Overview HIBISCUS Small balloons and sondes : the local view Small balloons : several instruments on the same flight train –Lightweight (10 to 40 kg), low consuming, small size, robust instruments –Combination of meteorology, GPS location, clouds, tracers, chemistry, H2O, electric field 2 x 10ZL ( m3), 120 kg at hook, ascent/descent up to 30 km 4 x 3SF (3000 m3), 170 kg at hook, daytime ascent and natural night-time descent through the TTL (22km => 14km) 10 backscatter, 12 ozone and 2 UV radiation sondes SF2, Feb 13th 2004

ZL2 31 Jan 20: :30 Labs, SAOZ, SAOZ-BrO In SACZ Active Thunderstorm and heavy local rainfall 18:00 24:00

ZL1 5 Feb 20:00-22:24 Dirac, SAOZ, SAOZ-BrO 24:00 18:00 Active SACZ Some local Thunderstorms

SF2 13 Feb 20:16-00:30 Descartes SLS, µ Dirac, µLidar, SAW, SSS, µ SDLA 24:00 Just before Strong Cold front travelling NW towards Bauru 21:00

SF1 16 Feb 20:25-01:30 Descartes SLS, µ Dirac, UMIST, LABS, SAW, SSS, TDLAS, AIRS Flight behind SACZ moving fast to the NW 24:00 18:00 Falcon overpass

SF4 24 Feb 20:00-00:20 Dirac SLS, µ Lidar, SAW, SSS, µ SDLA, AIRS SACZ Strong Squall line coming from the NW Heavy rainfall in the evening 18:00 24:00 Carnaval

SF3 February 26, 20:00 02:04 Descartes SLS, µ Dirac, LABS, SAW, SSS, TDLAS Feb 26 18:00 Feb 27 00:00 LIS 22:00 Very active thunderstorms over Santa Catarina travelling fast NE, over Bauru at end of flight µ Dirac picture at Sunset

DMI backscatter/ozone sondes Feb10th to Feb 24th

Time evolution of Potential Vorticity during the campaign - MIMOSA contour advection Temperature deviation compared to averaged TroCCiBras sondes 30 Jan10 Feb24 Feb04 Mar

Small balloons and sondes : Combination of meteorology, GPS location, clouds, tracers, chemistry, H2O, electric field Flights in a variety of meteorological conditions : convection, horizontal transport, lightning,.. Flight reports available on the HIBISCUS WEB site Most of the data in the HIBISCUS/VINTERSOL data base (zardoz.nilu.no) Conclusion