
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2022-05-22 00:00:00 |
2022-08-10 23:59:59 |
PRECIP98:
Precipitation Project, 1998
PRECIP98 (also called TEFLUN-B by NASA) was an experiment in the Melborne, FL area. TUFLUN-B was the study of stratiform systems within close range of the S-POL radar, which were sampled with downlooking radars and radiometers. Comparisons were done ...
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1998-07-20 00:00:00 |
1998-07-20 23:59:59 |
PRECP-V:
Processing of Emissions by Clouds and Precipitation-V
PRECP-V was a multilaboratory effort, organized by the National Laboratory Consortium and the U.S. Department of Energy, and was in coordination with other projects in the National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program (NAPAP) by the Interagency Task...
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1987-06-02 18:07:31 |
1987-06-24 13:28:31 |
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 |
PRESTORM:
PRESTORM
Prestorm occurred during May and June, of 1985 and was centered around and to the south of Witchita, Kansas NCAR Doppler radars CP-3 and CP-4 documented the internal air motion and reflectivity structure with the specific objective os showing a higher...
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1985-05-01 00:00:00 |
1985-06-30 23:59:59 |
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 |
PROPHET:
Program for Research on Oxidants: Photochemistry, Emissions and Transport
The Program for Research on Oxidants: PHotochemistry, Emissions, and Transport (PROPHET) was created in 1996, as a coordinated research effort aimed at investigation of the relationships between atmospheric odd nitrogen, ozone, and forest-atmosphere...
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2000-06-20 00:00:00 |
2000-08-21 23:59:59 |
PROPHET_II:
Program for Research on Oxidants: Photochemistry, Emissions and Transport, II
The Program for Research on Oxidants: PHotochemistry, Emissions, and Transport (PROPHET) was created in 1996, as a coordinated research effort aimed at investigation of the relationships between atmospheric odd nitrogen, ozone, and forest-atmosphere...
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2001-06-25 00:00:00 |
2001-08-15 23:59:59 |
PROWS97:
Polarization Radar Observatory for Winter Storms
During the PROWS97 (Polarimetric Radar Observations of Winter Storms 1997) project both the CSU-CHILL and the NCAR S-POL dual polarization S-band research radar systems participated in the project. The NCAR / S-POL component of the project was directed...
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1997-01-15 00:00:00 |
1997-03-31 23:59:59 |
