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GV Sites in Canada

Environment Environnement Canada Canada. GV Sites in Canada. David Hudak Paul Joe. 2nd International GPM Ground Validation Workshop, 27-29 September, Taipei, Taiwan. The A-Train Constellation. The A-Train. CALIPSO. CloudSat. 1:31:15. 1:31. Aqua. 1:30. PARASOL. 1:33. OCO.

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GV Sites in Canada

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  1. Environment Environnement Canada Canada GV Sites in Canada David Hudak Paul Joe 2nd International GPM Ground Validation Workshop, 27-29 September, Taipei, Taiwan

  2. The A-Train Constellation The A-Train CALIPSO CloudSat 1:31:15 1:31 Aqua 1:30 PARASOL 1:33 OCO 1:15 Aura 1:38 • Orbit is sun-synchronous at an altitude of 705 km and inclination of 98.2º • Allows nearly simultaneous views of the Earth from distinct instrument payloads Formation Flying

  3. Canada wide ground observations NATIONAL NETWORKS ☼ WEATHER STATIONS ○ RADAR NETWORK

  4. Balloonsonde Radiometers Lidar POSS X-band radar 10m met tower Ceilometer Radiation sensors Visibility meter Spectrometer HotPlates Particle photography Video disdrometer W-band radar Wind profiler Centre for Atmospheric Research Experiments Nov to April, 2005/06, 2006/07 September 14, 2005: CloudSat Pre-Launch Technical Media Briefing

  5. 6400 um 800 um PMS 2D imagery NRC Convair-580 aircraft 2006-Jan-16 to 2006-April-30 • Radar • Lidar • In-situ

  6. CLOUD MICROPHYSICS PROBES Bulk Microphysics Probes PMS King LWC hot-wire probe Nevzorov LWC/TWC hot-wire probe Science Engineering TWC hot-wire probe new Counterflow Virtual Impactor for TWC/IWC (0.005-0.05 gm-3) Cloud Spectrometers 2 PMS FSSP probes (2-47 m, 5-95 m), for liquid cloud spectra PMS 2D2-C probe (25-800 m) at 25 m res. PMS 2DC-grey probe (15-960 m) at 15 m res. DMT CIP probe (12- 768 m) at 12 m res. PMS 2D-P probe (200-6400 m) at 200 m res. new SPEC 2D-S (10-1280 m) at 10 m res. PMS PCASP Aerosol spectrum probe (0.1-3 m) SPEC HVPS (400 m – 5 cm) at 400 m res. Others Important Microphysics Instruments Nevzorov extinction probe Rosemount Ice detector LICOR water vapour measurement system

  7. Airborne Validation Program(in collaboration with CLEX-10) OVERVIEW: Nominal Dates : 16 January 2006 – 30 April 2006 Aircraft: National Research Council Convair-580 Number of Flights: ~25 Number of Flight hours: ~100 Location of Flights: Approximate area defined by Sault Ste. Marie – Rouyn – Quebec City – Montreal – Toronto – Windsor – Sault Ste. Marie Types of Flights: (1) coordinated with satellite overpasses, and (2) uncoordinated flights focused on CARE facility

  8. Aircraft operations plan: • IOP = set of flights within a 16-day A-train orbit cycle • Tentative dates are, • IOP1: Jan 16 – Jan 25, 2006 • IOP2: Feb 15 – Feb 26, 2006 • IOP3: Mar 19 – Mar 30, 2006 • IOP4: Apr 20 – Apr 30, 2006

  9. YPQ YOW WTY CARE YGK YMX Summary of Orbits during all IOPs Feb. 8 Feb. 10 Feb. 12 Feb. 13 Feb. 15 Feb. 17 dates are for IOP-2 Feb. 19

  10. SEARCH/PEARL Eureka Site Instrumentation • Deployment to begin in 2005 • ETL 35 GHz cloud radar • ETL multi-channel IR/microwave radiometer • U. of Wisconsin high spectral resolution LIDAR • Eventually to install a Baseline Surface Radiation Network

  11. Eureka, Canada(80°N)

  12. September 10, 2005 NOAA MMCR U. Wisconsin HSRL

  13. CLOUDSAT SPACECRAFT STATUSOn the docket at VAFB for an October launch!

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