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AMMA-UK Atmospheric profiling

AMMA-UK Atmospheric profiling. Status of planning, January 2006 Radiosondes Sodars Tethersonde. Radiosondes. Managed with AMMA-EU 208 sondes bought from CSIP @ 80 GBP and shipped to Tamale/Abuja. 531 sondes sent for Agadez for 0000 UTC soundings (no gas / balloons).

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AMMA-UK Atmospheric profiling

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  1. AMMA-UK Atmospheric profiling • Status of planning, January 2006 • Radiosondes • Sodars • Tethersonde

  2. Radiosondes • Managed with AMMA-EU • 208 sondes bought from CSIP @ 80 GBP and shipped to Tamale/Abuja. • 531 sondes sent for Agadez for 0000 UTC soundings (no gas / balloons). • Reserve budget available for Tessalit (proposing to use a local consultant). • Thinking about high resolution strategy for northern stations …

  3. Northern Quadrilateral – need to evaluate consequences – deploy EAMAC station Tindouf SOP In Salah Nouadhibou Tamanrasset Tessalit Nouakchott SOP3 Sal Tombouctou Dakar Agadez Khartoum Tahoua Tambacounda Niamey Ouagadougou N’Djamena Bamako SOP1&2 Adis-Abeba Conakry Djougou Sarh Tamale Abuja Parakou Man Ngaoundere Cotonou Bangui Abidjan AMMA Priority 1 stations ; ASECNA: AMMA Priority 2 stations ; ASECNA: Temporary stations (planned) Other stations ; ASECNA …………..: GPS stations ; UHF VHF stations AMMA mesoscales sites Ships Ouesso Libreville Pointe Noire

  4. Sodar network and tethered balloon(s) (for Niamey)

  5. Quick Look at Meteosat Data from June 2000 (Chris Taylor, CEH) • Background: • One of the objectives of these flights is to provide measurements of • atmospheric response to surface heterogeneity, notably from recent • rainfall. The following figures provide an indication of what surface • moisture heterogeneity might be sampled at this time of year from • flights in this region. • Data used: • Meteosat 7 ~4.5km pixel resolution TIR and VIS, June 6 – • September 30 2000 (only June 7-15 shown) • Raw TIR data to locate cold cloud in previous 24 hours • Daytime cloud-screened TIR to locate surface temperature • anomalies (often associated with surface soil moisture from recent rain) • Interpretation of figures: • Antecedent cold cloud maps (left hand side) provide an indication of • where convective systems have passed, but cannot accurately locate • where surface rainfall occurred, or indeed whether it rained at all. • In sparsely-vegetated regions on the other hand, recent rainfall • produces a strong decrease in surface temperature. • In cloud-free zones, interpretation of maps of brightness temperature • anomalies (compared to a longer-term mean diurnal cycle calculated, • in this case, over 15 days) can provide accurate locations of storm • tracks. The surface is likely to be wet if it: • Has low brightness temperature • Is coincident with cold cloud feature in recent 24-48 hours • Has a well-defined patch edge • Has geometry associated with “typical” storms e.g. oriented NE-SW • Flight planning during the SOP • CEH hope to set up an operational system for the SOP based on • near-real-time satellite data which can assist flight planning during • the morning of the flights. This will be based on cloud-screened • Meteosat Second Generation data, and other sensors if available. • Using this technique, we hope to be able to accurately locate • wet/dry surface patches from recent rainfall, and hence provide • suitable cases of heterogeneity for the aircraft to sample. We • anticipate improvements in the cloud-screening using MSG which • will hopefully make the Niamey region less obscure (the current • algorithm is very conservative).

  6. Surface temperature (1200 UTC) and boundary layer TKE in the afternoon (around 1500 UTC) Chris Taylor, CEH Wallingford

  7. The observed monsoon (v-wind) is related to recent rainfall.

  8. Filtered v-wind (Richard Ellis, CEH)

  9. The monsoon flow is active at night and in the morning.

  10. 3 AMMA-UK sodars (U. Leeds) combined with one identical system from FZK Karlsruhe in the Niamey region.

  11. Sea breeze (UK) Backscatter and winds

  12. Wind direction

  13. Tethersonde • The turbulence sonde is under development • We propose to take a convectional PTU + wind sonde also • ‘Skydoc’ balloon should fly in all wind conditions outside Cb conditions • Propose 4+ hour flights associated (and not) with BAe146 activity in the area (3-4 person team).

  14. Deployment periods in SOP1 and SOP2

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