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Dedicated RAOB Status

Dedicated RAOB Status. N. R. Nalli, C. D. Barnet, D. Tobin, E. Joseph, V. Morris, A. Mollner , D. Wolfe, M. Divakarla , A. Gambacorta , M. Wilson, T. King, T. Reale , H. Xie , X. Xiong , X. Liu, S. Kizer , D. Gu , et al. CrIMSS EDR Validation Telecon 25 Sep 2012.

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Dedicated RAOB Status

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  1. Dedicated RAOB Status N. R. Nalli, C. D. Barnet, D. Tobin, E. Joseph, V. Morris, A. Mollner, D. Wolfe, M. Divakarla, A. Gambacorta,M. Wilson,T. King, T. Reale, H. Xie, X. Xiong, X. Liu, S. Kizer, D. Gu, et al. CrIMSS EDR Validation Telecon 25Sep 2012

  2. ICV Coordinated Dedicated RAOB Campaign • ARM Sites (n = 450) • Tropical Western Pacific (TWP, island) (90) • Southern Great Plains (SGP) (180) • North Slope Alaska (NSA) (180) • Jul – ? 2012 ongoing • JPSS funded • Kauai, Hawaii (PMRF) Site (n = 34+) • Tropical Central Pacific (island) • May (20), Sep 2012 (14+ ongoing) • Collocated nighttime lidar • Collaborator: The Aerospace Corp. • Beltsville, MD (BCCSO) Site (n = 15+) • Urban midlatitude; lidar, MW radiometer • Jun–Jul, Sep 2012 ongoing • Collaborator: HU/NCAS • NOAA AEROSE Cruise (n ≈ 60) • Tropical Atlantic (ship) • Tentatively January 2013 • Collaborators: HU/NCAS, NOAA/ESRL • Test sondes launched in Sep 2012 during cancelled cruise return transit leg from Bermuda to Charleston

  3. NOAA AEROSE Test RAOBs • A handful of test RAOBs were launched on the return transit leg of the Ronald H. Brown from Bermuda to Charleston after the postponed AEROSE campaign • Two of these RAOBs were matched with NPP overpasses • Matchup granules were obtained and a “dress rehearsal” comparison was made against the IDPS EDRs

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