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2005 Programs
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2004 Programs
Link to 2004 programs

Programs By Date

Multi-Year Programs
Climate Observations Program
Hydrometeorological Testbed (HMT) Program
Marine Programs
Modeling Programs
PACS: CLIVAR Pan American Climate Studies
Planetary Boundary Layer (PBL) Group
SEARCH: Study of Environmental Arctic Change

Program Archive

2004
ProjectLocationFocus
Antarctic AMSR-E Sea Ice (AASI) Antarctic Improve satellite remote sensing of Antarctic sea ice
Arctic Winter Millimeter-Wave Radiometric Experiment Barrow, AK Improve climate observations
Geosynchronous Microwave Observatory (GEM) American South-West Satellite mapping of clouds, precipitation, temperature, and moisture fields.
Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Front Range Pilot Project Colorado Satellite validation.
Hydrometeorological Testbed 2004 West Coast Region Improve hydrologic forecasts and warnings.
Infrasonic Network (ISNet) Colorado Prototype system to study severe weather and improve the advanced warning.
North American Monsoon Experiment (NAME) American South West A study aimed at determining the sources and limits of predictability of warm season precipitation over North America.
New England Air Quality Study (NEAQS) - International Transport and Continental Transformation (ITCT) East Coast/Atlantic Region Air Quality
New England High Resolution Temperature Program (NEHRTP) East Coast A study to quantify improvements in temperature forecasting.
CLIVAR Pan American Climate Studies (PACS) Equatorial Zone A study to extend the scope and improve the skill of operational seasonal-to-interdecadal climate prediction.
Stratus-04 Equatorial Zone A study stratocumulus clouds and air-sea interaction in subtropical cloud belts.
Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH) Arctic Seed activities that address high priority issues relating to the atmospheric and the cryosphere.
Winter Icing Storms Project (WISP) Colorado Aircraft icing detection.
2003
ProjectLocationFocus
Antarctic AMSR-E Sea Ice 2003 (AASI) Antarctic Climate processes, Satellite validation.
Alliance Icing Research Study (AIRS II) Mirabel, Quebec, Canada Prediction of hazardous aircraft icing
AMSRIce03 Sea Ice Measurement Campaign Alaskan coast Climate processes, Satellite validation.
Antarctic Tropospheric Chemistry Investigation (ANTCI) South Pole Boundary layer chemistry
Central California Ozone Study (CCOS) California Air Quality Model Verification
Cold Land Processes Experiment (CLPX) Colorado Snowpack measurement, Satellite validation.
Ghostnets Pacific Ocean Fisheries stewarship
InfraSonics Network: ISNet Central U.S. Severe weather detection
NREL Lamar Low Level Jet Project Lamar, CO Boundary layer wind energy study
New England High Resolution Temperature Program (NEHRTP) New England Temperature forecasting.
Pacific Jets Experiment West Coast Forecast Improvement
CLIVAR Pan American Climate Studies (PACS) Pacific Ocean Climate observation, Satellite validation.
Soil Moisture Experiments (SMEX) Central U.S. Soil moisture measurements, Satellite validation.
Stratus-03 Pacific Ocean limate observation, Satellite validation.
Wakasa Bay Experiment Japan Satellite validation.
2002
ProjectLocationFocus
Bay Regional Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (BRACE) Tampa Bay, FL Sustain Healthy Coastal Ecosystems
Cold Land Processes Experiment (CLPX) Colorado Implement Seasonal to Interannual Climate Forecasts
CRYSTAL-FACE Miami, FL Assess and Predict Decadal to Centennial Change
International H2O Project (IHOP) Southern Great Plains, Oklahoma Advance Short-Term Warnings and Forecast Services
Intercontinental Transport and Chemical Transformation (ITCT) U.S. West Coast Implement Seasonal to Interannual Climate Forecasts
New England Air Quality Study New England Region Advance Short-Term Warnings and Forecast Services
New England Temperature Air Quality Pilot Study New England Region Advance Short-Term Warnings and Forecast Services
PACJET U.S. West Coast Advance Short-Term Warnings and Forecast Services
Soil Moisture Experiments (SMEX) Iowa Implement Seasonal to Interannual Climate Forecasts
Steller's Sea Lions Study Alaska Recover Protected Species
2001
ProjectLocationFocus
Aircraft Plume Study California Advance Short-Term Warnings and Forecast Services
EPIC: Eastern Pacific Investigation of Climate Pacific Ocean Implement Seasonal to Interannual Climate Forecasts
Lightning Launch Commit Criteria (LLCC) Kennedy Space Center, FL Advance Short-Term Warnings and Forecast Services
PACJET 2001 U.S. West Coast Advance Short-Term Warnings and Forecast Services
Wallops / RainStat West Virginia Advance Short-Term Warnings and Forecast Services
2000
ProjectLocationFocus
Alaska 2000 Alaska Recover Protected Species
ARM 2000 ARM Cloud and Radiation Testbed (CART) Assess and Predict Decadal to Centennial Change
Florida 2000 Tampa Bay Sustain Healthy Coastal Ecosystems
Build Sustainable Fisheries
Groundwinds New Hampshire Advance Short-Term Warnings and Forecast Services
HAWC Massachusetts Implement Seasonal to Interannual Climate Forecasts
Meltpond Arctic Implement Seasonal to Interannual Climate Forecasts
Texas 2000 Air Quality Study (TexAQS) Houston-Galveston Advance Short-Term Warnings and Forecast Services
Vertical Transport and Mixing (VTMX) Salt Lake City basin Advance Short-Term Warnings and Forecast Services
1999
ProjectLocationFocus
California Squid 1999 Survey California Experimental squid survey.
Cooperative Atmosphere and Surface Exchange Study (CASES-99) Kansas Boundary layer study
Joint Air-Sea Monsoon Investigation (JASMINE) Tropical Western Pacific Multi-agency study of the Asian-Australian monsoon system.
JUVESU 1999 Spain and France Experimental surveys for the assessment of juvenile fish.
Mesoscale Alpine Programme (MAP) Austria Effects of mountainous terrain on wind, precipitation, and flooding.
Mount Washington Icing Sensors Project (MWISP) Mount Washington, NH Aircraft icing detection study.
Nauru 99 Nauru Island Climate measurement instrumentation study.
Southern Great Plains Study (SGP) Oklahoma Soil Moisture Imaging
Southern Oxidant Study Nashville, TX Air Quality Study
1998
ProjectLocationFocus
California Land-Falling Jets Experiment (CALJET) California Severe weather forecasting study.
Third Convection and Moisture Experiment (CAMEX3) Atlantic Hurricane and intense tropical convection study.
Detect Icing with Polarization Experiment (DIPOLE)   Aircraft icing detection study.
JUVESU 98 Spain, Portugal and France Experimental surveys for assesment of juvenile fish.
TRMM Houston, Texas Satellite derrived rainfall measurement calibration and validation.
TRMM TExas and FLorida UNderflights experiment (TEFLUN) Houston, Texas Study of satellite signatures produced by convective and stratiform precipitation.
1997
ProjectLocationFocus
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Oklahoma Temporal and horizontal variability of clouds study.
California Fish Survey California Fish survey.
FIRE ACE Arctic Region Satellite calibration and validation.
Hurricane Winds Experiment (HOWEX) Atlantic Region Hurricane winds study.
Labrador Sea Deep Convection Experiment Labrador Sea Ocean surface winds study.
RAIN-X Colorado Precipitation measurement study.
Southern California Ozone Study (SCOS) Southern California Air quality study.
Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic (SHEBA) Arctic Region Climate study of arctic environment.
Washington State Herring Survey Washington State Joint lidar ship herring survey.
1996
ProjectLocationFocus
Combined Sensor Program (CSP) Tropical Western Pacific Comparison of island and ship-based climate observations.
GEWEX   Impact of clouds on climate.
Northern Front Range Air Quality Study (NFRAQS) Northern Colorado Air quality study
Snowrad Colorado Radar estimations of snowfall rates.
1995
ProjectLocationFocus
Arizona Verde Valley, AZ Study of winter orographic storms.
Boreas: Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study Northern Canada Interaction between the atmosphere and the biosphere.
California Fish Lidar Cruise California Intercomparison of fish lidar and acoustic fish measurements.
Coastal Ocean Probing Experiment (COPE) Oregon Coast  
Southern Oxidants Study (SOS) Nashville, TN Regional air quality
1994
ProjectLocationFocus
Crystal Mist   Measuring and modeling the dispersion and fate of toxic materials in the atmosphere
Winter Icing and Storms Project (WISP) Colorado Multiyear study of winter storms.
1993
ProjectLocationFocus
Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment (ASTEX) Puerto Santo Island, Portugal Global climate impact of marine stratocumulus clouds.
Davis Intercomparison Davis, California To test the remote sensing capability of OPAL and the accuracy of profiling ozone concentrations in a field environment.
North Dakota Tracer Experiment (NDTE) Bismarck, North Dakota Hail suppression study.
San Clemente Ocean Probing Experiment (SCOPE) San Clemente Island, CA Atmospheric effects on remote sensing measurements of the ocean surface.
Vancouver B.C., Ozone Study Vancouver B.C. Ozone Study
1991
ProjectLocationFocus
Rocky Flats Air Flow (ASCOT) Colorado Study to determine the requirements for a sensor network and the accuracy of transport and diffusion models around Rocky Flats.
First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Coffeyville, Kansas Climate study of mid-continental cirrus clouds.
1990
ProjectLocationFocus
Lake Ontario Winter Storms Project (LOWS) New York Dynamics of lake effect snowstorms.
1986
ProjectLocationFocus
Mesogamma Colorado Study of mesoscale interactions with the small-scale circulations of gust fronts, microbursts, and thunderstorms.
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