[Arcsix] [EXTERNAL] ARCSIX kickoff

[Sebastian Schmidt]

Dear ARCSIX science team,



Welcome to the project! Now that selections have been made, we would like to get started by sharing some basic information. This investigation is run by program scientists Hal Maring (Radiation Science) and Thorsten Markus (Cryosphere), with Sebastian Schmidt (University of Colorado) as science lead and Dan Chirica (ESPO) as logistics lead. We will be publishing a (nearly) complete list of funded and unfunded team members soon, and will start setting up a project website in the near term.



For getting to know each other, we would like to have a kickoff telecon sometime in January. Can you please indicate your availability in this poll<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdoodle.com%2Fmeeting%2Fparticipate%2Fid%2FegZozjjd&data=05%7C01%7CArcsix%40espo.nasa.gov%7Ce0b025ebfc554c409a0008dada6bc8c1%7C7005d45845be48ae8140d43da96dd17b%7C0%7C0%7C638062453711472110%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=0Ht47SsjDX4Wp1jGpCPvbgu%2BVXmIpBHnLaMf7reVwv0%3D&reserved=0>?



As laid out in the white paper, we are planning a two-part campaign out of Thule, Greenland, in May/June and July 2024, with a duration of about 3-4 weeks each. The "high flier" will be the LaRC G-III, which does not have the range we would prefer, but does offer the capability of accommodating the most needed instruments – the HALO water vapor lidar and the AVIRIS imager, as well as dropsondes. The "low flier" will be the WFF P-3, with a payload that combines remote sensing, in-situ, and radiation measurements of the atmosphere and the surface/cryosphere – more on the details in our kickoff telecon.



To prepare the campaign, the most important activities are to get the instruments ready, and to put a science implementation in place on the basis of the white paper. The framework for that process will be set by "dry-run" exercises (as during CAMP2Ex and other campaigns), which will be conducted remotely initially, and then discussed in person at the first in-person Science Team Meeting (planned tentatively for July 2023). Since some of you have indicated that they will be attending the AMS meeting in Denver in January 2023, we are also planning an informal, non-mandatory meeting during that (details to follow).



Here is a summary of key dates as we envision them:

  *   Early January 2023: Informal non-mandatory in-person meeting at AMS (Denver)
  *   Mid/Late January 2023: Informal kickoff telecon
  *   Spring 2023: Dry run (remote)
  *   As needed: Follow-up telecons to dry run and other planning activities leading up to STM
  *   July 2023: 1st in-person STM (location TBD)

We are looking forward to working with you on ARCSIX. If you have questions or suggestions, please feel free to contact either Hal or Sebastian. Please don't forget to complete the poll<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdoodle.com%2Fmeeting%2Fparticipate%2Fid%2FegZozjjd&data=05%7C01%7CArcsix%40espo.nasa.gov%7Ce0b025ebfc554c409a0008dada6bc8c1%7C7005d45845be48ae8140d43da96dd17b%7C0%7C0%7C638062453711784530%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=QcdFld2PGI36dyUC%2Ft62jZBcW72D1vJFabb0MiPQBmU%3D&reserved=0> for our kickoff telecon.



Best regards,

Hal, Dan, and Sebastian
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  Konrad Sebastian Schmidt

  Associate Professor
  Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
  Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics
  University of Colorado at Boulder
  phone: (303) 492-6423
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