Workshop objectives: Update DYNAMO status, discuss current issues, and initiate coordination of individual proposal writing
Issues to be discussed (partially based on the OFAP EDO assessment):
(1) Water vapor measurement: S-Polka
S/Ka-band, GPS surface receivers, COSMIC products, Raman lidar,
rawinsondes, driftsondes, dropsondes, etc.
(2) Upscaling from DYNAMO measurement to the large scales, especially
upstream (through connections between field observations, satellite data,
reanalysis data, and model simulations)
(3) Strengthening the modeling-observation connection:
(i) using field observations in research models
a. Derive products from radar data that can be used directly by modelers (GCMs, mesoscale regional models, CRM, SCM);
b. Use field data in ocean models to
quantify processes (large surface fluxes, thin mixed layer, upwelling,
entrainment) leading to large intraseasonal perturbations of SST in the
Indian Ocean
c. strategy of synthesize air-sea interaction data with models to address the SST feedback mechanisms
(ii) participations and activities of modeling centers
(4) Synergy among radars in terms of operations and data analysis
(deployment, scanning strategies for all radars; coordination of radars
at the supersite; linkage between Gan and ship radars, synthesis of all
radar data to be used by non-radar PIs) - See (3ia)
(5) Modification of the experimental design in the event of
(i) no access to Diego Garcia,
(ii) less ship time than requested
(6) Aircraft issues (base selection, flight pattern coordination
between air-sea and convection missions, instrumentations, real time
forecast support, etc.)
(7) Support need from the Project Office
(8) The need, location and key functions of an Operations Center (real or virtual)
(9) Real time data (from the field observations, satellites, and
operational centers) availability, display, and archive - See(6)
(10) Communication among site scientists, PIs, and the Ops Center
(11) Supporting documents (operations plan and data management plan)
(12) Ship schedules (location and time for TOGA radar installation and
test, port calls for mooring loading/unloading, and staff swap)
(13) Adequacy of oceanic measurement for upper-ocean heat budget estimate (horizontal advection)
(14) Possible measurement during transits
(15) Students helpers, their travel and pre-field training arrangement
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