ADELE - Airborne Detector for Energetic Lightning Emission
July through August 2009
Melbourne, FL
Develop and test an instrument to study x-ray and gamma ray emissions related to thunderstorms, from the NSF/NCAR GV
ANARChE
July 13, 2009 through August 31, 2009
Atlanta, GA, power site
Study particle nucleation at the molecular to nonoparticle size range and characterize the chemical composition of urban nonoparticles.
ANFTS - ACD NDALL FTS
Sept. 1999-ongoing
Thule, Greenland
ACD's contribution to global observation network: Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change (NDACC)
Antarctica GPS
Project - Study of ice flow in Antarctica
1995-ongoing
CABINEX - Community Atmosphere-Biosphere Interactions Experiment
June 2009 through August 2009
Project located at University of Michigan
To study BVOC emissions and their oxidation potential
CONCORDIASI
February 1 - December 2009
Seychelles Islands and McMurdo Station Antarctica
To improve simulations of the forcing mechanisms, thresholds and feedbacks that control climate in two key areas.
GLOBOENET - Global Biogenic Organic Emissions Network
June 2009 through December 2013
New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Spain, France, French Guiana, Brazil
To characterize long term variations in biogenic VOX fluxes
HIPPO - HIAPER Pole to Pole
April 2008 through end of 2010
Observations of carbon cycle and greenhouse gases study
Based from Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport (JEFFCO)
ISPA-2010 -
Inhibition of Snowfall by Pollution Aerosols
January through February 2010
Steamboat Springs, CO
Examine the link between riming of snow and aerosols
JNU - Juneau
Field Project
Sept 2002 - ongoing
Juneau, Alaska
Atmospheric turbulence
and windshear data will be analyzed and used in the development of an operational
wind hazard system to guide airport operations.
KPASA
November 2006 - December 2009
Riyadh, Abha, Yanbu, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Assess the cloud and rainfall distribution over multiple seasons. Document microphysics and dynamics of both natural and seeded clouds.
Maintenance & Observations of NDSC FTS
Ongoing - 2-3 visits yearly
Thule, Greenland
Maintain and make observations with the FTS instrument at Thule, Greenland 15-20 year program. Remotely operated with 2-3 visits per year.
MIRAGE – Shanghai – Megacities Impacts on Regional and Global Environments
August 26, 2009 through September 26, 2009
Shaanghai City, China
Set stage for modeling quality air pollution in Shanghai
MFRE - Mali Feasibility Study for Rainfall Enhancement
July 2006 through May 2009
Barmako, Mali
NCAR Driftsonde ULDB - Ultra Long Duration Balloon Flight
November 1, 2009 -- December 15, 2009
McMurdo, Antartica
Integrating the Driftsonde gondola into the NASA ULDB during McMurdo campaign for future experiments.
OASIS
February 22 - April 20, 2009
Barrow, Alaska
Study of ozone depletion events and the associated mechanisms.
PLOWS - Profiling of Winter Storms
November 2009 through February 2010
Midwest U.S. (Illinois)
To investigate the dynamic and microphysical processes that govern the spatial and temporal variability of precipitation within the northwest and warm frontal quadrants of continental extratropical cyclones.
QUEENSLAND - Queensland program for the Assessment of Rainfall Augmentation
November 2007 - September 2009
Brisbane, Australia
Assess cloud and rainfall distribution over Queensland, Australia, and characterize gas and aerosol distributions and variability.
SPRITE SPECTRA/CEDAR
High time-resolution sprite imaging
July through August 2009
Melbourne, FL
Provide quantitative information about ionization rates in various parts of a sprite through observations from a high altitude aircraft.
Sunrise High Altitude Balloon Launch
March 23 - July 20, 2009
Esrange, Kiruna, Sweden
Launch high altitude balloons for sun observing.
THORPEX - Pacific Regional Campaign TPARC
Aug 15 - Nov 15, 2009
Japan, Guam, Hawaii Monterey CA
Multi-National campaign addressing the shorter-range dynamics and forecast skill on one region (Eastern Asian and the Western North pacific)and it impact on the medium-range dynamics and forecast skill of another region (Eastern North pacific and North America).
TPARC
See THORPEX
UAE Field Project - UAE Rainfall and Air Chemistry Project
September 2000 -
ongoing
Abu Dhabi, and various
locations in The United Arab Emirates
Feasibility study
for the potential for rainfall enhancement via cloud seeding
VORTEX II - Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment 2
May 2009 through June 2010
U.S. Great Plains (Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, and South Dakota)
A multi-agency field study of tornadic storms in the U.S.
WYOMING WEATHER
MODIFICATION PILOT PROGRAM
December 2005 - March 2011
Wyoming - area surrounding Medicine Bow, Sierra Madre, Wind River mountain
ranges Cheyenne, WY
Provide evaluation of wintertime precipitation activities conducted during
pilot program
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