DYNAMO

DYNAMO Sounding Data Workshop

February 6-7, 2012
NCAR EOL FL-1 Room 2133
Boulder, Colorado

Workshop Report

The following Workshop presentations are password protected for access by
DYNAMO investigators only. Please contact Dick Johnson or Steve Williams
(contact information below) to request access.


Results contained in these presentations are preliminary and in some cases
represent original research, so please contact the Presenter for permission
to use any of the information contained in these presentations.


Monday, 6 February

8:30 am    Coffee, refreshments

9:00 am    Introduction, workshop goals, overview of sounding network performance (Johnson/Williams)

9:30 am    Intercomparison among Vaisala RS92, Meisei RS-06G, and CFH: Initial Results from Mirai Observations (Yoneyama)

9:45 am     CINDY Sounding Data Collection Status (Yoneyama)

10:00 am   Low-level Temperature and Humidity Oddities in Gan and Manus RS92 Sondes (Long)

10:30 am   Break (refreshments provided)

11:00 am   RS92 corrections (daytime and nighttime); near-surface humidity structure: real or artificial, and possible solutions (June Wang)

11:30 am   Open discussion

12:00 pm   Lunch (FL cafeteria)

1:00 pm    QC of Dropsondes; Evaluation of Surface Heating Effects; Potential Radiosonde Data Quality Issues (Young)

1:30 pm    DYNAMO Dropsonde Data Quality Assessments from Real-time and Post-processing Analysis and Comparison with Other Data (Chen)

2:00 pm    Dropsonde-Aircraft Intercomparison and Sounding Representative Issues (Qing Wang)

2:30 pm     Open discussion

3:00 pm     Break (refreshments provided)

3:30 pm    DYNAMO ISS: Some observational and QC Issues, Diego Garcia and R/V Revelle (Brown)

4:00 pm    Malé sonde operations and issues (Ciesielski)

4:30 pm    DYNAMO High Resolution Sounding Data Holdings at NCAR/EOL (Loehrer/Williams)

5:00 pm     End of first day


Tuesday, 7 February

8:00 am     Coffee, refreshments

8:30 am    RS92, Meisei, other sounding systems, and ISS data quality; humidity biases; surface humidity errors; intercomparison studies: what has been done and what needs to be done (Lead: June Wang)

10:00 am   Ship Hull Structure Effects: Application of Correction Procedures (Lead: Yoneyama)

10:30 am   Break (refreshments provided)

11:00 am    Dropsonde intercomparison studies; analysis of island effects: progress so far, coordination of remaining work (Lead: Young)

12:00 pm   Lunch (FL cafeteria)

1:00 pm     Plans for data processing (who does what?); define versions of high-resolution data (vertical levels, common format, etc.) and timetables for release; sounding data from other sites in C/D/A domain; data archival; data policies (Lead: Williams/Johnson /Ciesielski)

3:00 pm     End of workshop

Workshop Report


To request password access, contact:

Steve Williams, NCAR/EOL
sfw AT ucar.edu

Dick Johnson, CSU
johnson AT atmos.colostate.edu


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