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SAAWSO PROJECT SUMMARY AND ITS GOALS Ismail Gultepe EC, Cloud Physics and Severe Weather Research Section Toronto, Ontario M3H 5T4, Canada
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SAAWSO PROJECT Satellite Application for Arctic Weather and SAR Operations SAR: Search and Rescue Main goal: Validate satellite based nowcasting products using observations over northern latitudes
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SUMMARY Project sites IOPs Instruments Measurements Weather conditions
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PROJECT SITES 1.MOUNT PEARL SITE (MAIN SITE) 2.HOLYROOD SITE (SW) 3.BAY BULLS SITE(SE) 4.FLATROCK SITE (NE)
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MAP FOR THE PROJECT REGION BAY BULLS FLATROCK HOLYROOD ST. JOHN’S
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MOUNT PEARL SITE REFERENCE PRECIP MICROPHYSICS [03-100 MICRON] VISIBILITY-PRECIP-TURB
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REMOTE SENSING PLATFORMS McGill x-band radar (McGill University) CL-51 Ceilometer (Vaisala) 3027A PMWR (Radiometrics) IR sensors
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REMOTE SENSING PLATFORMS TP3017A
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Microphysical platform
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REFERENCE PRECIP MEASUREMENTS
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PRECIP SENSOR
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VIS/FOG AND PRESENT WEATHER SENSORS
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ICING-TURBULENCE-RADIATION
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T & RH MEASUREMENTS HMP 45C HMP 45C212 MP102 WXT50 MP102 DSC101 IRTu;d
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HOLYROOD SITE
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FLAT ROCK SITE
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BAY BULLS SITE
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IOPs IOP1:Winter cold clouds/snow[St. John’s] Jan 7-Feb 7, 2013 IOP2:Mixed phase clouds/fog[St. John’s] April 2-May 1, 2013 IOP3:Arctic ice clouds and snow[Goose Bay] Jan 15-Feb 28, 2014
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MEASUREMENTS Microphysics: PR, PA, Precip type, fog, visibility, reflectivity, cloud ceiling, snow crystals, aerosol and fog from 0.3 micron to cm size range), icing, LWP Radiation: Direct and diffiuse solar radiation as well as SW up(down) and IR up (down) Dynamics: Doppler velocity, turbulence, wind speed Profiling: Ceiling, reflectivity, T, LWC, qv, RH, Doppler velocity Satellite based products
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CASE SUMMARIES/EXAMPLES Feb 2 Feb 4 Feb 6 Feb 8 Feb 9 Feb 20-22 Jan 3 Jan 5 Jan 10 Jan 11 Jan 18 Jan 22 Jan 23 Jan 24 Jan 31 Mar 14 Mar 15 Mar 17 Mar 25 Mar 28 Mar 29 Mar 30 Apr 2 Apr 6 Apr 12 SIGNIFICANT PRECIP EVENTS (SN(RN) DEPTH> 1 cm/day (5 mm/day)
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PMWR-April 10
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JAN 10 2013-SNOW STORM
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JAN-10/11 SNOW STORM
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APRIL 2
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RADIOMETRIC-PMWR PROFILES
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FEBRUARY 4 FOG CASE
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SNOW TYPES APRIL 10
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APRIL 12 APRIL 10 FEBRUARY 2
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FEBRUARY 6 2013
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JANUARY 22 2013
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FUTURE WORK Snow type prediction using LPM Improve Fog/precipitation Vis parameterizations Develop algorithms for satellite retrievals of cold cloud microphysics Improve snow precipitation measurements for satellite applications Collaborations……………….
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