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REGIONALPROCESSES
RP-02 Surface/Atmosphere Exchange
n PSD-12 Air-Sea Interaction
PSD-12Air-SeaInteraction
FEDERAL LEAD: CHRIS FAIRALL
CIRES LEAD: ANDREY GRACHEV
NOAA Goal 2: Climate
Project Goal: Perform cutting-edge micrometeorological and
climatological research over the open ocean aboard research
vessels, sea-based towers and buoys.
Milestone 1. Complete construction of synthesis data set
for VOCALS-REX data.
The VAMOS (Variability of the American Monsoon
Systems) Ocean-Cloud-Atmosphere-Land Study Regional
Experiment—known as VOCALS-REX—was added to the
2001-2007 synthesis data set.
Product: DeSzoeke, SP, CW Fairall, DE Wolfe, L Bariteau,
and P Zuidema (2010), Surface flux observations in the
southeastern tropical Pacific and attribution of SST errors
in coupled ocean-atmosphere models, J. Clim., 23, 4152-
4174.
Milestone 2. Submit papers on parameterization of sea
spray as part of the NOAA hurricane studies.
Two papers were submitted and are either accepted or
are in print (see Product).
Product: Bao, J-W, CW Fairall, SA Michelson, L Bianco
(2011), Parameterizations of sea-spray impact on the airsea
momentum and heat fluxes, to appear in Mon. Wea.
Rev.
Bianco, L, JW Bao, CW Fairall, and SA Michelson (2011),
Impact of sea spray on the surface boundary layer, Bound.-
Layer Meteorol.,140, DOI: 10.1007/s10546-011-9617-1.
Milestone 3. Analyze flux and gas transfer observations
from NOAA’s Southern Ocean Gas Exchange Experiment
(GasEx III) field program. Submit publication on results.
Analysis was completed, and five papers were submitted
to the GasEx III special issue.
Product: Fairall, CW, M Yang, L Bariteau, JB Edson, D
Helmig, W McGillis, S Pezoa, JE Hare, B Huebert, and
B Blomquist (2011), Implementation of the COARE flux
algorithm with CO2, DMS, and O3, to appear in
J. Geophys. Res.
RP-03 Regional Air Quality
n GMD-06 Baseline Air Quality
n PSD-13 Air Quality
n CSD-08 Regional Air Quality
n GSD-02 Regional Air Quality Prediction
GMD-06BaselineAirQuality
FEDERAL LEAD: SAMUEL OLTMANS
CIRES LEAD: ANNE JEFFERSON
NOAA Goal 2: Climate
Project Goal: Study intercontinental transport events to better
understand their effects on overall air quality and its impacts
on public health.
Milestone 1. An aerosol measurement system will be
deployed to India’s Ganges Valley to study the effect of
aerosol on radiation, convection and cloud formation. The
study will span the pre- to post-monsoon seasons.
The aerosol equipment as part of the Ganges Valley
Aerosol eXperiment (GVAX) was installed in June 2011.
The site is located in the foothills of the Himalayas above
Nainital, India, and will examine transport from the
Ganges Valley as well as long-range transport from China,
the Arabian Peninsula and Pakistan. Comparisons will
be made with an ancillary site of similar measurements
located in the Ganges Valley to evaluate changes in the
aerosol and cloud properties as the air mass moves up the
mountain slope.
DOE Atmospheric Mobile Facility deployment in the Himalayan foothills
of India as part of the Ganges River Valley Aerosol Experiment (GVAX).
PSD-13AirQuality
FEDERAL LEAD: ALLEN WHITE
CIRES LEAD: SARA MICHELSON
NOAA Goal 2: Climate
Project Goal: Gather and analyze atmospheric observations to
characterize meteorological processes that contribute to highpollution
episodes. Compare these measurements with airquality
forecasting model predictions to assess and improve
research model performance.
Milestone 1. PSD engineers will deploy three wind
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