OWLeS Planning Meeting June 2013

24-25 June 2013

NCAR/EOL Atrium, Boulder, Colorado

OWLeS Meeting Report and Attendee List

Google Earth OWLeS Planning Files: LLAP Sites, OWLeS Sites, Updated OWLes Sites

Monday, 24 June 2013

8:45-9:00 Opening Comments (Vanda Grubiŝić, EOL Director

Meeting Logistics, latest news (Bart Geerts)
9:00-2:15 Scientific Objectives - Long-Fetch Lake-effect Systems
9:00-9:20 OWLeS: Lake Ontario Long Fetch Systems, Jeffrey Frame and Scott Steiger
9:20-9:40 Science Objectives, [PPSX], Karen Kosiba and Josh Wurman
9:40-10:00 Summary of UAH instruments and operations for the OWLeS campaign, Kevin Knupp
10:00-10:20 UWKA observations in OWLeS, Bart Geerts (includes Kocera Disdrometer Presentation)
10:20-10:40 -- Break --
  Scientific Objectives - Short-Fetch Lake-effect Systems
10:40-11:00 OWLeS Scientific Research Objectives, Neil Laird and Nicholas Metz
11:00-11:20 Ontario Winter Lake-effect Systems (OWLeS), Dave Kristovich
11:20-11:40 Richard Clark, George Young, Todd Sikora (discussion)
12:00-1:30 -- Lunch --
  Scientific Objectives (Continued)
1:30-2:00 OWLeS Orographic (O2): Adventures on the Tug Hill Plateau, Jim Steenburgh and Justin Minder
2:00-2:15 WRF Simulations of Lake-effect Snowstorms, Bob Ballentine
3:15-3:30 -- Break --
3:30-3:45 OWLeS Rawinsonde Systems Intercomparison, Junhong Wang
3:45-4:45 Rawinsonde, DOW, Surface Facility Siting, Jim and Rich)


Tuesday, 25 June 2013

8:30-9:30 Operational Decision-making (Dave, Bart, Jim)

  Rotating Ops Director?

  Way of resolving conflicts (joint project sub-committee?)
9:30-10:30 Operations Center (Scott)
10:30-10:45 -- Break --
10:45-11:45 Daily Schedule and Communications (Dave, Bart, Jim)
11:45-1:15 -- Lunch --
1:15-2:15 Data Collection, Availability, and Management (Steve Williams, Greg Stossmeister)

  On-Line Catalog

  Real-time Guidance

  Long-term Data Management
2:15-3:15 Positions, Responsibilities, and Date Scheduling (Scott, Neil)

  Lead forecaster

  Ops director

  Student positions
3:15-3:30 -- Break --
3:30-4:30 Project Safety

  DOWs (Karen, Josh)

  King Air (Jeff French)

  University-Based Sounding Sites (Rich, Dave, Scott, Jim, Neil)

  Surface Snow Observations (Scott, Josh)
4:30-5:00 Action Items, Wrap-up (Dave, Bart, Jim)

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OWLeS Meeting Report and Attendee List