NAME Enhanced Observation PeriodNAME Enhanced Observation Period

NAME Science Working GroupApril, 2003

NAME Homepage:http://www.joss.ucar.edu/name

Moisture Budget RegionMoisture Budget Region

SMEX 04

Veg. Flux Site

Simple R

aingauges

Simple R

aingauges

NERN : Shuttleworth, Watts, Gochis, NERN : Shuttleworth, Watts, Gochis, GaratuzaGaratuza

• 100 Event logging, tipping bucket raingages

• 6 major W-E transects traversing SMO

• Major improvement in topographic and temporal sampling of precipitation

• Installed 2002-2003, in operation through spring of 2006

• Not available in real-time

Contacts: gochis@rap.ucar.edu, watts@fisica.uson.mx, garatuza@itson.mx

Simple Raingage Network : Simple Raingage Network : Higgins and LobatoHiggins and Lobato

• 1000 Simple accumulation gages

• Covering major data sparse regions in North-central and North western Mexico

• Daily accumulated rainfall• Improved spatial

representation of precipitation

• Maintained by IMTA• Not available in real-time

Contact: Wayne.Higgins@noaa.gov rlobato@tlaloc.imta.mx

Augmentation of Southern Arizona Augmentation of Southern Arizona ALERT Network: JamisonALERT Network: Jamison

• Installation of 3 additional ALERT, automated weather stations

• Improved monitoring in data-sparse border region in Southern Arizona

• Temp, RH, Press., Wind speed and direction, event precipitation

• Maintained by NWS• Real-time and GTS

availability

Contact: Austin.Jamison@noaa.gov

Augmented Surface Temperature and Augmented Surface Temperature and Humidity Measurements: A. DouglasHumidity Measurements: A. Douglas

• 16 recording temperature and humidity sensors

• Deployed along SMO transects in collaboration with the NERN and CNA/SMN observatories

• Will help elucidate temp/RH profile over SMO

• Not available in real timeContacts: sonora@creighton.edu gochis@rap.ucar.edu

Land – Atmosphere Fluxes from the Land – Atmosphere Fluxes from the Deciduous Tropical Forest: M. Douglas Deciduous Tropical Forest: M. Douglas

• Flux tower, sounding and tethersonde measurements over a deciduous forest site in the SMO foothills

• Eddy-covariance fluxes• Bare ground and canopy

flux estimates• Soil moisture

measurements• Additional PIBAL and

surface met. stations• Not available in realtime

Contacts: Michael.Douglas@noaa.gov watts@fisica.uson.mx

NAME Soil Moisture Field Campaign NAME Soil Moisture Field Campaign (SMEX04): Jackson(SMEX04): Jackson

• Two domains: Walnut Gulch, AZ & northern Sonora, MX

• Multiscale measurement and validation of near surface soil moisture content

• NASA-AMSRE and NASA-P3 passive microwave

• Ground-based, TDR measurements

• Not available in real-timeContact: tjackson@hydrolab.arsusda.gov

SMEX 04

SMEX-04 Aircraft • Primary: NASA P-3, Backup: NRL P-3 • NASA P-3: still facing unresolved safety issues • NRL P-3: concerns on time needed for modification

and integration • Funding set • Starting process of permissions for Mexico, we will

try to use the UCAR MOU as the agreement we point to…does not mention NASA or P3 ….amendment??

Realtime LDAS Tier 2 Soil Moisture Plots: Apr. 18, Realtime LDAS Tier 2 Soil Moisture Plots: Apr. 18, 20042004

NCAR ISS

NCAR ISS

NCAR ISS

NCAR GLASS

NWS Tucson

NWS El Paso

NWS San Diego

NWS Flagstaff

SMN Chihuahua

SMN Torreon

SMN Guaymas

SMN La Paz

SMN Mazatlan

NWS Midland

NWS Del Rio

M. Douglas RAOB

EOP Ship RAOB

NOAA ETL/AL

NWS Albuquerque

SMN Zacatecas

SMN Monterrey

NWS Las Vegas NWS Amarillo

SRP Phoenix

Integrated Sounding Systems: JohnsonIntegrated Sounding Systems: Johnson

• 3 NCAR/ISSs deployed at P. Peñasco, Kino Bay, Los Mochis– GPS soundings, 915 MHz

wind profiler, RASS, sfc. met.

– EOP: 2x Daily P. Peñasco, Kino Bay; 4x Los Mochis

– IOP: 6x Los Mochis

• 1 NCAR GLASS system deployed at Loreto, BCS– GPS sounding, sfc. met.– EOP: 4x Daily; IOP: 6x

• Nominal Jul 1-Aug. 15

• GTS available Contacts: johnson@atmos.colostate.edu

Puerto Peñasco - ISS

Kino Bay - ISS

Los Mochis - ISSLoreto - GLASS

Enhanced Operational Soundings: Enhanced Operational Soundings: Zhou/NWS, A. Douglas and Cortez/SMNZhou/NWS, A. Douglas and Cortez/SMN

• Increased frequency of GPS soundings at 9 U.S. and 8 Mexican RAOB sites:

– NWS: EOP 2x daily IOP 4x daily 20 IOP Days: Tucson, Las Vegas, San Diego,

Flagstaff, Albuquerque, Midland, El Paso, Amarillo, Del Rio

– SMN: EOP 2x daily (Start 6/21) IOP 6x daily

20 IOP Days: Chihuahua, Guaymas,

Mazatlan, La Paz

12 IOP Days: Monterrey, Zacatecas,

Torreon

– DOD/Yuma: (7/1-8/15)• Most Stations GTS available

Contacts: sonora@creighton.edu Jiayu.Zhou@noaa.gov mcortez@mailsmn.cna.gob.mx

Radiosonde photo courtesy of Vaisala, Inc.

NAME Tier III200 4

number of sondesproposed missing

June 16-30 July 1-15 July 16-31 Aug 1-15 Aug 16-31 Sept 1-15 Sept 16-30

NASA (TCSP 2004-2005) 2 X 2 X 120 0PI:Henry Selkirk (NASA AMES) One 5 days period : 4X One 5 days period : 4X 40 0

UCR-IMN 2 X 120 30

CENAT-NASA-IMN-UCR ? ? ? ? 30 30

Total 310 60

NAME? 2 X 30 30?

4X 330 30

NASA Tropical Cloud Systems and Processes Mission (TCSP 2004-2005)

University of Costa Rica (UCR) - Instituto Meteorologico Nacional (IMN)

Centro Nacional de Alta Tecnologia (CENAT)

Belize

Costa Rica

PIBAL Soundings: DouglasPIBAL Soundings: Douglas

• Atmospheric profiles of wind speed and direction

• Instrumented balloon tracked from surface to ~ 11 km (cloud dependent)

• Approx. 20 stations proposed over the NAME region

• Many sites will be available in ~ 2-3hr delayed reception

Contact: Michael.Douglas@noaa.gov

Precipitation and Vertical Wind Profiling: Precipitation and Vertical Wind Profiling: King, Williams and WhiteKing, Williams and White

• Coastal Site (40 km NW of Spol Radar)– 915 MHz vertical wind

profiler w/ RASS– 449 MHz vertical wind

profiler– S-band reflectivity– Surface disdrometer– Surface met. and flux– Soil moisture– Cielometer

• May 28 – Sept 30, 2004– *Partial deployment thru 2006

• Available in near real-time Contacts: cwilliams@al.noaa.govallen.b.white@noaa.gov, clark.king@noaa.gov

Coastal Site: Southern SINCoastal Site: Southern SIN

Platform / DataPlatform / Data LocationLocation StatusStatus ContactContact

NCAR SPOL Radar Sinaloa Funded - NSF Rutledge / Carbone

NOAA P3 Airborne Radar Gulf of California Funded - OGP Rutledge

Upgraded SMN Radars Multiple Funded – OGP/NSF/NASA

Lang and Carbone

SUMMARY OF NAME ‘Radar’ OBSERVATIONSSUMMARY OF NAME ‘Radar’ OBSERVATIONS

NEXRAD Yuma

NCAR SPOL

SMN Guasabe

SMN El Palmito

SMN Cd. Obregon

SMN Los Cabos

NEXRAD Tucson

NEXRAD El Paso

Radar Umbrella Radius: Approx. 150 km

NEXRAD San Angelo

NEXRAD Midland

Platform / DataPlatform / Data LocationLocation StatusStatus ContactContact

Aircraft (NOAA P-3) Mazatlan Funded - OGP M. Douglas/Cotton

SUMMARY OF NAME ‘Aircraft’ OBSERVATIONSSUMMARY OF NAME ‘Aircraft’ OBSERVATIONS

• Budgeted flight hrs: 80

• Airborne instrument package:

– Flight level T, q, Press, U, V

– Dropwinsonde capable

– X-band Doppler Radar

• Some data available in real-time

Contact: Michael.Douglas@noaa.gov cotton@atmos.colostate.edu

Platform / DataPlatform / Data LocationLocation StatusStatus ContactContact

Oceanographic Meas. Gulf of California Funded - OGP M. Douglas & CICESE

BI-03 R/V Altair Gulf of California Funded - OGP Rutledge/Fairall w/ Mex. Navy

SUMMARY OF NAME ‘Oceanographic’ OBSERVATIONSSUMMARY OF NAME ‘Oceanographic’ OBSERVATIONS

• Surface and PBL meteorological measurements from a research vessel

• Ocean-atmosphere fluxes

• 915 MHz Wind profiler

• Cloud ceilometer

• Vaisala RS-90 rawinsondes

• CTD ocean profiles

• Location: 23.5 N 108 W

• July 5-22 : July 26-Aug. 12

Mex. Navy Vessel:

Oceanographic Measurements: CICESE Oceanographic Measurements: CICESE and M. Douglasand M. Douglas

• Multiple transects traversing the southern G. California

• Pilot balloon, tethersondes and both GPS- and non-GPS radiosonde observations

• Drifter deployment• Sfc. met, water temp, salinity

and current mapping

• Not available in real-time

CICESE Vessel (R.V. Ulloa):

NAME Enhanced Observation PeriodNAME Enhanced Observation Period

Jul. 1, 2004-Aug. 15, 2004

NAME Homepage:http://www.joss.ucar.edu/name