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SAAWSO PROJECT SUMMARY AND ITS GOALS. Ismail Gultepe EC, Cloud Physics and Severe Weather Research Section Toronto, Ontario M3H 5T4, Canada. SAAWSO PROJECT. Satellite Application for Arctic Weather and SAR Operations SAR: Search and Rescue Main goal:
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SAAWSO PROJECT SUMMARY AND ITS GOALS Ismail Gultepe EC, Cloud Physics and Severe Weather Research Section Toronto, Ontario M3H 5T4, Canada
SAAWSO PROJECT • Satellite Application for Arctic Weather and SAR Operations • SAR: Search and Rescue • Main goal: Validate satellite based nowcasting products using observations over northern latitudes
SUMMARY • Project sites • IOPs • Instruments • Measurements • Weather conditions
PROJECT SITES MOUNT PEARL SITE (MAIN SITE) HOLYROOD SITE (SW) BAY BULLS SITE(SE) FLATROCK SITE (NE)
MAP FOR THE PROJECT REGION FLATROCK HOLYROOD ST. JOHN’S BAY BULLS
MOUNT PEARL SITE VISIBILITY-PRECIP-TURB MICROPHYSICS [03-100 MICRON] REFERENCE PRECIP
REMOTE SENSING PLATFORMS • McGill x-band radar (McGill University) • CL-51 Ceilometer (Vaisala) • 3027A PMWR (Radiometrics) • IR sensors
REMOTE SENSING PLATFORMS TP3017A
T & RH MEASUREMENTS HMP 45C IRTu;d MP102 HMP 45C212 DSC101 MP102 WXT50
IOPs IOP1:Winter cold clouds/snow[St. John’s] Jan 7-Feb 7, 2013 IOP2:Mixed phase clouds/fog[St. John’s] April 2-May 1, 2013 IOP3:Arctic ice clouds and snow[Goose Bay] Jan 15-Feb 28, 2014
MEASUREMENTS Microphysics: PR, PA, Precip type, fog, visibility, reflectivity, cloud ceiling, snow crystals, aerosol and fog from 0.3 micron to cm size range), icing, LWP Radiation: Direct and diffiuse solar radiation as well as SW up(down) and IR up (down) Dynamics: Doppler velocity, turbulence, wind speed Profiling: Ceiling, reflectivity, T, LWC, qv, RH, Doppler velocity Satellite based products
CASE SUMMARIES/EXAMPLES SIGNIFICANT PRECIP EVENTS (SN(RN) DEPTH> 1 cm/day (5 mm/day) Jan 3 Jan 5 Jan 10 Jan 11 Jan 18 Jan 22 Jan 23 Jan 24 Jan 31 Feb 2 Feb 4 Feb 6 Feb 8 Feb 9 Feb 20-22 Mar 14 Mar 15 Mar 17 Mar 25 Mar 28 Mar 29 Mar 30 Apr 2 Apr 6 Apr 12
SNOW TYPES APRIL 10
APRIL 12 APRIL 10 FEBRUARY 2 FEBRUARY 2
FUTURE WORK • Snow type prediction using LPM • Improve Fog/precipitation Vis parameterizations • Develop algorithms for satellite retrievals of cold cloud microphysics • Improve snow precipitation measurements for satellite applications • Collaborations……………….