NASA Langley ARM/UAV

This HTTP server is intended to facilitate distribution of ARM/UAV field experiment data processed by AS&M for NASA.

The field experiments to date include

ARESE, Fall 1995 IOP over ARM Southern Great Plains CART site
Spring 1996 IOP over ARM Southern Great Plains CART site
Fall 1996 Flight Series over ARM Southern Great Plains CART site
Fall 1997 Flight Series over ARM Southern Great Plains CART site

What's new (last updated on 17 June 1997).

The ARM (Atmospheric Radiation Measurement)/ UAV (Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle) Program is a Department of Energy (DOE) project developed to test and utilize new instruments and airborne platforms for measuring atmospheric properties critical to a better understanding of climate. The ARM/UAV Program is managed by Patrick Crowley of the DOE. The technical director is John Vitko of Sandia National Laboratory (SNL) in Livermore, CA.

Satellite data taken in conjunction with ARM/UAV flights are critical to the science objectives of the program. This page presents satellite data taken during ARM/UAV field experiments. These data and subsequent analyses are provided under DOE ITF No. DE-A105-95ER61992 by Patrick Minnis , of NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC), who is a member of the ARM/UAV Science Team. This page will be updated to provide additional satellite imagery and analyzed data products as they become available.

The schedule for the ARM/UAV Program includes an autumn 1995 enhanced shortwave absorption experiment ARESE (ARM Enhanced Shortwave Experiment) focused on the absorption of solar radiation by clouds, aerosols, and atmospheric gases; a spring 1996 experiment emphasizing remote sensing of cloud properties; and fall 1996 measurements of clouds and radiation. These three experiments will be performed in the vicinity of the ARM Southern Great Plains (SGP) Central Facility in north central Oklahoma.

ARESE
(ARM Enhanced Shortwave Experiment)
Field Experiment
September-October 1995

Satellite Component

Participants:

NASA LaRC: P. Minnis, T. Wong, D. F. Young

AS&M: D. Doelling, P. W. Heck, L. Nguyen, R. Palikonda, W. Smith,

Imagery:

Overviews: Daily visible and infrared imagery taken near 1845 UT each day during the experiment (shows much of the U.S.)

Experiment Days; hourly, half-hourly, and 15-minute visible and infrared images centered on the ARM SGP Central Facility or on the ER-2 flight track for experiments conducted away from the SGP:

Cloud Products:

October 1995 IOP data via FTP, and revision history.

Four-Panel Color Contour Plots and MPEG Movies of

Surface Component

Participants:

NASA LaRC: T. Charlock, C. Whitlock, G. Schuster, D. Cahoon, J. Plant

AS&M: T. Alberta, J. K. Ayers, K. Larman, S. R. Lecroy, F. G. Rose, R. Wheeler, C. D. Moats

Subscale Radiometry Network:

Description & Data of CERES flux measurement sites

Imagery:

Landsat TM Image of CERES Flux Measurement Sites / ARM Central Facility (~ 2.0 Mbyte)

Landsat TM Image of CERES Flux Measurement Sites / ARM Facility Sites (~ 1.6 Mbyte)

References:

This extended abstract is a PDF file of:

Ayers, J.K;Minnis, P; et. al.: "Calibration of GOES Using Satellite and ARESE Aircraft Data". 6th ARM Science Team Meeting (San Antonio, TX, March 4-7, 1996)

This paper is a PDF file of :

Mayor, S; et. al.: "Asymmetry in the Diurnal Variation of Surface Albedo IGARSS'96 (Lincoln, NE, May 27-31, 1996)

This extended abstract is a PDF file of:

Minnis, P; et. al.: "Cloud Shortwave Radiative Forcing from Satellite and Surface Data During ARESE". 6th ARM Science Team Meeting (San Antonio, TX, March 4-7, 1996)

Hardcopies are available on request from Pat Minnis at p.minnis@larc.nasa.gov

ARM/UAV Spring IOP
April-May 1996

Satellite Component

Imagery:

Overviews: Daily visible and infrared imagery taken near 1845 UT each day during the experiment (shows much of the U.S.)

Experiment Days:Half-hourly visible and infrared images centered on the ARM SGP Central Facility & USA.

Flight Tracks: Satellite imagery with overlayed flight tracks.

Cloud Products:

April 1996 IOP data via FTP, and revision history.

References:

This Journal article is a PDF file of:

Minnis, P.;and Smith, W. L., Jr.:" Cloud and Radiative Fields Derived from GOES-8 During SUCCESS and the ARM-UAV Spring 1996 Flight Series ". Submitted to Geophys. Res. Ltrs., June 1997.