IMPACTS STM 2022

Presentation files are available for download from https://espo.nasa.gov/impacts/shared-files/63974/STM_2022

Tuesday, July 26

0830 Overview of IMPACTS Science and Management (Session Chair - Gerry Heymsfield)

0830 Opening Remarks & Introduction - Lynn McMurdie
0835 Remarks from Headquarters –Aaron Pina/Will McCarty
0845 Recap of the 2022 Deployment - Lynn McMurdie
0910 Project Management Status Report - Vidal Salazar

 
0930 Science Presentations by IMPACTS Co-Is – Overview of science studies at each
institution (Session Chair – John Yorks)

0930 UW - Lynn McMurdie
0945 UIUC - Bob Rauber
1000 UO - Greg McFarquhar
1015 Stony Brook - Brian Colle
1030 NCSU - Sandra Yuter^
1045 UND - Dave Delene
1100 NCAR - Andy Heymsfield/Aaron Bansemer
1115 NASA Goddard - Gerry Heymsfield
1130 PSU - Steven Greybush

 
1145 Discussion on science collaboration and 2022 data analysis concerns
 
1330 IMPACTS Data – (Session Chair - Vidal Salazar)

1330 Latest NASA Data Distribution Policies – Deborah Smith^
1340 GHRC status and upload – Leigh Sinclair or Geoffrey Stano (GHRC)
1350 2022 Field Catalog Update – Stacy Brodzik (UW)

 
1400 Partners and Parallel Projects (Session Chair – Tim Lang)

1400 NOAA rawinsondes and modeling support of IMPACTS – Jeff Waldstreicher
1410 East Coast Operations of Winter Storm Recon. – Peter Black/Vijay^
1420 WINTRE-MIX Recap - Justin Minder/Dave Kingsmill^
1430 NSF LEE project – Scott Steiger^

 
1435 Discussion about data (building on previous discussions) and other projects

1500 Posters Part 1: Lightning Talks followed by Poster Session 1 (Session Chair –
Victoria McDonald & Rachael Kroodsma)

Wednesday, July 27

0830 ER-2 Instrument Updates and Status (Session Chair -Ian Adams)

0830 ER-2 Aircraft Update – Sam Choi/Fran Becker
0840 CRS, EXRAD, HIWRAP - Matt McLinden and Lihua Li
0850 AMPR - Tim Lang
0900 CoSMIR/CoSSIR - Rachael Kroodsma
0910 CPL – John Yorks
0920 LIP – Chris Schultz^
0930 Discussion on ER-2 Topics (radar upgrades, CoSMIR/CoSSIR, calibration flights)

 
1000 P-3 Instrument Updates and Status (Session Chair – Bob Rauber)

1000 P-3 Aircraft Update – Kelly Griffin
1010 Cloud Probes - Dave Delene
1020 PHIPS – Martin Schnaiter^
1030 WISPER - Darrin Toohey
1040 TAMMS and AVAPS - Claire Robinson/Lee Thornhill
1050 Microphysics Products - Aaron Bansemer^
1100 VIPR – Matt Lebsock/Luis Millan
1110 DLH – Glenn Diskin^
1120 Discussion on Probes, new/redundant probes, calibration flights (timing, number)

 
1330 Ground Instruments Updates and Status (Session Chair – Joe Finlon)

1330 SBU Ground Instruments and Soundings- Brian Colle/Pavlos Kollias
1340 UIUC Mobile Soundings - Bob Rauber/Troy Zaremba/Andrew Janiszeski
1350 Millersville Soundings – Rich Clark
1400 UAlbany Soundings and ground instruments– Justin Minder/Erin Potter^
1410 D3R/GAIL/NPOL Update - Dave Wolff
1420 RaXPol – Howie Bluestein

 
1430 What’s New for 2023 Operations (Session Chair – Matt Miller)

1430 WFF Update and Logistics - Kelly Griffin
1440 ER-2 Base Update for 2023 - Sam Choi/Fran Becker
1450 Comparing Weather at Different ER-2 Bases – Stephen Nicholls
1500 NSRC Capabilities – Ryan Bennett
1505 Mission Tool Suite 2 – Aaron Duley

 
1530 Posters Part 2: Lightning Talks followed by Poster Session 2 (Session Chair –
Stephen Nicholls & Chip Helms)

Thursday, July 28 

0830 Planning for 2023 Operations, Science Publications, and Outreach
Mix of presentations and open discussion – coffee/session breaks at natural break in discussion
 

0830 Observational Strategy (Discussion Leader – Lynn McMurdie)
● Review of 2020 and 2022 scorecards
● Science priorities for 2023
 
0915 Flight Planning/Ops Center (Discussion Leader – Matt Miller/John Yorks)
● Designing aircraft leg lengths to maximize science objectives – Matt
● Different designs depending on science objections
○ GPM overpass
○ Microphysics
○ Fixes/work-arounds for data analysis issues in 2022
● Roles/Number of mission scientists, scheduling – John
● Forecasting/Forecasters Update - Joe
● Pre-flight and during flight coordination – Walt & Jan
 
1000 Ground Operations (Discussion Leader – Brian Colle)
● Mobile sounding locations along flight lines
● Frequency of launches vs highest altitude needed
● Ground Radar Operations & Scan Strategies – Gerry/Howie
● Do we need any other ground assets?
 
1045 Science Studies/Publications (Discussion Leader – Lynn/Gerry)
● Journals of interest/Planning Special Issue
● Co-authorship and Citing data DOIs
● Reporting publications (EOL Field catalog site, ESPO site, PubSpace)
 
1130 Outreach and External Data Users (Discussion Leader – Vidal)
● Promoting Data User Workshop - John
● Creating videos for outreach
● Other topics