Ryan Spackman and Chris Fairall 5 November 2014 CalWater 2015 – NOAA P-3

Aircraft: NOAA WP-3D N43RF Flight hours: 80 (including transit) Science Flights: 15 Jan – 12 Feb 2015 Base of Operations: McClellan Airfield Nominal Range: 3000 nmi Dropsondes: 150 P-3 Operations Science Flights - Operations offshore coordinated with Ron Brown and G-IV - Operations onshore coordinated with G-1?

Meteorology and Microphysics Payload Dropsondes (AOC) Tail Doppler Radar/SFMR (AOC) W-Band Radar (Fairall) WSRA (ProSensing) Cloud Probes (AOC) AXBTs (NRL/AOC) P-3 Measurements and Payload W-Band Cloud Radar

Station C3X TDL H 2 O Station 2 Station 3 Station 7 WSRA? Station 5 Dropsondes N43RF Layout – CalWater 2015 Station 4 Cloud Probes Station 8 Station 6 W-Band Radar Station 5 Dropsondes

Station C3X TDL H 2 O Station 2 Station 3 Station 7 WSRA? Station 5 Dropsondes N43RF Layout – CalWater 2015 Station 4 Cloud Probes Station 8 Station 6 W-Band Radar Station 5 Dropsondes

P-3 Range ~3000 nmi 1 deg lon = 50 nmi MCC RB 1. Ron Brown coordination – Atmospheric context and ocean state survey 2. Coastal and Orographic Precipitation 3. Offshore AR Structure CalWater 2015 Theater of Operations – Flight Modules GOES infrared image of extratropical cyclone on 24 Feb 2014 prior to landfall along the northern CA coast L 500 nmi RB Please ignore the red trace – the flight track for the G-IV when it flew this storm 128W 38N

Ron Brown at 38N, 128W 1.Ron Brown Coordination McClellan Airfield  Provides atmospheric context in ship environment with dropsondes and radar  Surveys ocean state with AXBTs  Lawnmower pattern near RB: Dropsondes and AXBTs deployed at FL150-FL200 Cloud microphysics profiling near RB 1.5 hr Lawnmower pattern hr