Spring 1996 UAV IOP

1 April 1996 - 30 April 1996

Lead Scientist: John Vitko

Observatory: sgp, sgp

The ARM UAV program completed a very successful deployment to Oklahoma on May 6, 1996. The purpose of the campaign was to obtain data on the interaction of solar energy with clear and cloudy skies to test and develop new mathematical models of this interaction for use in climate studies. The mission's focus centered on three classes of scientific experiments: radiative fluxes, cloud properties, and satellite calibration and validation.

Activity Summary

Two aircraft, the Twin Otter and the Egrett, conducted a series of 7 data flights during a variety of atmospheric conditions ranging from solid to overcast. The flights were conducted at the ARM CART site between April 15 and May 6.

Timeline

2000

Stephens G, SD Miller, A Benedetti, RB McCoy, RF McCoy, RG Ellingson, J Vitko, W Bolton, T Tooman, FP Valero, P Minnis, P Pilewskie, GS Phipps, S Sekelsky, JR Carswell, A Lederbuhr, and R Bambha. 2000. "The Department of Energy's Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV) Program." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 81(12), 10.1175/1520-0477(2000)081<2915:tdoesa>2.3.co;2.

1998

Minnis P and WL Smith. 1998. "Cloud and radiative fields derived from GOES-8 during SUCCESS and the ARM-UAV spring 1996 flight series." Geophysical Research Letters, 25(8), 10.1029/98gl00301.

1996

Ellingson RG. 1996. UAV Spring Flight Series Mission Summary. DOE ARM Climate Research Facility. ARM-96-004.


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Campaign Data Sets

IOP Participant Data Source Name Final Data
Tim Tooman UAV-Egrett Order Data
Tim Tooman UAV-Otter Order Data