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Educational Resources
DYNAMO Educational Activities
UCAR Center for Science Education :: Radar & Weather Together (activities to understand basic principles of radar)
UCAR MetEd :: The Madden-Julain Oscillation Life Cycle (free login required)
UCAR MetEd :: The Role of the MJO in Atmospheric and Oceanic Variability (free login required)
UCAR MetEd :: Introduction to Tropical Meteorology (free login required)
DYNAMO Blogs
NOAA Teacher at Sea Blog
http://teacheratsea.wordpress.com/tag/project-dynamo/
Jackie Hams, NOAA Teacher at Sea, will be aboard the R/V Revelle form November 6-December 10, 2011, blogging about her first-hand experiences while working on a research vessel during a large-scale atmospheric science field project. Jackie will be doing everything from setting research buoys adrift to launching weather balloons.
Madden-Julian Conversation
http://maddenjulianconversation.blogspot.com/
This blog will be about the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO), and the field campaign in the Indian Ocean to study it.The authors will include a team of scientists from Columbia University, Colorado State University, and Harvard University who will be (along with many others) involved in this campaign.
Publication or Paper Playa Soil Moisture and Evaporation Dynamics During the MATERHORN Field Program
Publication or Paper Stratified Flow Past a Hill: Dividing Streamline Concept Revisited
Facility Locations
Southern Indian Ocean
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| Deployment sites for DYNAMO |
The Indian Ocean is one of the Earth-s most sensitive regions where the ocean and atmosphere interact, thereby affecting global climate. The Maldives-Chagos Archipelago provides a unique setting for this type of observational research because it is situated in a key formation region of the MJO, and provides an excellent location for land- and aircraft-based measurements in the Indian Ocean.
DYNAMO will provide researchers with vital observations of the MJO, a poorly understood phenomena, particularly during the initiation phase. The results will help researchers to more accurately forecast the weather and climate of the equatorial Indian Ocean and around the world. Large-scale weather events, such as the MJO, create pulses that have direct effects on regional weather pattens around the world, similar to that of a chain reaction.
Maldives
The Maldive Islands provide a unique location for this type of observational research because it is located in a key formation region of the MJO and provides an excellent location for land-based measurements in the Indian Ocean.
Two islands in the Maldives will host DYNAMO instrumentation - Gan Island, Addu Atoll and Hulhulemale Island, North Malé Atoll.
Hulhulemale Island :: North Malé Atoll
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| Malé International Airport Site :: North Malé Atoll Click to enlarge |
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Gan Island :: Addu AtollGan Island is host to three DYNAMO instrument sites - Spit Site, Wharf Site (Radar Super Site), and Gan Airport.
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Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT)
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| Diego Garcia Airport Click to enlarge |
Diego Garcia
- Diego Garcia Airport
- NOAA P-3
- NCAR Integrated Sounding System (ISS)
Eastern Indian Ocean :: Research Ships
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| Research ships throughout eastern Indian Ocean. Click to enlarge |
R/V Revelle
- NASA/CSU C-band Radar
- NOAA W-band
- Integrated Sounding System (ISS)
- Conductivity, Temperature, & Depth (CTD)
- Lidar
- Radiometer
- Surface Meteorology
- Sea Surface Temperature (SST)
- Chemistry & biology of upper ocean
R/V Mirai
- Research equipment associated with CINDY2011
R/V Sagar Kanya
- Research equipment associated with CINDY2011
Eastern Indian Ocean :: Buoys and Mooring Systems
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| Systems of moorings and buoys Click to enlarge |
Upper Ocean/Surface Moorings
RAMA :: The Research Moored Array for African-Asian-Australian
Monsoon Analysis and Prediction
Manus Island, Papua New Guinea
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DOE/ARM Climate Research Facility site on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea
- Research instrumentation associated with AMIE
