2011 Field campaign Experimental Plans

Experimental plans for 2011

• 2011 Experimental Plans: PDF file - version 8

Part I - Introduction

• Objectives
• General Strategy
• Area and time frame

Part II - Continuous observations

• Introduction
• Surface Layer
  • Turbulence and mean meteorological parameters
  • Radiation
  • Microbarometers
  • Scintillometers
• Boundary layer profiling
  • Wind profilers (sodar, UHF, VHF)
  • Doppler lidar
  • Aerosol lidar
• Sky monitoring
  • Total sky
  • ceilometer

Part III - Intensive observations

• Balloons
  • Standard radiosoundings
  • Frequent radiosoundings
  • Tethered balloons
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Introduction
  • Flying Strategy
  • COST field campaign joint action
• Aircrafts
  • Piper Aztec
  • Sky Arrow

Part IV - Forecasts

• Foreword
• ARPEGE and AROME
• Tarbes CDM local forecast

Part V - Coordination

• Coordinators
• Time schedule
• Headquarter
• Communication during the IOP

Part VI - Database

• Web site
• Data base
• Data policy

Part VII - People

List of participants, role and coordinates

Part VIII - Instruments

List of platforms and instruments, technical details

Part IX - Sites

List of sites, with their characteristics