NASA Langley Research Center scientists will report on new atmospheric science discoveries and areas of exploration at the American Meteorological Society meeting in Long Beach, California, from January 9-14. Details of scheduled papers and poster sessions follow.
Raman Lidar Profiling of Water Vapor and Aerosols over the Arm SGP Site
A turnkey, automated lidar system designed for unattended, around-the-clock profiling of water vapor and aerosols is examined in a paper presented by Richard A. Ferrare.
Monday, January 10 at 10:30
Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Monitoring, Session 2
Airborne Lidar Water Vapor, Ozone, and Aerosol Measurements
Airborne lidar measurements of water vapor, ozone, and aerosols made during nearly two decades of field experiments over important ecological regions of the world are presented in a paper by Edward V. Browell.
Monday, January 10 at 11:00
Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Monitoring, Session 2
Data Sets Available for Stratospheric Studies
Atmospheric data set research applications, available from the NASA Langley Atmospheric Science Data Center, are explained by Nancy A. Ritchey.
Monday, January 10 at 2:15
11th Conference on the Middle Atmosphere, Session 3
Long-Term Observations of the Mid-Latitude Stratospheric Aerosol by the Langley 48-Inch Lidar
David C. Woods discusses the Langley 48-inch lidar and its 25-year data set (one of the world's longest), with emphasis on measurements obtained following the eruptions of El Chichon in 1982 and Pinatubo in 1991.
Tuesday, January 11 at 2:45
Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Monitoring, Session 5
Infrared Atmospheric Soundings from Space-Past, Present, and Future
New remote sensing results confirming accuracy expectations of advanced atmospheric infrared sounders that will fly on future satellites are presented in an invited paper by Bill Smith.
Wednesday, January 12 at 8:30
10th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, Session 6
New Results from CERES/TRMM on Tropical Radiative Fluxes
Current ERBE and CERES satellite data indicating potential climate changes are examined in a presentation by Bruce Wielicki.
Thursday, January 13 at 9:15
10th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, Joint Session 4
Surface Solar Energy and Meteorological Data Available for Renewable Energy Use
Examples of and instructions for retrieving a commercially-oriented meteorological and surface insolation data set from the NASA Langley Atmospheric Sciences Data Center are presented in a paper by John O. Olson.
Friday, January 14 at 9:30
Second Symposium on Environmental Applications, Session 11
Poster Sessions
Hurricane Water Vapor, Aerosol, and Cloud Distributions Determined from Airborne Lidar Measurements
The 1998 CAMEX-3 experiment, conducted in conjunction with NOAA and Air Force Reserve aircraft, provided the most comprehensive set of measurements ever obtained around hurricanes. Poster presented by Edward V. Browell.
Tuesday, January 11 from 6:00-7:30
Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Monitoring, Poster Session 1
View_Hdf: Visualization and Analysis Software for Hdf Files
A new visualization and analysis tool that provides a graphical user interface for manipulating data sets is explained in a poster by Kam-Pui Lee.
Wednesday, January 12 from 5:00-6:30
16th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology, Poster Session 1
CERES Instrument Data Products
CERES data products, some uses of these products, and how to obtain CERES data are discussed in a poster presented by Linda A. Hunt.
Friday, January 14 from 10:00-12:00
10th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, Poster Session 6
(For more information on these or other Atmospheric Science topics, please call the NASA Langley Research Center at the number above, or visit the Atmospheric Science web site at http://asd-www.larc.nasa.gov/.