Ryan  Spackman  and  Chris  Fairall  5  November  2014  

CalWater 2015 – NOAA P-3

Aircra>:    NOAA  WP-­‐3D  N43RF  Flight  hours:    80  (including  transit)  Science  Flights:    15  Jan  –  12  Feb  2015  Base  of  OperaPons:    McClellan  Airfield  Nominal  Range:    3000  nmi  Dropsondes:    150  

P-3 Operations

NOAA$HMT$Network$$

Wind$Profilers,$Radars,$GPS$Met$Sierra$Nevada$and$Coastal$Ranges$(white$bars)$

Hawaii$ SSM/I%satellite%observa0ons%of%IWV%showing%a%strong%atmospheric%river%on%12%Dec%2010%(from&Ralph&and&De0nger&BAMS&2012)&

CalWater$2$/$ACAPEX$ObservaFonal$Strategy$

Jan$–$Mar$2015$

Remote$aerosol$plume$(schemaFc)$

20°N$

30°N$

40°N$

50°N$

160°W$ 150°W$ 140°W$ 130°W$

50N

40N

30N

20N

160W 150W 140W 130W

7654321IWV (g cm-2)

40N

30N

20N160W 150W 140W 130W 120W

12 December 2010

18 December 2010

NOAA$WPU3D$-  Aerosols & Trace Gas Instruments -  Cloud Probes -  Dropsondes -  Precipitation & Cloud Radar $

NOAA$GUIV$and$NASA$Global$Hawk$U  Dropsondes$U  PrecipitaFon$&$Cloud$Radar$

Courtesy of F. M. Ralph, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory

DOE$GU1$$

U$$Aerosols$U$$Microphysics$

Ship$$

U$$DOE$AMF2$U$$Small$UAS$U$$AirUsea$fluxes$U$$PrecipitaFon$esFmates$Science  Flights  

-­‐  OperaPons  offshore  coordinated  with  Ron  Brown  and  G-­‐IV  -­‐  OperaPons  onshore  coordinated  with  G-­‐1?  

Meteorology  and  Microphysics  Payload    Dropsondes  (AOC)    Tail  Doppler  Radar/SFMR  (AOC)    W-­‐Band  Radar  (Fairall)    WSRA  (ProSensing)    Cloud  Probes  (AOC)    AXBTs  (NRL/AOC)  

P-3 Measurements and Payload

W-Band Cloud Radar

Station C3X

TDL H2O

Station 2

Station 3

Station 7WSRA?

Station 5 Dropsondes

N43RF Layout – CalWater 2015

Station 4

CloudProbes

Station 8

Station 6W-Band RadarStation 5

Dropsondes

Station C3X

TDL H2O

Station 2

Station 3

Station 7WSRA?

Station 5 Dropsondes

N43RF Layout – CalWater 2015

Station 4

CloudProbes

Station 8

Station 6W-Band RadarStation 5

Dropsondes

P-­‐3  Range  ~3000  nmi  1  deg  lon  =  50  nmi  

MCCRB  

1.    Ron  Brown  coordina8on  –  Atmospheric  context  and  ocean  state  survey    2.    Coastal  and  Orographic  PrecipitaPon  

3.    Offshore  AR  Structure  

CalWater  2015  Theater  of  Opera8ons  –  Flight  Modules  

GOES  infrared  image  of  extratropical  cyclone  on  24  Feb  2014  prior  to  landfall  along  the  northern  CA  coast  

L  

500  nmi   RB  

Please  ignore  the  red  trace  –  the  flight  track  for  the  G-­‐IV  when  it  flew  this  storm  

128W  

38N  

Ron  Brown  at  38N,  128W  

1.   Ron  Brown  Coordina8on  

McClellanAirfield

§  Provides  atmospheric  context  in  ship  environment  with  dropsondes  and  radar  

§  Surveys  ocean  state  with  AXBTs  §  Lawnmower  paaern  near  RB:  

Dropsondes  and  AXBTs  deployed  at  FL150-­‐FL200  Cloud  microphysics  profiling  near  RB      

1.5  hr  

Lawnmower  paVern  2.5  -­‐  3  hr