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HARGLO-3: Wind Intercomparisons During IHOP. Geary Schwemmer, Bruce Gentry NASA/GSFC Tom Wilkerson USU. International H 2 O Project (IHOP 2002). Research Objectives: Quantitative Precipitation Forecast Convective Initiation Boundary layer processes Instrumentation
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HARGLO-3: Wind Intercomparisons During IHOP Geary Schwemmer, Bruce Gentry NASA/GSFC Tom Wilkerson USU
International H2O Project (IHOP 2002) • Research Objectives: • Quantitative Precipitation Forecast • Convective Initiation • Boundary layer processes • Instrumentation • 7 May to 16 June 2002 • Southern Great Plains
IHOP Homestead Site Wind Instruments • GLOW Collected over 210hrs of data. • HARLIE operated 24/7 • SKYCAM cloud-tracked winds • S-POL Doppler Radar • surface anemometer, GPS sondes (1-4 /day) • Sodar, MAPR, Umass FM-CW Radar • Transients: MIPS, DOW, X-POL, ELDORA, HRDL, WCR, Dropsondes
HARGLO-3 Objectives • Statistical Comparisons of various wind measurements • Develop hybrid data products combining surface data with aerosol and molecular lidar data • Determine validity “windows” in time and space for various instruments
Time-line of Homestead Wind Measurements: 43 days, 16 wind instruments
HARLIE IHOP Data Products Wind Profiles Backscatter Profiles Boundary Layer Heights Cloud Fraction vs Height & Time
HARGLO – 4+ • Increase & extend ground-based instruments • Focus on relating airborne to ground-based measurements and verifying sampling strategies • Help develop a validation plan for spaceborne Doppler wind lidars