ATD Director's Message

User Community

Mission and Goals

Aircraft Development Activities

WB-57 Development
Electra Upgrades
Acquisition of C-130 Parts Aircraft

Field Support Test Activities

Aerosol Characterization Experiment-1 (ACE-1)
Coastally Trapped Waves Experiment

Development Activities

Multiangle Aerosol Spectrometer Probe (MASP)
Counterflow Virtual Impactor (CVI)
Airflow Studies
Community Aerosol Inlet (CAI)
Radiometer Correction Algorithm
Aircraft Information Retrieval System (AIRS)
Air Chemistry Instrumentation

Research Activities

NASA Subsonic Contrails and Clouds Effects Study (SUCCESS)
Aircraft Contrail Studies
Stratospheric Aerosols
Tropical Ozone Transport Experiment and Vortex Ozone Transport Experiment (TOTE/VOTE)
Joaquin Valley Study
Small Cumulus Microphysics Study (SCMS)
Aerosol Characterization Experiment-1 (ACE-1)
Swiss Oxidant Study
Hong Kong Air Quality Study
Lidars in Flat Terrain (LIFT) Project

Surface and Sounding Systems Facility

Mission and Goals

Field Support Activities

Aerosol Characterization Experiment (ACE-1)
Boundary Layer Experiment - 96 (BLX-96)
Coastally-Trapped Waves Experiment
Flatland Observatory Project II
ARM GPS/Water Vapor Experiment
Lidars in Flat Terrain (LIFT)
NEXRAD Precipitation Study
Stratosphere-Troposphere Experiments: Radiation, Aerosols, and Ozone (STERAO-A)

Development Activities

Airborne Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System (AVAPS)/GPS Dropsonde System
Dual-Wavelength Net Radiometer
Infrared Water-Vapor Sensor
Integrated Surface Radiation Measurement System
Multiple-Antenna Profiling Radar (MAPR)
Ozone Sensor Development
Portable Automated Mesonet-III (PAM-III)
Real-time Data Communications System for Field Projects
Relaxed Eddy Accumulator (REA)
Scientific Data Management System
Sensor Calibration and Evaluation Lab
Wind Profiler Antenna Test Range
Wind Profiler Real-Time Software Development

Research Activities

BOREAS
Cloud and Aerosol Chemistry Experiment (CACHE-94) Data Analysis
Flux Measurements from Displaced Scalars
Footprint for Measurement of Atmosphere-Surface Exchange Fluxes
Integrated Data Assimilation/Sounding System (IDASS)
Natural Emissions of Oxidants Precursors: Validation of Techniques and Assessment (NOVA-96)
Orographically Influenced Winds
Spaced-Antenna Theoretical Development
TOGA COARE Studies

Remote Sensing Facility

Mission and Goals

Remote Sensors and Capabilities

S-Pol: ATD's New S-Band Doppler Dual-Polarization Radar
Airborne ELDORA Doppler Radar (ELDORA)
Airborne Imaging Microwave Radiometer (AIMR)
Weather Avoidance Radar Data System (WARDS)

Optical Remote Sensing:

Solid State High Resolution Doppler Lidar (HRDL)
Staring Aerosol Backscatter Lidar (SABL)
Ozone Differential Absorption Lidar (O3 DIAL)

Field Support Activities

NEXRAD/S-Pol Precipitation Measurement Comparison
Coastally Trapped Waves Experiment
Lidars in Flat Terrain (LIFT)

Sensor Development Activities

ELDORA
Doppler on Wheels (DOW)
Cloud Physics Radar (CPR)

Technique Development Activities

Polarimetric Rainfall Estimation
Airborne Radar Techniques
Radar Surface Refractivity Mapping
Perusal and Editing Software (SOLO)
NEXRAD Data Quality
PC and VME Integrated Radar Acquisition System (PIRAQ and VIRAQ)

Research Activities

Research Data Program

Mission and Goals

Data Management Activities

Data Distributions
WWW Data Access.

Software Tools and Capabilities

Applications Software.
Consultation and Other Support

ATD-Foothills Laboratory Computing System

Field Project Support

Analysis Support Activities

Enhancements to Zebra.
Enhanced Radar Translator, Perusal and Editing.

Design and Fabrication Services

Mission and Goals

Activities of the Past Year

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Educational Activities

FY 1996 Publications

Refereed Publications

Other Publications

Community Service

Editorships of Peer-Reviewed Journals

External Scientific, Policy, or Educational Committees or Advisory Panels

Awards

Staff, Visitors and Collaborators

RAF Collaborations

SSSF Collaborations

RSF Collaborations

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Appendix A - Tables

Table ATD-1: Summary of Disposition of FY 96 RAF Flight Requests

Table ATD-2: Summary of FY 96 Aircraft Use

Table ATD-3: SSSF FY 96 Field Support Activities

Table ATD-4: RSF FY 96 Field Support Activities

Table ATD-5: Researchers Receiving Data Distributions from RDP in FY 96

Table ATD-6: Institutions Using RDP Software in FY 96

Table ATD-7: DFS Machine Shop Support in FY 96

Table ATD-8: RAF Collaborations