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Project Title: NEWS Science Integration Team PI: William B. Rossow (wbrossow@ccny.cuny.edu). Science Issues: Diagnose coupling of global energy and water cycle by cloud processes and examine large-scale interactions of the atmosphere with the ocean and land.
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Project Title: NEWS Science Integration TeamPI: William B. Rossow (wbrossow@ccny.cuny.edu) Science Issues: Diagnose coupling of global energy and water cycle by cloud processes and examine large-scale interactions of the atmosphere with the ocean and land. Approach: Analysis of time-space variations of relationships in global satellite remote sensing products. Data:ISCCP, ISCCP-FD, GPCP, GSSTF, HOAPS, GSWP, ERA40, NCEP2, TOMS, TOVS, GRDC, GPCC Years 1 & 2: Developed global land and ocean surface skin temperature dataset and global land surface inundation dataset. Determined global generation of available potential energy from observations for first time. Year 3: Analyze effects of cloud-radiative and surface moisture perturbations on diurnal cycle of land surface temperatures. Investigate relationship between flood extent variations and water level, precipitation and runoff. Complete analysis of global energy exchanges. Year 4 & 5: Develop land surface turbulent flux data product. Examine variations of global energy exchanges to elucidate feedback processes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS Linkages: Lin & Schlosser “core projects” Roads, Curry, Adler investigations NASA MAP CloudSat and ISCCP WCRP GEWEX Total mass Ground Water Surface Volume Winter Storms Winter Pole Radiative Cooling Summer Monsoons Tropical Latent Heating