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TC4 Science - Presentations
Wednesday, 25 April
8:00a Coffee/Registration
Moderator - Mike Kurylo
9:00a Introductions, NASA Headquarters perspective, TC4 security - Mike Kurylo/ Hal Maring
9:30a Overview of the TC4 mission and scientific objectives - Brian Toon
10:00a Scientific opportunities and practical realities of the meteorology near Costa Rica - Dave Starr
10:30a Break
Moderator - Hal Maring
11:00a Logistics for integration sites, Costa Rica, and Panama - Marilyn Vasques & Kathy Thompson
12:00n Lunch
Moderator - Brian Toon
1:15p ER-2 payload and objectives - Paul Newman/Steve Platnick
1:45p WB-57F payload and objectives - Eric Jensen/Steve Wofsy
2:15p DC-8 payload and objectives - Mark Schoeberl/Paul Wennberg
2:45p Ideas for aircraft instrument intercomparisons - Eric Jensen/Paul Wennberg
3:00p Break
3:30p Subpanel meetings
- DC-8 - Mark Schoeberl/Paul Wennberg
- ER-2 - Paul Newman/Steve Platnick
- TC4 Science Objectives: Solar Spectral Irradiance
- Scanning HIS: Upwelling and Downwelling Emission Spectra from the ER2
- CRS and EDOP Measurements During TC4
- Properties of Cirrus Clouds during TC4 with the MODIS Airborne Simulator
- The ER-2 CLOUD PHYSICS LIDAR
- Compact Scanning Submillimeter-wave Imaging Radiometer
- Aircraft Measurements of IR Irradiance - Radiative Effects of Tropical Cirrus
- Advanced Microwave Precipitation Radiometer
- WB-57F - Eric Jensen/Steve Wofsy
Thursday, 26 April
8:00a Coffee/registration
Moderator - Eric Jensen
9:00a Aura validation science and mission strategy - Mark Schoeberl
9:30a CloudSat science goals and mission strategy - Jay Mace
10:00a CALIPSO science goals and mission strategy - Chip Trepte
10:30a Break
Thursday, 26 April (continued)
Moderator - Mark Schoeberl
11:00a Cirrus cloud microphysics science goals and mission strategy - Jay Mace
11:30a Aqua validation science and mission strategy - Steve Platnick
12:00n Lunch
Moderator - Paul Newman
1:30p Water vapor/isotopes science goals and mission strategy - Eric Jensen
2:00p Atmospheric chemistry in the TTL science goals and mission strategy - Paul Wennberg
2:30p Dynamics of the TTL science goals and mission strategy - Paul Newman
3:00p Break
Moderator - Dave Starr
3:30p Subpanel meetings
- Ground-based instruments and balloons - John Gerlach/Anne Thompson
- Forecasting/flight planning - Lenny Pfister/Rennie Selkirk
- Mission strategy for validation - Jay Mace/Steve Platnick/Mark Schoeberl/ Chip Trepte
Friday, 27 April
8:00a Coffee/registration
8:30a Logistics FAQs and reminders - Marilyn Vasques & Kathy Thompson
8:45a Real-Time Mission Monitor
Moderator - Steve Wofsy
9:00a Report from DC-8 subpanel meeting - Mark Schoeberl/Paul Wennberg
9:10a Report from the mission strategy for validation subpanel meeting -Jay Mace/ Steve Platnick/Mark Schoeberl/Chip Trepte
9:20a Report from WB-57F subpanel meeting - Eric Jensen/Steve Wofsy
9:40a Report from ER-2 subpanel meeting - Paul Newman/Steve Platnick
10:00a Break
Moderator - Steve Platnick
10:30a Report from ground-based instruments subpanel meeting - John Gerlach/Anne Thompson
10:45a Report from the forecasting/flight planning subpanel meeting - Lenny Pfister/Rennie Selkirk
11:00a General discussion
11:30a Adjourn