NOMADSS Workshop, November 2012


November 15-16, 2012

National Center for Atmospheric Research

Boulder, Colorado




Thursday, November 15: RMMA Conference Room

1:00-2:30 PM Arrive at Rocky Mountain Regional Airport, Broomfield, Colorado
Overview of C-130 capabilities, tour of the C-130; discuss instrument layout (EOL)
2:30-4:00 PM Flight planning considerations with pilots, engineers and other EOL-RAF staff

C130 and P-3 bases and operations (All)

NOMADSS Flight Track Scenarios
4:00-5:00 PM PI Meeting (Dan, Alex and Xianliang, EOL)
7:00 PM Dinner

Friday, November 16: NCAR Foothills Lab Building 1 (FL1) EOL Atrium

8:30-9:45 AM Introductions (Dan Jaffe, Alex Guenther and Xianliang Zhou)

Overview of project goals, experimental design and flight patterns (NAAMEX, SOAS, TROPHONO, NOAA-SENEX, 15-20 minutes per PI)
9:45-10:00 AM Break
10:00-11:00 AM Key instrumentation, capabilities and limitations (5-10 minutes each):

   UW-DOHGS: Ambrose

   CU-HOx: Cantrell/Mauldin

   HONO/HNO3-SUNY Albany: Zhou/Stutz

   O3/CO/CO2/NOx-NCAR: Weinheimer/Flocke/Campos

   TOGA: Apel

   PTRMS: Guenther/Karl

   SOAS ground site: Carlton

11:00 AM-12:00 PM In field forecasting tools (20-30 minutes each)

   GEOS-CHEM: Jaeglá/Selin

   NCAR Chemistry models: Emmons

   Met and satellite products?

   Field Catalog

12:00-1:00 PM Lunch
1:00-1:30 PM Flight planning and decisions; Coordination with P-3 and ground sites?
1:30-2:00 PM Instrument integration-timeline, test flights, etc.
2:00-2:30 PM In-field logistics- Housing, lab space, shipping, internet, etc.
Keynote
2:30-2:45 PM Break
2:45-3:30 PM NOMADSS Publications, data sharing and data management, data timeline
3:30-4:00 PM Open Discussion
4:00 PM Meeting Ends