RICO Planning Meeting, September 2004

September 1-2, 2004

NCAR Center Green Campus

Main Auditorium - Building



NOTE: Multiple Agenda items by Bob Rauber and Harry Ochs point to the same powerpoint presentation link. The same is true for multiple items under Dick Dirks.

Bob Rauber Welcome 8:30 am
Facilities Deployment and Plan
Dick Dirks Operation Center & Logistics 8:45 am
Brigitte Baeuerle Logistics 9:00 am
Mike Daniels Communications & Network

IDV for RICO		 9:15 am
Jorgen Jensen C-130 Deployment 9:30 am
Larry Oolman King Air Deployment 9:45 am
Sonia Lasher-Trapp BAE-146 Deployment 10:00 am
COFFEE BREAK 10:15 am
J. Vivekanandan S-PolKa Radar Deployment 10:45 am
Bruce Albrecht Seward Johnson Ship Deployment 11:00 am
Steve Semmer ISFF (PAM) 11:15 am
Terry Hock Dropsondes 11:25 am
Ned Chamberlain GLASS 11:40 am
Olga Mayol Surface Aerosol Deployment 11:50 am
LUNCH 12:00 noon
RICO Operations Plan
Author Chapter, Topic Time
Harry Ochs 1,2 RICO Objectives & Venue 1:00 pm
Bob Rauber 3 RICO Missions 1:20 am
COFFEE BREAK 2:45 pm
Dick Dirks 4 Mission planning and execution 3:00 pm
Dick Dirks 5 Facilities, communication, logistics 3:45 pm
Greg Stossmeister 6 Satellite data acquisition 4:00 pm
Sonia Lasher-Trapp 7 Modeling studies 4:15 pm
Bob Rauber 8 Education and outreach 4:30 pm
Steve Williams 9 Data Management 4:45 pm
RECEPTION 5:15 pm
Thursday September 2, 2004
Working Groups 8:30 am
1. Cloud and Raindrop spectra
2. Aerosol and Atmospheric Chemistry measurements (CCN, UGN, CVI, Ground based, etc.)
3. Soundings and State Parameters/LWC/Turbulence
4. Remote sensing (SPOL, WCR, SABL, Ship based sensors)
5. Satellite
6. Forecasting
COFFEE BREAK 10:00 am
Working Group reports
Group 1 10:30 am
Group 2 10:45 am
Group 3 11:00 am
Group 4 11:15 am
Group 5 11:30 am
Group 6 11:45 am
Final comments Bob Rauber