The Water Vapor Variability - Satellite/Sondes (WAVES) Field Campaigns
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2008-07-07
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Whiteman, D. N., M. Adam, C. Barnet, B. Bojkov, R. Delgado, B. Demoz, J. Fitzgibbon, et al. “The Water Vapor Variability - Satellite/Sondes (WAVES) Field Campaigns.” In Proceedings of Laboratorio de Fisica de la Atmosfera/Universidad mayor de San Andres Meeting, 2008. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20080030242.
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Abstract
Three NASA-funded field campaigns have been hosted at the Howard University Research Campus in Beltsville, MD. In each of the years 2006, 2007 and 2008, WAVES field campaigns have coordinated ozonesonde launches, lidar operations and other measurements with A-train satellite overpasses for the purposes of satellite validation. The unique mix of measurement systems, physical location and the interagency, international group of researchers and students has permitted other objectives, such as mesoscale meteorological studies, to be addressed as well. We review the goals and accomplishments of the three WAVES missions with the emphasis on the nonsatellite validation component of WAVES, as the satellite validation activities have been reported elsewhere.