SoWMEX/TiMREX Mid-Term Review Meeting

1. SoWMEX/TiMREX Mid-Term Review Meeting Date: 9 Am, June 10, 2008 CWB 2nd floor Satellite Center meeting room

2. AGENDA • Program overview: Ben Jou and WC Lee • Facility Operation/Observation Summary • Paul Chiou: Operation summary • Chris Davis/Po-Hsiung Lin: Rawinsonde and Dropsonde • Jian-Liang Wong: Shipsonde • Wen-Chau Lee/Gordon Farquharson: SPOL • Yu-Chieng Liou/Tai-Chi Chen Wang: TEAM-r • Gyuwon Lee: Supersite • Feng Lei/Sano: Japan radar • TT Terng: NWP • Open discussion and concluding remarks

3. Program Overview Ben Jong-Dao Jou And Wen-Chau Lee

4. Rainfall statistics for Meiyu season of 2008 In May, north Taiwan has more rainfall than climate (1971-2000) In June (the first week), south Taiwan has more rainfall than climate.

5. NPUST daily rainfall and hourly rainfall during EOP

6. 中尺度渦旋和豪雨天氣 (2000年6月5日衛星可見光影像)

8. SPOL observation (reflectivity)

9. SPOL observations (radial velocity)

10. Milestone of SoWMEX/TiMREX (1/2) • April 14-16, Sounding Inter-comparison study at Banciao, Paul Ciesielski, PH Lin, CH Liu, and WJ Chen. • April 16- May 8, Rain measurement calibration study at NTU campus, international team led by Gyuwon Lee (USA, Taiwan, Canada, and Korea) • April 20, SPOL site preparation completed (Kang) and SPOL arrived Taiwan • May 2, dropsonde test flight (PH Lin) • May 8, NCAR/EOL team completed SPOL deployment at Hsinyuan levee and started to test. • May 10, TEAM-r started to do inter-comparison with SPOL. • May 10-13, SPOL International Training Camp held at NPUST, Pingtung (Vivek, Gyuwon Lee, S Ellis), 40 students participated. • May 12, test cruise was successfully conducted. • May 12-15, Gyuwon Lee led the international rain measurement team to set up the super-site network at Pingtung area. • May 12-14, Jim Moore tested the OCC operation, the video conference facility. • May 14, Jim Wilson and Tammy Weckwerth arrived Pingtung SPOL site. • May 15, SoWMEX/TiMREX field phase started

11. Milestone of SoWMEX/TiMREX (2/2) • May 15-20, only non-organizing convective systems were observed. • May 19 06Z, IOP#1 started. Tested facility operation and coordination. Weak front approached Taiwan. MCS from SCS did not produce heavy rain over the island. • May 22, Dave Chen and Frank Lin arrived OCC. • May 25, John Hubbert arrived SPOL. • May 28, Jenny Sun arrived OCC and SPOL. • May 27 06Z, IOP#2 started. Upstream condition and lee vortex. • May 29 21Z, EOP started • June 1, Chris Davis, Dick Johnson, and Rita Roberts arrived. • IOP#3-6 were conducted during EOP.

12. SoWMEX/TiMREX SOP/EOP/IOP Summary

13. Summary of SOP/IOP/EOP EOP ended and SOP resumed on 18Z June 6. The upper air research stations (Taichung, Liouguei, and Hengchuun) reduce to 2 sondes per day operation starting 00Z June 7and will resume 4 sondes per day on 00Z June 10. Summary of IOP days and Astra flight hours and dropsonde left • IOP days + EOP (9 days) = (2.75 days + 2.625 days + 9 days) = 14.375 days • Total there are 21 IOP days planned and now only 6.625 days left. • We have 10 flights and 129 soundings (with 24 failed) used and there are 9.66 hours and 75 drops left.

14. Score Board of SoWMEX/TiMREX

15. Data policy and future activity • Excellent work has been done by Dr. Fong on SoWMEX/TiMREX Field catalog http://sowmex.cwb.gov.tw/2008/ • Raw data retrieval needs application and will be approved by Science Team. • Priority for case selection will be coordinated by Science Team at the end of the field project.

16. Science Team of SoWMEX/TiMREX Ben Jong-Dao Jou (NTU/NCDR), Co-Chair Wen-Chau Lee (NCAR/EOL), Co-Chair Shui-Shang Chi (CWB) Chris Davis (NCAR/MMM) Richard Johnson (CSU) Hung-Chi Kuo (NTU) Gyuwon Lee (NCAR/EOL) Yu-Chieng Liou (NCU) Hiroshi Uyeda (Nagoya U) Jim Wilson (NCAR/RAL)

17. Seminars at CWB/NTU/NCDR (April-May-June 2008) related to SoWMEX/TiMREX • Ellis at May 8 (Thursday), at CWB, 2:00 pm 4th floor media room • GW Lee at May 8 (Thursday), at CWB, 3:00 pm media room • Vivek at May 9 (Friday), at CWB, 3:00 pm 4th floor media room • Tammy Weckwerth at CWB, May 22, 4-5pm, Rm311 • Paul Ciesielski at NCDR May 22 (Thursday), 1:30-2:30 pm, Rm311 • Jim Moore at NCDR May 22 (Thursday), 11-12am, media room • Dave Chen at CWB May 27 (Tuesday) 4pm, Rm 311, Island scale weather over Oahu, Hawaii • Jenny Sun at CWB May 29 (Thursday), 11am, media room, Radar data assimilation using variational technique • Richard Johnson at CWB June (1-7), • Meoscale Processes Associated with Flash-Flood-Producing Storms, • Multiscale Variability of the Flow During the 2004 North American Monsoon Experiment • John Hubbert at CWB, June 6, Real time mitigation of ground clutter • Chris Davis at CWB June (1-13), • Dynamics of Hurricane Vortices in Baroclinic Environments; • The Vertical Structure of Mesoscale Convective Vortices • Rita Roberts at CWB June (1-15) • Jim Wilson at CWB June (6-19) • Nanjing University group (Y. Wang) visit Taiwan, June 15-21, • Ellis and Deierling at CWB June 11- July 3 • Ed Zipser at CWB June (13-23) • Robert Fovell at CWB, June 19-25

18. International student program of SoWMEX/TiMREX • USA (CSU, Utah U, Hawaii U) • Korea (NPKU, NKPU) • Japan (Nagoya U) • Canada (McGill U) • Taiwan (NTU, NCU, CCU, NPUST)