Subject: IHOP_2002 Update<br>
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 16:53:48 -0700<br>
From: Brigitte Baeuerle <bb@atd.ucar.edu><br>
Organization: NCAR<br>
To: ihop@atd.ucar.edu<p>

Dear IHOP_2002 Participants<p>

An ad-hoc IHOP Project Office was formed earlier last week to get
started on the logistics for IHOP_2002.  The group draws expertise
from NCAR/ATD (Dave Parsons, Tammy Weckwerth, Brigitte Baeuerle),
UCAR/JOSS (Steve Williams, Dick Dirks, Jose Meitin) and NOAA/NSSL
(Erik Rasmussen).  We hope to set up a more formal IHOP Project Office
once we get closer to the project.<p>

During the meeting, several tasks were identified. First, we would
like to have our next planning meeting during the 3rd week of April in
Boulder. Please comment on your availability. The second task was to
begin drafting the preliminary IHOP_2002 Operations Plan in order to
have a rough draft for the upcoming meeting.  To prepare this document,
we ask that you to sign up with one or more of the following working
groups via email to baeuerle@ucar.edu:<p>
<ol>
<Li> ABL Studies
<li> Convective Initiation
<li> QPF
<li> Instrumentation
</ol><p>

We will set up separate email aliases for each working group and also
post an electronic document on the web site below that will allow you
to contribute to the Operations Plan. The IHOP Scientific Overview
Document in PDF and WORD format is also available from this site.
<p>

<a href="../IHOP.html">
http://www.atd.ucar.edu/dir_off/projects/2002/IHOP.html</a><p>

We are pleased to say that we submitted an advance reservation request
for almost all of the facilities within the NSF Deployment pool.
The OFAP panel will meet on 9-11 April to recommend whether IHOP_2002
will get an advance reservation. The facility requests can also be found
on the web site mentioned above.<p>

We also have news regarding the transfer of the ELDORA airborne radar
from the NSF/NCAR Electra to a new platform.  NSF has signed an
agreement with NRL two weeks ago to use one of their P-3s to support
ELDORA. It now seems most likely that ATD will take the Electra out of
service.  Actual installation of ELDORA on a P-3 could happen as early
as August 2001 or as late as October of this year. There is a good chance
that IHOP will be the first project to put this new working relationship
to test.  We are confident that ATD staff will do their best to provide
many of the same services and instrumentation on the P-3 that we now
provide on the Electra.<p>

I look forward to working with you.<p>

Brigitte Baeuerle<br>
NCAR/ATD<br>
baeuerle@ucar.edu<br>
303 497 2061