VAMOS Ocean-Cloud-Atmosphere-Land Study
Regional Experiment
http://www.eol.ucar.edu/projects/vocals/

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Objectives-
VOCALS is an international program for studies of the eastern tropical Pacific climate.

 Science goals emphasize:


  • 1.   Interactions between the climate in the southeastern Pacific and remote climates,
        particularly over South America and its monsoon system,

  • 2.   Biases in coupled Global Circulation Models and effects on seasonal and interannual predictability,
     
  • 3.   Local air-sea interactions, including stratocumulus clouds.


    • Processes targeted include local feedbacks between atmosphere and oceans, coastal upwelling and oceanic heat transports, planetary boundary layer (PBL) cloud formation/destruction, aerosol-cloud interactions in the southeastern Pacific (SEP), interactions between regions of radiative sink and descent (in the SEP) with those of heating and ascent to the east (Amazonia), and teleconnections with remote regions.

  •  The program organization has one field component supported by numerical modeling and prediction components.  The components complement and reinforce each other from design to execution

    • Research Domain -


    Research time frame-  October 1- November 30, 2008
    Themes-     Oceanography, Meteorology, Chemistry, Climate

    Research Location-  (IMET buoy (20°S, 85°W), Arica, Iquique, Paposo, Chile)

    Is this continuation of previous research?

    STRATUS-07 cruise and previous R/V Ron Brown cruises to the IMET buoy (20°S, 85°W) and partially, it is part of the Peruvian component of the Joint Regional Oceanographic Research Cruise in the SEP



    Investigators Information

                     The VOCALS Project is an activity of the CLIVAR/GEWEX Variability of the American Monsoon System (VAMOS) Panel and is under the direction of an international Science Working Group chaired by Prof. Roberto Mechoso (UCLA)
      
    Robert Wood (NSF C-130 Chief Scientist)
    		 Department of Atmospheric Science
    		 University of Washington,
    Seattle WA,  USA
    Peter Daum (DoE G-1 Chief Scientist)
    		 Brookhaven National Laboratory
    		 US Dept of Energy,
    Brookhaven , NY  USA
    Bruce Albrecht (ONR Scientist)
    		 Rosenstiel School of Marine
    and Atmospheric Science
    		 University of Miami,
    Miami, FL USA
    Robert Weller (R/V Brown Chief Scientist)
    		 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
    		 Woods Hole, MA USA
    Haflidi H. Jonsson (Chief Scientist, CIRPAS)
    		 Naval Postgraduate School
    		 Monterey, CA USA
    Christopher Fairall
    		 Earth Sciences Research Laboratory
    		 US Dept of Commerce, NOAA,
    Boulder, CO USA
    Sandra Yuter
    		 Department of Marine, Earth
    and Atmospheric Sciences
    		 North Carolina State University,
    Raleigh, NC USA
    Antony Clarke
    		 Hawaii Group for Environmental
    Aerosol Research
    		 Univ of Hawai'i at Manoa,
    Honolulu, HI USA
    Jim Anderson
    		 Department of Mechanical
    and Aerospace Engineering
    		 Arizona State University,
    Tempe, AZ USA
    Cynthia Twohy
    		 College of Oceanic
    and Atmospheric Sciences
    		 Oregon State University,
    Corvallis, OR  USA
    Alan Bandy
    		 Atmospheric and
    Analytical Chemistry
    		 Drexel University
    Philadelphia, PA
    David Leon
    		 Department of Atmospheric Science
    		 University of Wyoming
    Laramie, WY
    Paquita Zuidema
    		Rosenstiel School of Marine
    and Atmospheric Science    		 University of Miami,
    Miami, FL
    Barry Huebert
    		 Department of Oceanography
    		University of Hawai'i
    Honolulu, HI
    David Covert
    		 Department of Atmospheric Sciences
    NOAA/JISAO
    		 University of Washington,/ NOAA
    Seattle WA,  USA
    Jan Kazil Cooperative Institute for Research
    in Environmental Science
    		 University of Colorado/ NOAA
    Boulder, CO
    Patricia A. Matrai Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences West Boothbay Harbor, Maine
    Leo Donner
    		 Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
    		 NOAA
    Princeton, NJ
    Art Miller
    		 Scripps Institution of Oceanography
    		 La Jolla, CA
    Patrick Chuang
    		 Department of Earth and
    Planetary Sciences     		University of California
    Santa Cruz, CA
    Djamal Khelif
    		 Department of Mechanical and
    Aerospace Engineering     		University of California
    Irvine, CA

     

    Funding Sources: 

                U.S. National Science Foundation, Dept of Commerce / NOAA Climate Program Office,
                Dept of Energy / Atmospheric Science Program, Office of Naval Research.
                Government of Perú
                Comisión Nacional de Investigación en Ciencia y Tecnología (CONICyT), Government of Chile


    Chilean Collaborators:
      
    José Rutllant
    		 Departamento de Geofísica
    		 Universidad de Chile,
    Santiago, Chile
    René Garreaud
    		 Departamento de Geofísica
    		 Universidad de Chile,
    Santiago, Chile
    Ricardo Muñoz
    		 Departamento de Geofísica
    		 Universidad de Chile,
    Santiago, Chile
    Laura Gallardo
    		 Centro de Modelamiento Matemático
    		 Universidad de Chile,
    Santiago, Chile
    Oscar Pizarro
    		 Departamento de Geofísica Universidad de Concepción,
    Concepción, Chile
    Ana Maria Córdova
    		 Departamento de Meteorología Universidad de Valparaiso,
    Valparaiso, Chile
    Rosalino Fuenzalida
    		 Departamento de Oceanografía Universidad Arturo Pratt,
    Iquique, Chile


    Peruvian Collaborators:

      
    Carmen Grados  
    (R/V Olaya, Chief Scientist)     		Physical Oceanography Department Instituto del Mar del Perú,
    Callao, Perú
    Michelle Graco  Chemical Oceanography Department Instituto del Mar del Perú,
    Callao, Perú
    Sonia Sánchez  Biological Oceanography Department Instituto del Mar del Perú,
    Callao, Perú
    Patricia Ayón Biological Oceanography Department  Instituto del Mar del Perú,
    Callao, Perú
    Salvador Peraltilla  Marine Hydroacoustic Unit Instituto del Mar del Perú,
    Callao, Perú
    Jesús Ledesma Chemical Oceanography Department Instituto del Mar del Perú,
    Callao, Perú
    Luis Vásquez Physical Oceanography Department Instituto del Mar del Perú,
    Callao, Perú
    Yves du-Penhoat Echanges Côte-Large (ECOLA),
    Physical Oceanography    		   Laboratoire d´Etudes en Géophysique
    et Océanographie Spatiales (LEGOS),
    Toulouse, France
    Boris Dewitte Echanges Côte-Large (ECOLA),
    Physical Oceanography    		 LEGOS, Toulouse, France
    Gérard Eldin Echanges Côte-Large (ECOLA),
    Physical Oceanography    		 LEGOS, Toulouse, France
    Alexis Chaigneau Physical Oceanography 
    		Laboratoire d´Océanographie et du Climat:
    Expérimentation et Approche Numérique
     (LOCEAN), Paris, France
    Vincent Echevin Physical Oceanography LOCEAN, Paris, France
    Ken Takahashi Meteorology NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, (GFDL)
    Princeton, NJ USA
    Yamina Silva Meteorology Instituto Geofísico del Perú,
    Lima, Perú


    Availability of Research Data:

        All VAMOS project data are freely available from the archives:

                 VOCALS Data Archives.
                 VAMOS Data Information Server

    Research Facilities
    RESEARCH SHIPS   

    R/V Ron H Brown
        National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
        U.S. Department of Commerce, USA
        Registration Number- R104
        Captain's Name:   (Commanding Officer TBD)
        Port of Call: Arica, Chile

     

    R/V José Olaya Balandra

    Instituto del Mar del Perú (IMARPE)
    Ministerio de la Producción, Perú
    Registration Number- CO-17706-EM
    Captain's Name:  CdeF Raúl Rojas Turpaud
    Port of Call: Callao, Peru


    RESEARCH AIRCRAFT       

     
     NSF C-130

    4 engine turboprop
        Max weight 155,000 lbs
        Maximum endurance:  10 hrs

        Registration Number: N130AR

    Owner: U.S. National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. USA

    Pilot Information: Henry Boynton     Captain ATP Cert # 2245308
                                   Lowell Genzlinger Captain ATP Cert # 2069296
                                   Edward Ringleman   Captain ATP Cert # 28924391
                             
        Destination:  Arica, Chile

    Grumman Model Gulfstream-159 (G-1)

    2 engine turboprop
    Maximum Gross Weight: 36,000 pounds
    Range: 1,500 nautical miles
    Maximum Endurance: 6 hours
    Maximum crew: 7
            
    Registration Number: N701BN

    Owner:  Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH, USA.

    Pilot Information:    Robert V. Hannigan        Captain

        Destination:  Arica, Chile

    DeHavilland Twin Otter (DHC-6)

    2 engine turboprop
    Maximum Gross Weight: 13,500 lb (6,140 kg)
    Range: 950 nautical miles
    Maximum Endurance: 5 hours
    Maximum crew: 4
            
    BUNO: 762256

    Owner:  Naval Postgraduate School / Center for Interdisciplinary Remotely-Piloted Aircraft Studies (CIRPAS) USA.

    Pilot Information:  Mike Hubbell - Chief Pilot

        Destination:  Iquique, Chile
    British Aerospace BAe-146-301

    4 engine jet
    Maximum Gross Weight: 93,000 lb (42,184 kg)
    Range: 1800 nautical miles
    Maximum Endurance: 5 hours
    Maximum crew: 20
            
    Registration Number: G-LUXE

    Owner: FACILITY for AIRBORNE ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENTS (FAAM) U.K.

    Pilot Information:    XXX        Captain

        Destination:  Arica, Chile

    Dornier-228

    2 engine turboprop
    Maximum Gross Weight: 13,184 lb (5,980 kg)
    Range: 1610 nautical miles
    Maximum Endurance: 9 hours
    Maximum crew: 4
            
    Registration Number: D-CALM

    Owner: UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)

    Pilot Information:   Carl Joseph - Captain

    Destination:  Arica, Chile

    		 RESEARCH RADIOSONDE:   
    GPS Advance Upper-Air Sounding system (GAUS)

    A balloon-borne rawinsonde system that measures wind, pressure, temperature and humidity.

    Located at: Universidad Arturo Pratt, Iquique, Chile