Campaign : IHOP Campaign
2002.05.13 - 2002.06.25
Website : http://www.eol.ucar.edu/dir_off/projects/2002/IHOPwsOct03/presentations.html
Lead Scientist : Randy Peppler
For data sets, see below.
Description
The International H2O Project (IHOP) seeks to map out the 4-D distribution of water vapor over the ARM Southern Great Plains (SGP) site. The project will occur over the SGP site from May 13 to June 30, 2002. The project is focused on precipitating convective clouds with four overlapping and co-coordinated research components aimed at the following:
1) improving the understanding and prediction of convective initiation,
2) improving the measurement and treatment of surface and boundary layer processes as they relate to the formation and evolution of convective clouds,
3) determining the impact of improved characterization of the water vapor field on quantitative precipitation forecasts, and
4) providing guidance on the future optimal mix of water vapor measurement and assimilation strategies.
The project will include additional surface-based measurements over southern Kansas and Oklahoma, targeted mobile facilities, and up to six research aircraft each equipped with advanced water-vapor measurement systems. The project has interagency approval under the U.S. Weather Research Program and will include investigators from DOE, NASA, NCAR, NOAA, Office of Army Research, France, Germany, Canada and the U.S. university community. The project is also considered a pre-TIMEX field initiative (the NOAA/NSSL Thunderstorm Initiation Mobile Experiment Campaign).
Other Contacts
Jim Liljegren, SGP CART Site Manager Marv Wesely, ARM SGP Instrument Team Leader Dave Turner, Randy Peppler, Data and Science Integration Team (DSIT) Contacts
Campaign Data Sets
| Campaign Participant | Data Set | Archived Data |
|---|---|---|
| Turner, David | Scanning Raman Lidar | Order Data |
