Scientific Overview &
Operational Plan for HEAT-Summer 2005
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Abstract
1. Introduction
1.1 Primary
Goals of HEAT
Pollution Effects
Urban Heat Island
Dynamics
The Effect of a
Complex Coastline
Atmospheric
Chemistry
Lightning
2. Project Overview
3. Scientific Objectives
3.1 Pollution Effects
3.2 Urban Heat Island Dynamics
3.3 The Effect of a Complex Coastline
3.4 Atmospheric
Chemistry
3.5 Lightning
4. Operation Plan: Daily Schedule and Conduct of Operations
4.1 Briefings
4.2 Conduct of
Field Operations and the Operations
Center
4.2.1 Operations
Center Team
4.2.2 Chief
Coordinators and Representatives for the
Major Components and Observing Systems
4.3 Operations
Center Layout
4.3.1 Displays and
communications
4.3.2 Radio and
phone communications
4.4 Field Experimental Designs
4.5 Lake
Charles, LA Sampling
5. Field Observing Systems
5.1 Radar Systems
5.1.1 NCAR S-Pol
Research Radar
5.1.2 CSU-CHILL
Research Radar
5.1.3 NWS WSR-88D
Operational Weather Radar
5.1.4 Radar
Scanning Strategies
5.2 Surface Mesonet Systems
5.2.1 TNRCC
Measurement Stations
5.3 Aircraft
5.3.1 University of
Wyoming King Air
5.3.2
WMI Lear Jet
5.3.3 Airborne Chemistry Instrumentation
5.4 Balloon Sounding Units
5.4.1 MGLASS Units
(2)
5.4.2 Mobile
Electrical Sounding Units (2)
5.4.3 TAOS Units
5.4.4 Upper-Air
Sounding Station
5.5 Wind Profiler System
5.6 Lightning Detection
5.6.1 Lightning
Mapping Array
5.6.2 National
Lightning Detection Network
5.7 Additional Instrument Information
6. Data Management
6.1 Logs and
Summaries
6.2 Data
Archives
7. References
Appendix A - Abbreviations |
Richard Orville, Renyi Zhang, John Nielsen-Gammon, Don Collins, Brandon Ely, and Scott Steiger
Department of
Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
77843-3150
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