saawso project summary and its goals
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SAAWSO PROJECT SUMMARY AND ITS GOALS. Ismail Gultepe EC, Cloud Physics and Severe Weather Research Section Toronto, Ontario M3H 5T4, Canada. SAAWSO PROJECT. Satellite Application for Arctic Weather and SAR Operations SAR: Search and Rescue Main goal: - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
SAAWSO PROJECT SUMMARY AND ITS GOALS
Ismail GultepeEC, Cloud Physics and Severe Weather Research
SectionToronto, Ontario M3H 5T4, Canada
SAAWSO PROJECT• Satellite Application for Arctic Weather
and SAR Operations
• SAR: Search and Rescue
• Main goal: Validate satellite based nowcasting products using observations over northern latitudes
SUMMARY• Project sites• IOPs• Instruments• Measurements• Weather conditions
PROJECT SITES
1.MOUNT PEARL SITE (MAIN SITE)2.HOLYROOD SITE (SW)3.BAY BULLS SITE(SE)4.FLATROCK SITE (NE)
MAP FOR THE PROJECT REGION
BAY BULLS
FLATROCK
HOLYROOD ST. JOHN’S
MOUNT PEARL SITE
REFERENCE PRECIP MICROPHYSICS [03-100 MICRON] VISIBILITY-PRECIP-TURB
REMOTE SENSING PLATFORMS
• McGill x-band radar (McGill University)• CL-51 Ceilometer (Vaisala)• 3027A PMWR (Radiometrics)• IR sensors
REMOTE SENSING PLATFORMS
TP3017A
Microphysical platform
REFERENCE PRECIP MEASUREMENTS
PRECIP SENSOR
VIS/FOG AND PRESENT WEATHER SENSORS
ICING-TURBULENCE-RADIATION
T & RH MEASUREMENTS
HMP 45C
HMP 45C212
MP102WXT50
MP102
DSC101
IRTu;d
HOLYROOD SITE
FLAT ROCK SITE
BAY BULLS SITE
IOPs
IOP1:Winter cold clouds/snow[St. John’s] Jan 7-Feb 7, 2013
IOP2:Mixed phase clouds/fog[St. John’s] April 2-May 1, 2013
IOP3:Arctic ice clouds and snow[Goose Bay] Jan 15-Feb 28, 2014
MEASUREMENTSMicrophysics: PR, PA, Precip type, fog, visibility, reflectivity, cloud ceiling, snow crystals, aerosol and fog from 0.3 micron to cm size range), icing, LWP
Radiation: Direct and diffiuse solar radiation as well as SW up(down) and IR up (down)
Dynamics: Doppler velocity, turbulence, wind speed
Profiling: Ceiling, reflectivity, T, LWC, qv, RH, Doppler velocity
Satellite based products
CASE SUMMARIES/EXAMPLES
Feb 2Feb 4Feb 6Feb 8Feb 9Feb 20-22
Jan 3Jan 5Jan 10Jan 11Jan 18Jan 22Jan 23Jan 24Jan 31
Mar 14Mar 15Mar 17Mar 25Mar 28Mar 29Mar 30
Apr 2Apr 6Apr 12
SIGNIFICANT PRECIP EVENTS (SN(RN) DEPTH> 1 cm/day (5 mm/day)
PMWR-April 10
JAN 10 2013-SNOW STORM
JAN-10/11 SNOW STORM
APRIL 2
RADIOMETRIC-PMWR PROFILES
FEBRUARY 4 FOG CASE
SNOW TYPES APRIL 10
APRIL 12APRIL 10
FEBRUARY 2 FEBRUARY 2
FEBRUARY 6 2013
JANUARY 22 2013
FUTURE WORK• Snow type prediction using LPM
• Improve Fog/precipitation Vis parameterizations
• Develop algorithms for satellite retrievals of cold cloud microphysics
• Improve snow precipitation measurements for satellite applications
• Collaborations……………….