Small Field Campaign | 1 July 2019
Facility requests for LAOF in support of small field campaigns tentatively scheduled between 1 October 2020 and 30 March 2021 are due 1 July 2019. Facility requests have to be submitted through the new Project Requests Online (PRESTO) platform.
Large Field Campaign | 15 August 2019
If encouraged, facility requests and associated material to request LAOF for large field campaigns tentatively scheduled between 1 October 2020 and September 2021 are due no later than 15 August 2019. Documents have to be submitted through the new PRESTO platform.
For more information, please see the LAOF request webpage.
The NCAR / EOL Community Workshop on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) for Atmospheric Research was held in February 2017 and brought together over 100 participants interested in the role of UAS in atmospheric science. The Final Report is now available and contains recommendations that emphasize the need for wide-ranging community support and address topics such as expert teams and workshops, community platforms, dedicated instrumentation and platform validation opportunities, weather forecasting and support in working within the aviation regulatory framework.
The Community Workshop on Developing Requirements for In Situ and Remote-Sensing Capabilities in Convective and Turbulent Environments (C-RITE) was carried out by over 100 participants to assist the National Science Foundation in defining next-generation technologies and observing capabilities best suited for studying convection and turbulence in the atmosphere. The C-RITE Workshop Final Report is now available containing recommendations addressing improvements to existing facilities, urgently needed new facilities, and desired new observing systems.
OTREC will help determine the large-scale environmental factors that control convection over tropical oceans. The HIAPER Cloud Radar measurements of precipitation in conjunction with the AVAPS dropsonde measurements will deepen our knowledge of East Pacific convection and aid in the interpretation of satellite observations. OTREC will deploy the NSF/NCAR GV to Costa Rica from 5 August to 30 September 2019.
» For more information, please visit the OTREC webpage
Due to programmatic changes within the National Science Foundation (NSF), as of 1 August 2018 the Time-of-Flight Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (ToF-AMS) and Quantum Cascade Laser Spectrometer (QCLS) HAIS instruments are no longer requestable through the NSF Lower Atmosphere Observing Facilities Deployment Pool. Please contact the RAF science and instrumentation group lead for more information on accessing these facilities.
