1. Presentation to Science Group
EOL Strategic Plan
Presentation to Science Group
August 14, 2013

2. Contact link in the extended abstract!
IMPERATIVE I: DEPLOYMENT – MANAGE AND DEPLOY THE EOL-MAINTAINED NSF LOWER ATMOSPHERIC OBSERVING FACILITIES.
Employ and train an appropriately balanced staff
Calibrate, test, support and maintain the EOL-managed LAOF
Document operating characteristics and measurement quality of these instruments
Update required software
OFAP/FPS
Offer and deploy EOL-managed LAOF
Cooperate with other agencies to provide collaborative support to the broad atmospheric research community
Owner: Brigitte Baeuerle
Other Significant Contributors: Jeff Stith, Wen-Chau Lee, Steve Cohn, Sue Schauffler, Jody Williams
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IMPERATIVE II: DEVELOPMENT – ANTICIPATE NEW SCIENTIFIC REQUIREMENTS AND DEVELOP TECHNOLOGY TO MEET THOSE NEEDS (alternate from Vivek: Promote and Support the Innovation Cycle)
Specific development pursuits/actions TBD by EMC discussion and Open Forum
APAR
CentNet
WV DIAL
LAMS
Field Catalog
Lifecycle
Workshops to gather emerging needs
Owner: Wen-Chau Lee
Other Significant Contributors: Jim Ranson, Steve Oncley, Scott Spuler, Greg Stossmeister, Rit Carbone, Steve Cohn
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4. IMPERATIVE III: DATA – OFFER COMPREHENSIVE DATA SERVICES, AND OPEN ACCESS TO AND LONG-TERM STEWARDSHIP OF DATA
Maintain hardware and software to acquire, distribute and manage data
Data archival and mining; metadata (EMDAC)
Data assimilation (existing)
Subsetting the data system
Standardized data formats
Workshops the community would attend and share results they’ve obtained for data we’ve collected
Metrics for usage (how and by whom)
Owner: Mike Daniels
Other Significant Contributors: Charlie Martin, Gordon Maclean, Chris Webster, Greg Stossmeister, Kate Young, Linda Cully, Tom Baltzer, Bob Rilling

5. IMPERATIVE IV: DISCOVERY – NURTURE THE INTELLECTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ENABLES OBSERVATIONAL RESEARCH
Outreach during field campaigns (at an appropriate level)
Train and entrain new users
Fostering partnerships with schools that have both engineering and meteorology departments
SUPER/TIP/other new internship-type programs
Other E&O (e.g. website, social media feeds, school visits, etc.)
Maintain and develop careers of scientists and engineers in EOL
Maintain and enhance strong intellectual contacts with the community
Scientific discovery (research activities in EOL related to our platforms and other important pursuits)
Owner: Tammy Weckwerth
Other Significant Contributors: Nick Potts, Steve Cohn, Brigitte Baeuerle, Sue Schauffler, Alison Rockwell, Mike Daniels, Steve Oncley, Vivek

6. FRONTIER I: CLIMATE – DEVELOP NEW CONNECTIONS TO THE CLIMATE COMMUNITY AND NEW CAPABILITIES THAT ADDRESS THEIR NEEDS
Terrestrial Interface needs
Data comparison and validation (models and observations)
Longer deployment modes for monitoring
Improving interactions between models and observations and old datasets
Addressing UTLS needs for process studies of climate
Precipitation in climate models
Using increases in computational capacity to connect our datasets to the climate community
Strengthen capabilities in climate science via collaboration and partnerships
Owner: Rit Carbone & Britt Stephens
Other Significant Contributors: Mike Daniels, Steve Cohn, Wen-Chau Lee, Jorgen Jensen, Al Cooper, Junhong Wang

7. FRONTIER II: WEATHER – IMPROVE OBSERVING CAPABILITIES FOR WEATHER PHENOMENA WITH HIGH SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT
Rapidly deployable force
Prediction-inspired work in weather
APAR
Remote/automated operation
Weather Commission
Owner: Wen-Chau Lee
Other Significant Contributors: Eric Loew, Mike Dixon, Rit Carbone, Steve Cohn, Jeff Stith, Terry Hock

8. FRONTIER III: NEW NEEDS – PROVIDE CAPABILITIES TO SUPPORT OBSERVATIONAL RESEARCH IN KEY AREAS WHERE SUPPORT NEEDS ARE GROWING IN IMPORTANCE
UAVs
Rapid response capability
ACCORD/chemistry instrumentation and sensor development
Making observations in difficult environments/regions
Airborne radiation measurements (IR and high spectral)
Lidars
Trace gases
Aerosols
Spectral irradiance in the IR
Water cycle
LAOF workshop report items
Addressing those at the intersection of modeling and observations
Owner: Steve Cohn
Other Significant Contributors: Al Cooper, Jorgen Jensen, Scott Spuler, Rit Carbone, Jeff Stith, Teresa Campos, Sue Schauffler, Junhong Wang, Dean Lauritsen, Jim Ranson

9. FRONTIER IV: DATA QUALITY (Note: this Frontier needs a new name)
Improve instrument characterization
Improve measurements and improve characterization of the measurements
LROSE
Community collaboration on data products
Inlet testing
Water vapor calibration
Cloud probe calibration
Environmental chamber, wind tunnel, cloud chamber
Owner: Jorgen Jensen
Other Significant Contributors: Charlie Martin, Steve Semmer, Scott Spuler, Jim Ranson, Mike Dixon, Scot Loehrer, Janine Aquino, Chris Webster

10. FRONTIER V: SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (Note: this Frontier needs a new name)
Precipitation
Data assimilation
Boundary layer studies
New visitor/postdoc/internship program ideas
Need for a resolved 3-D view of the atmosphere
Increasing interactions between EOL and other NCAR entities to gain coherence in research efforts
Building connections with the modelers
Investigating and leveraging partnerships for the application of new and emerging technologies
EOL as the intersection of science and engineering
Owner: Vivek
Other Significant Contributors: Rit Carbone, Jim Ranson, Terry Hock, Eric Loew, Jeff Stith, Jorgen Jensen, Al Cooper, Bill Brown, Tom Horst, Chris Burghart

11. FRONTIER VI: DATA PRESERVATION AND ACCESSIBILITY
Building connections between observationalists and modelers
Mobile applications
Data integration across disciplines
“Cookbook” of recipes
EOL’s role in providing convergence in terms of formats and tools
EarthCube/ESIP
Remote participation in field campaigns
Owner: Steve Williams
Other Significant Contributors: Greg Stossmeister, Mike Daniels, Charlie Martin, Mike Dixon, Gordon Maclean, Chris Webster, Kate Young, Erik Johnson, Bob Rilling, Britt Stephens, Jorgen Jensen

12. FRONTIER V: SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING: Bridge the Gap Between Observationalists and Weather/Climate Modelers
Field Experiments
Deployment
Instrument design, maintenance and modification
Data Services
Development
Data Services
Scientific Challenges.
Platform Innovations
Scientific Community
EOL Staff:
Scientists, Engineers
Technicians
Feedback ,
Collaboration,
Data analysis,
discoveries
Discoveries

13. FRONTIER III: NEW NEEDS – PROVIDE CAPABILITIES TO SUPPORT OBSERVATIONAL RESEARCH IN KEY AREAS WHERE SUPPORT NEEDS ARE GROWING IN IMPORTANCE
UAVs
Rapid response capability
ACCORD/chemistry instrumentation and sensor development
Making observations in difficult environments/regions
Airborne radiation measurements (IR and high spectral)
Lidars
Trace gases
Aerosols
Spectral irradiance in the IR
Water cycle
LAOF workshop report items
Addressing those at the intersection of modeling and observations
Owner: Steve Cohn
Other Significant Contributors: Al Cooper, Jorgen Jensen, Scott Spuler, Rit Carbone, Jeff Stith, Teresa Campos, Sue Schauffler, Junhong Wang, Dean Lauritsen, Jim Ranson

14. FRONTIER III: NEW NEEDS – PROVIDE CAPABILITIES TO SUPPORT OBSERVATIONAL RESEARCH IN KEY AREAS WHERE SUPPORT NEEDS ARE GROWING IN IMPORTANCE
UAVs
Rapid response capability
ACCORD/chemistry instrumentation and sensor development
Making observations in difficult environments/regions
Airborne radiation measurements (IR and high spectral)
Lidars
Trace gases
Aerosols
Spectral irradiance in the IR
Water cycle
LAOF workshop report items
Addressing those at the intersection of modeling and observations
Owner: Steve Cohn
Other Significant Contributors: Al Cooper, Jorgen Jensen, Scott Spuler, Rit Carbone, Jeff Stith, Teresa Campos, Sue Schauffler, Junhong Wang, Dean Lauritsen, Jim Ranson

15. FRONTIER III: NEW NEEDS – PROVIDE CAPABILITIES TO SUPPORT OBSERVATIONAL RESEARCH IN KEY AREAS WHERE SUPPORT NEEDS ARE GROWING IN IMPORTANCE
UAVs
Rapid response capability
ACCORD/chemistry instrumentation and sensor development
Making observations in difficult environments/regions
Airborne radiation measurements (IR and high spectral)
Lidars
Trace gases
Aerosols
Spectral irradiance in the IR
Water cycle
LAOF workshop report items
Addressing those at the intersection of modeling and observations
Owner: Steve Cohn
Other Significant Contributors: Al Cooper, Jorgen Jensen, Scott Spuler, Rit Carbone, Jeff Stith, Teresa Campos, Sue Schauffler, Junhong Wang, Dean Lauritsen, Jim Ranson

16. FRONTIER III: NEW NEEDS – PROVIDE CAPABILITIES TO SUPPORT OBSERVATIONAL RESEARCH IN KEY AREAS WHERE SUPPORT NEEDS ARE GROWING IN IMPORTANCE
UAVs
Rapid response capability
ACCORD/chemistry instrumentation and sensor development
Making observations in difficult environments/regions
Airborne radiation measurements (IR and high spectral)
Lidars
Trace gases
Aerosols
Spectral irradiance in the IR
Water cycle
LAOF workshop report items
Addressing those at the intersection of modeling and observations
Owner: Steve Cohn
Other Significant Contributors: Al Cooper, Jorgen Jensen, Scott Spuler, Rit Carbone, Jeff Stith, Teresa Campos, Sue Schauffler, Junhong Wang, Dean Lauritsen, Jim Ranson

17. Summary
I. Calibrated TORERO data are being reviewed by Univ. of Wisconsion and EOL
II. Number of engineering and scientific product upgrades are planned for lidar
- Development of fuzzy-logic based particle type identification
- Collaborate with Univ. of Wyoming in adapting lidar and radar cloud microphysical products
- Measurement of backscatter Mueller matrix :
orientation of scatterers, ice microphysics and system characterization
III. Combination of HCR and and HSRL will be deployable beginning December 2013