NRL Monterey Aerosol Group Members and Expertise
Anthony Bucholtz Radiative measurements, tactical decision aids
James R. Campbell Cloud and aerosol Lidar Cynthia A. Curtis Products, distribution, transitionsEdward J. Hyer Satellite data quality, biomass burningElizabeth A. Reid Field deployments, data analysisJeffrey S. Reid Aerosol microphysics, radiation and observabilityAnnette L. Walker Global dust sources, operatorsDouglas L. Westphal Global and regional aerosol modeling
James CampbellNaval Research Laboratory
Monterey, CA
23 April 2014
Collaborative Possibilities for CalWater2
Coastal Facility for Atmospheric Research (CFAR)
NREL site
Purpose:• Operational testing of NRL-MRY's atmospheric
instrument suites prior to deployment.• Long-term measurements in a coastal marine
environment for model validation.• Reference 'standards' for validation and
calibration of field instruments.
CFAR Rooftop Observation Deck
‘First Light’ on 29Dec2013
- MPLNet Lidar - Time-height distribution of:
- aerosols and clouds- aerosol optical depth
(estimate)- 523 nm eye-safe lidar; night and day- Polarization-sensitive (pending)
- AERONET Sun Photometer- Aerosol Optical Depth: 340, 380, 440,
500, 675, 870, 940, and 1020 nm- High daytime temporal resolution- Potentially multiple instruments
- Solar/IR/UV Radiometers- Total, Direct, Diffuse Solar Radiation
at surface- Downwelling IR irradiance at surface- Downwelling UV at surface
- Ceilometer- Cloud base heights
Coastal Facility for Atmospheric Research (CFAR) Instrumentation
- Weather Stations, IR Hygrometer/CO2, and Visiometer
- Surface met conditions- Lateral Visibility
- Gas Monitors (Ozone and SO2) - Mass concentrations
- Aerosol particle sizing- Aerosol size distribution and
concentration at surface- Aerosol Particle Samplers
- Mass concentrations and physical properties
- Aerosol Particle Scattering and Absorption
All instrumentation is deployable
CFAR Lidar Profiling of Asian Dust
Instrument will become polarization-sensitive in FY15Still, without depolarization, dust scattering is very distinct in lidar measurements
Aerosol/Cloud Airborne Measurement Capability
CIRPAS Twin Otter
Utilization of CIRPAS Aircraft* Run by NPS in partnership with Cal Tech* Full complement of instrumentation to
support atmospheric and oceanographic research:
- Met: T, P, RH, dropsondes - Cloud/Aerosol: size, concentration,
composition - Radiation (in development): up and
downwelling solar/IR flux, AOD• Eliminates one of the biggest sources
of error and the most time-consuming data reduction step in airborne radiometer measurements
• Platform level to within +/- 0.02 deg
Development of Stabilized Platform/Radiometer Package
Navy Aerosol Analysis and Prediction System (NAAPS)
The U.S. Navy Aerosol Analysis and Prediction System (NAAPS) is an operational global aerosol transport model used to forecast visibility
conditions for fleet operations and motivate basic research.
6-day forecasts every 6 hours of global sulfate, SO2, dust, smoke and sea-salt mass concentrations.
Grid: .33°x.33° degree; 25 sigma levels to 100 mb
http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/aerosol
NAAPS Support and Source Product Development
FLAMBÉ: Global Fire Emissions in Near Real Time• Active Fire detections from NASA/Geostationary Satellites
• 4,000/day from MODIS-Terra• 8,000/day from MODIS-Aqua
• Hourly estimates of carbon, trace gas, and particulate emissions• Reid, J. S. et al.: Global Monitoring and Forecasting of Biomass-Burning Smoke:
Description of and Lessons from the Fire Locating and Modeling of Burning Emissions (FLAMBE) Program, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2, 144-162, 2009.
• Hyer, E. J., and Chew, B. N.: Aerosol transport model evaluation of an extreme smoke episode in Southeast Asia, Atmos. Environ., 44, 1422-1427, 2010.
NRL Monterey Dust Source Database
• Using Machine Learning to identify active global dust sources at 1 km2 resolution
• Combined MODIS and multi-spectral geostationary algorithms used to identify active dust regions
• Walker, A. L., M. Liu, S. D. Miller, K. A. Richardson, and D. L. Westphal (2009), Development of a dust source database for mesoscale forecasting in southwest Asia, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D18207, doi:10.1029/2008JD011541.
International Cooperative for Aerosol Prediction:Formalizing the Aerosol Prediction Community
• After an initial 2010 Monterey meeting, aerosol forecast system developers meet annually under the ICAP umbrella.
• Developers do not officially speak for their lab or make commitments, but rather gather discuss problems and best practices.
• ICAP allows developers to speak as a community and make scientific recommendations.
• “Ticket to Ride” is a global aerosol model running at least quasi operationally or a global satellite data provider.
• Current model members: BSC, ECMWF, JMA, NASA GMAO, NOAA NCEP, NRL, UKMO
• ICAP has made significant headway in convincing international agencies to expend resources on aerosol forecasting problems.
EUMETSAT