WISC T2000 OBJECTIVES

Science Objectives:

1. MODIS Clear Atmosphere Profiles Product Validation (Menzel, Gumley)

Payload: MAS, S-HIS, CLS, radiosondes

Target: ARM CART SGP region

Scene type: clear skies

Time of Day: Daytime coordinated with Terra (10:30am local) overpass

2. MODIS Cloud Detection/Properties Product Validation (Menzel, Ackerman, Strabala, Frey)

Payload: MAS, CLS, S-HIS

Target: ARM CART SGP region

Scene type: thin and thick single layer cloud

Time of Day: Day or night coordinated with Terra overpass

3. MODIS Top-of-Atmosphere Radiance Validation (Menzel, Moeller, Revercomb)

Payload: MAS, S-HIS, CLS

Target: uniform background (Great Lakes, SGP CART region)

Scene type: clear skies

Time of Day: Daytime coordinated with Terra overpass

4. MODIS Snow Detection/Properties Validation (Hall, Nolin)

Payload: MAS, AirMISR

Target: Snowcovered sites in upper Midwest, L. Mendota

Scene type: clear skies over snow cover

Time of Day: Daytime coordinated with Terra overpass

5. Cloud Microphysics in coordination with Cloud IOP 2000 (Liou, Mace, Ackerman)

Payload: MAS, S-HIS, CLS, AirMISR

Target: ARM CART SGP region

Scene type: thin and thick single layer cloud

Time of Day: Day or night

6. NOAA-15 underflights (Van Delst, Menzel, Revercomb)

Payload: MAS, S-HIS

Target: Lake Michigan or Superior with NOAA-15 overhead

Scene type: open water, clear sky

Time of Day: Coordinated with NOAA-15 8am or 8pm local overpass

7. Overfly Wave Cloud Experiment site for cloud studies (Menzel, Ackerman, Heymsfield)

Payload: MAS, S-HIS, CLS, Replicator sondes

Target: Deployment sites of replicator sondes (CART SGP?)

Scene type: optically thin ice cloud

Time of Day: Daytime

8. Secondary Science objectives

• MODIS RVS Characterization (Moeller, Knuteson)
• Single or Multi layer cloud phase studies w/lidar validation (Baum)
• Sfc Emissivity retrievals (Ma)
• CO monitoring at Park Falls (Knuteson, McMillan)
• mapping BWCA forest blowdown (Huberty)

9. Training, Education, Outreach

Student participation in aspects of the field experiment including launching radiosondes, collecting snow surface measurements on L. Mendota with KT19.82, satellite data collection and archival.

February 4, 2000

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