VAMOS PROGRAMS PROJECT OFFICE
C. B. Emmanuel, Director
cbe@ucar.edu
José Meitín, Deputy Director
meitin@ucar.edu
http://www.joss.ucar.edu/vamos/
UCAR Office of Programs
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
VAMOS Programs Project Office
Joint Office for Science Support (JOSS / UCAR)
P. O. Box 3000
Boulder, Colorado 80307 – 3000 U. S. A.
Physical Location: 3300 Mitchell Lane
Foothills Lab # 4
Boulder, CO 80301
voice: 303 497-8987
UCAR Office of Programs
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
fax: 303 497-8158
VAMOS Programs Project Office
The Office provides scientific, technical and administrative
support services to the VAMOS programs for the purpose of
organizing, coordinating and managing the implementation
of the VAMOS field campaigns. The field campaigns are:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
EPIC (Eastern Pacific Investigations of Climate)
SALLJEX (South American Low Level Jet Experiment)
NAME (North American Monsoon Experiment)
MESA (Monsoon Experiment South America)
VOCALS (VEPIC Ocean-Cloud-Atmosphere-Land Systems)
UCAR Office of Programs
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
NAME Project Office
• Receives guidance and direction from the NAME
SWG
• Receives fiscal guidance from Agency Program
Managers
• Reports to the NAME SWG and Agency Program
Managers
UCAR Office of Programs
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
NAME Project Office Activities:
 Research Permit:
SRE (Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores, Mexico)
Frequency Allocation Permits
 Logistics:
Agencies / Universities
Aircraft
Ships
 NAME Field Operations Centers:
Tucson , Mexico City
Mazatlán
UCAR Office of Programs
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
NAME Project Office Activities:
Site Surveys
Aircraft
Profiler network
Radiosonde network
S-Pol Radar
Flux SuperSite
 Ship status
Altair BI-03 (SEMAR)
Francisco de Ulloa (CICESE)
El Puma (UNAM)
UCAR Office of Programs
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
NOAA Aircraft Operations Center WP-3D
UCAR Office of Programs
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Research Vessel “Altair” (SEMAR)
UCAR Office of Programs
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Research Vessel “Francisco de Ulloa” (CICESE)
UCAR Office of Programs
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Daily Timeline for Operations
Forecast Team
Preparation
Time 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
(LT)
Facilities update
T0-3
Flight planning
Crew Brief
T0-1 T0
T0+9
Aircraft
return
Structure
NAME SWG
Project Office
Investigators
Participants
SWG members
Ops Director/ staff
Investigators
Visitors
Tucson
Operations
Center
Daily Operations
Meeting
Operational Decision
Mission Scientist
Aircraft Mission
Land-systems
Data & Communications
UCAR Office of Programs
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Responsibilities
Operational Decisions
Forecast Services (FOC)
Data & Comms
Input
Forecasts / Outlooks
Met model products
Discussion
Facilities Status
Personnel Status
Science Objectives
Debrief Reports
Data & Comms
Crew leaves for airport
Time 7
(LT) T-3
Daily Timeline for Aircraft Operations
8
Flight planning
Crew Brief
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00
T-1 T0
T+9
Aircraft
return
7th VAMOS Panel Meeting
NAME 2004 Field Operations and Procedures
Field Operations Center Concept:
Define requirements for, and conduct the day-to-day operations, to
satisfy the data collection objectives of NAME
Functions, Organization, Staff and Responsibilities
Catalog
&
Data Mgt
Forecast
Services
(Tucson/
Mexico City)
Aircraft
& Ship
Operations
UCAR Office of Programs
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Land-based
Systems
Coordination
Field
Comms
Logistics/
Fiscal
NAME Operations Plan:
•
A summary of the scientific objectives to be met during the
field phase
•
Describes the Operations Center venue
•
Describes, in detail, the day-to-day operational procedures
•
Describes, in detail, the decision making process
•
Specifies the forecast services available and other met/model
products required
UCAR Office of Programs
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
NAME Operations Plan:
•
Describe the research platforms and research systems
available
•
Specifies and describes the communications and support
systems required
•
Specifies the data/data catalog availability at the
Operations Center
•
Specifies the necessary logistics (Clearances,
Immigration/Customs, etc.)
UCAR Office of Programs
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
NAME Field Program Timeline
-1yr
-2 yr
SWG & PIs
Mission Selection
6
weeks
FIELD
CAMPAIGN
Funding Proposal
Submissions
Facility
Coordination
Meeting.
Facility Request
& Approval
Operations Meeting.
Finalize Ops & Data Plan
Field Phase Logistics
Establish
Project Office
•Prepare Ops
& Data Plans
•Site Survey(s)
•Logistics
Data Analysis
Workshop
Sep 04
SWG-6
Review Ops
& Data Plan
Jul 04
Experiment
Design
Apr 04
Science
Planning
Meeting
+1 yr
+2 yr
Data Processing
Quality Control
Routine
Archive/
Access
Daily Briefings
Onsite Data Mgmt.
Operational Data Collection
Facility Coordination
Support Functions
In-field Catalog
NWS Las Vegas
NWS San Diego
NWS Flagstaff
NWS Albuquerque
NWS Tucson
NWS El Paso
NWS Amarillo
NWS Midland
NCAR ISS
NWS Del Rio
NCAR ISS
SMN Chihuahua
SMN Guaymas
M. Douglas RAOB
SMN Torreon
NCAR GLASS
NCAR ISS
SMN La Paz
SMN Monterrey
NOAA ETL/AL
SMN Zacatecas
EOP Ship RAOB
SMN Mazatlan
SMN Guadalajara
• Puerto
• 3 NCAR ISSs (GPS
Peñasco
ISS sounding
network designed to
determine:
– initiation mechanisms,
structure, and
propagation of surges
– mechanisms for diurnal
cycle of convection
sounding, UHF profiler,
RASS, sfc station); 1 GLASS
• Kino
Bay
• SMN soundings
•
•
Loreto
•
• Los Mochis
• ETL flux
•
•
•
S-POL
•
•
– air-sea exchanges,
upper-ocean changes
– atmospheric budgets,
latent heating profiles
over land and ocean
fluxes, upper-ocean