PPT-CalWater 2 Chemical / Aerosol Forecast

Jessie Creamean Andrew Martin Thursday January 15 2015 Current Conditions I Low AOD off US west coast but high chlorophyll High AOD plume leaving East Asia Fires in Africa and India leading to high AOD and aerosol index. Example from the Saharan Desert.. Deep Blue . Algorithm from this reference.. darkness. Blue sky. Blue sky bright aerosol. Bright aerosol . brighten dark surface. Dark aerosol . darken bright surface. VIIRS Aerosol Cal/Val Team. VIIRS Aerosol Science and Operational Users Workshop November 21-22, 2013. 1. Outline. VIIRS Aerosol Products. Environmental Data Record (EDR). Intermediate Product (IP). Jingqiu . Mao . (GFDL/NOAA), . Songmiao. Fan (. GFDL/NOAA), . Ying . Chen (. Fudan. U, China). A . dominant source of nutrient iron to open . ocean, critical for plankton in surface waters:. -Biological pump of CO2. Betty Croft. 1. , Jeff Pierce. 1,2. and Randall Martin. 1,3. 1. Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada. 2. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA. 3. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA. Three meteorology forecasters located at AOC for duration of field operations. Senior or lead forecaster. Junior or student forecaster. NWS representative. One chemical forecaster. One of meteorology forecasters if experienced. Presented by Lorraine A. Remer. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center. Basis of remote sensing. Remote sensing of clouds and aerosols. Observations of aerosol modification of cloud microphysics. 3.1 Explanation. 2. Column Retrievals with Ground-based Monitors. Randall . Martin (Dalhousie, Harvard-Smithsonian). with . contributions from. Melanie Hammer, . Shailesh. . Kharol. , Jeff Geddes (Dalhousie U). TEMPO Science Team Meeting. Cameron McNaughton. Golder. Associates Ltd.. Section Outline. 5.4.1 Ocean. 5.4.2 Aerosols. . 5.4.2.1 Introduction. . 5.4.2.2 Data Requirements. . 5.4.2.3 Program Requirements. 5.4.3 Clouds. <currently empty>. CalNex. R. Bradley Pierce. NOAA/NESDIS/STAR. Allen . Lenzen. 1. , . Todd . Schaack. 1. , . Tom . Ryerson. 2. , . John . Holloway. 2. , . Ilana. . Pollack. 2. , . Ann . Middlebrook. 2. , . Roya. . Bahreini. Yi Ming. Geophysical . Fluid Dynamics Laboratory. Princeton, New Jersey. . Most anthropogenic aerosols are in the NH mid-latitudes and tropics. MODIS annual-mean aerosol optical depth (AOD). Will the response be confined locally?. eulerian. model WRF/. Chem. Paolo Tuccella, Gabriele Curci, . Suzanne. . Crumeyrolle. , Guido Visconti. Direct and . Indirect. aerosol . effects. Clean. Polluted. Direct . effect. Indirect. . effect. Robert Wood, Atmospheric Sciences,. University of Washington. Motivation. Aerosols can potentially influence earth’s radiation budget both by direct interaction with sunlight (aerosol . direct . effect), and also by altering cloud radiative properties (aerosol . Jón. Egill . Kristjánsson. (Univ. Oslo). Many thanks to: Alf . Kirkevåg. (. met.no. ), . Corinna. . Hoose. (Univ. Oslo), Leo Donner (GFDL). Problem Definition. Most GCMs give an aerosol indirect effect which is too high compared to results from residual calculations – . Jessie Creamean. Andrew Martin. Thursday. , . January 22, 2015. Current Conditions I. High AOD plumes (Jan21a and Jan21b) are in dry slot of mature in N. Central Pac. These likely correspond to plumes Jan20a and Jan20b, respectively..