GV Sites in Canada

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GV Sites in Canada

• David Hudak
• Paul Joe

2nd International GPM Ground Validation Workshop,
27-29 September, Taipei, Taiwan
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The A-Train Constellation
Formation Flying

• Orbit is sun-synchronous at an altitude of 705 km
  and inclination of 98.2º
• Allows nearly simultaneous views of the Earth
  from distinct instrument payloads

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Canada wide ground observations
NATIONAL NETWORKS WEATHER STATIONS ? RADAR
NETWORK
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Centre for Atmospheric Research Experiments Nov
to April, 2005/06, 2006/07
September 14, 2005 CloudSat Pre-Launch Technical
Media Briefing
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NRC Convair-580 aircraft 2006-Jan-16 to
2006-April-30

• Radar
• Lidar
• In-situ

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CLOUD MICROPHYSICS PROBES
Bulk Microphysics Probes PMS King LWC hot-wire
probe Nevzorov LWC/TWC hot-wire probe Science
Engineering TWC hot-wire probe new Counterflow
Virtual Impactor for TWC/IWC (0.005-0.05
gm-3) Cloud Spectrometers 2 PMS FSSP probes
(2-47 ?m, 5-95 ?m), for liquid cloud spectra PMS
2D2-C probe (25-800 ?m) at 25 ?m res. PMS
2DC-grey probe (15-960 ?m) at 15 ?m res. DMT CIP
probe (12- 768 ?m) at 12 ?m res. PMS 2D-P probe
(200-6400 ?m) at 200 ?m res. new SPEC 2D-S
(10-1280 ?m) at 10 ?m res. PMS PCASP Aerosol
spectrum probe (0.1-3 ?m) SPEC HVPS (400 ?m 5
cm) at 400 ?m res. Others Important Microphysics
Instruments Nevzorov extinction probe Rosemount
Ice detector LICOR water vapour measurement
system
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Airborne Validation Program(in collaboration
with CLEX-10)
OVERVIEW Nominal Dates 16 January 2006 30
April 2006 Aircraft National Research Council
Convair-580 Number of Flights 25 Number of
Flight hours 100 Location of Flights
Approximate area defined by Sault Ste. Marie
Rouyn Quebec City Montreal Toronto
Windsor Sault Ste. Marie Types of Flights (1)
coordinated with satellite overpasses, and (2)
uncoordinated flights focused on CARE facility
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Aircraft operations plan IOP set of flights
within a 16-day A-train orbit cycle Tentative
dates are, IOP1 Jan 16 Jan 25, 2006 IOP2 Feb
15 Feb 26, 2006 IOP3 Mar 19 Mar 30, 2006
IOP4 Apr 20 Apr 30, 2006
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Summary of Orbits during all IOPs
Feb. 8
Feb. 10
Feb. 12
Feb. 13
Feb. 15
Feb. 17
dates are for IOP-2
Feb. 19
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SEARCH/PEARL Eureka Site Instrumentation

• Deployment to begin in 2005
• ETL 35 GHz cloud radar
• ETL multi-channel IR/microwave radiometer
• U. of Wisconsin high spectral resolution LIDAR
• Eventually to install a Baseline Surface
  Radiation Network

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Eureka, Canada(80N)
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September 10, 2005
NOAA MMCR
U. Wisconsin HSRL
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CLOUDSAT SPACECRAFT STATUSOn the docket at VAFB
for an October launch!