HR: 16:35h
AN: A24A-02    [Abstracts]
TI: An overview of J-31 aircraft measurements in the Megacity Initiative Local and Global Research Observations (MILAGRO) experiment
AU: * Russell, P B
EM: Philip.B.Russell@nasa.gov
AF: NASA Ames Research Center, MS 245-5, Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000, United States
AU: Redemann, J
EM: jredemann@mail.arc.nasa.gov
AF: BAERI/NASA Ames, MS 245-5, Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000, United States
AU: Zhang, Q
EM: zhang@baeri.org
AF: BAERI/NASA Ames, MS 245-5, Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000, United States
AU: Ramirez, S
EM: saramirez@mail.arc.nasa.gov
AF: BAERI/NASA Ames, MS 245-5, Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000, United States
AU: Livingston, J
EM: jlivingston@mail.arc.nasa.gov
AF: SRI International/NASA Ames, MS 245-5, Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000, United States
AU: Cairns, B
EM: bcairns@giss.nasa.gov
AF: Columbia University, AP&AM, New York, NY , United States
AU: Gatebe, C
AF: UMBC/NASA Goddard, Mail Code 613.2, Greenbelt, MD 20771, United States
AU: Torres, O
EM: torres@qhearts.gsfc.nasa.gov
AF: UMBC/NASA Goddard, Mail Code 613.2, Greenbelt, MD 20771, United States
AU: King, M
EM: michael.d.king@nasa.gov
AF: NASA Goddard, Code 900, Greenbelt, MD 20771, United States
AU: Remer, L
EM: remer@climate.gsfc.nasa.gov
AF: NASA Goddard, Code 900, Greenbelt, MD 20771, United States
AU: Holben, B
EM: brent.n.Holben.1@gsfc.nasa.gov
AF: NASA Goddard, Code 900, Greenbelt, MD 20771, United States
AU: Pilewskie, P
EM: peter.pilewskie@lasp.colorado.edu
AF: University of Colorado, Duane Physics, Boulder, CO 80309-0392, United States
AU: Schmidt, S
EM: sebastian.schmidt@lasp.colorado.edu
AF: University of Colorado, Duane Physics, Boulder, CO 80309-0392, United States
AU: Dominguez, R
EM: rdominguez@mail.arc.nasa.gov
AF: UC Santa Cruz/NASA Ames, MS 240-6, Moffett Field, CA 94035, United States
AU: Gore, W
EM: wgore@mail.arc.nasa.gov
AF: NASA Ames Research Center, MS 245-5, Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000, United States
AU: Kahn, R
EM: ralph.kahn@jpl.nasa.gov
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, MS. 169-237, Pasadena, CA 91109-8099, United States
AU: Hostetler, C
EM: Chris.A.Hostetler@NASA.GOV
AF: NASA Langley Research Center, MS 435, Hampton, VA 23681-2199, United States
AU: Hair, J
EM: Johnathan.W.Hair@nasa.gov
AF: NASA Langley Research Center, MS 435, Hampton, VA 23681-2199, United States
AU: Ferrare, R
EM: richard.a.ferrare@nasa.gov
AF: NASA Langley Research Center, MS 435, Hampton, VA 23681-2199, United States
AU: Browell, E
EM: e.v.browell@larc.nasa.gov
AF: NASA Langley Research Center, MS 435, Hampton, VA 23681-2199, United States
AU: Clarke, A
EM: tclarke@soest.hawaii.edu
AF: University of Hawaii, 1000 Pope Road, Honolulu, HI 96822, United States
AU: Shinozuka, Y
EM: yohei@hawaii.edu
AF: University of Hawaii, 1000 Pope Road, Honolulu, HI 96822, United States
AU: McNaughton, C
EM: cameronm@soest.hawaii.edu
AF: University of Hawaii, 1000 Pope Road, Honolulu, HI 96822, United States
AB: In March 2006 the J-31 flew a suite of instruments to measure solar energy in the atmosphere and how it is affected by aerosols, water vapor, clouds, and Earth surfaces. The goal was to better understand the impacts of these constituents and surfaces on climate and to advance spaceborne and airborne measurement science. The J-31 carried meteorological and navigational instruments, plus four core science instruments: Ames Airborne Tracking Sunphotometer (AATS-14), Solar Spectral Flux Radiometer (SSFR), Research Scanning Polarimeter (RSP), and Cloud Absorption Radiometer (CAR). Specific objectives were to: (1) Characterize aerosols and water vapor flowing from Mexico City and biomass fires toward and over the Gulf of Mexico, (2) Quantify the ability of satellites and airborne lidar to retrieve aerosol, cloud, and water vapor properties, (3) Characterize surface spectral albedo and bidirectional reflectance to help constrain satellite retrievals, (4) Quantify relationships between the above and aerosol amount and type. The J-31 made 13 flights (4 over Mexico City, 9 over the Gulf of Mexico) coordinated with the satellites Aura, Aqua, Terra, and Parasol. Several flights coordinated with the NASA Langley King Air B-200, which carried a High Spectral Resolution Lidar (HSRL) and two passive remote sensors. One flight coordinated with the DC-8 over Mexico City and one with both the C-130 and the B-200 over the Gulf of Mexico. We summarize goals, methods and sample results to provide context for other J-31 presentations at this conference.
DE: 0300 ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE
DE: 0305 Aerosols and particles (0345, 4801, 4906)
DE: 0360 Radiation: transmission and scattering
DE: 1640 Remote sensing (1855)
DE: 3307 Boundary layer processes
SC: Atmospheric Sciences [A]
MN: 2007 Joint Assembly