Exploitation of Earth science field missions for the evaluation and improvement of Navy METOC system
Abstract
AbstractApproved for Public ReleaseThis proposal is to request support to participate in an ongoing Naval Research Laboratory (NRL),Monterey 6.2 proposal titled ?Exploitation of Earth science field missions for the evaluation and improvement of Navy METOC systems?, with Project PIs Jeffrey Reid (NRL Monterey) and Robert Holz (Univ. of Wisconsin). This investigation will develop strategies and p,erform architecture formulation for the development of a Navy Meteorological and Oceanic (METOC) system that can process available m,ulti-agency field campaign data and export contextually aware meteorological and aerosol state vectors to support science, perform m,odel verification, and provide testbed environmental data to Electronic Maneuver Warfare Tactical Decision Aids (EMW-TDAs). It has,been acknowledged across agencies that a challenge for the application of the diverse field datasets to advance Earth system models,is that instrument data records within archives may have larger errors, or contradict themselves, even after they have been declared, publication ready. Our contribution to the NRL and Wisconsin ?Exploitation of Field Missions? (EFM) effort is to develop a more uni,versal closure framework for aerosol physical, optical, and thermodynamic properties that can help identify problem areas before ext,ensive model inter-comparisons takes place. Marginal support is requested for a combination of graduate student, postdoc, and PI sa,lary for the following tasks: 1) Using the NASA?s Cloud Aerosol and Monsoon Processes Experiment (CAMP2Ex), Aerosol Cloud meTeorolo,gy Interactions oVer the western ATlantic Experiment (ACTIVATE), and ONR MONterey Aerosol Research Campaign (MONARC) projects as te,stbeds, systematize emerging community optical and thermodynamic python code bases such that they can be run in batch across an enti,re flight or airborne dataset; 2) Develop python code to utilize these tools and further synthesize aerosol properties within datase,ts to help flag outliers and/or systematic contradictions; and 3) Participate in the ongoing interagency Measurements of Aerosols, C,louds and their Interactions for ESMs (MACIE) and work with other research cohorts to help devise a community framework for airborn,e aerosol data processing. In fulfilling these tasks, University of Arizona researchers will work with NRL and the Center for Inter,disciplinary Remotely Piloted Aircraft Studies (CIRPAS) to help align Navy data processing with community best practices.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Sep 08, 2022
- Source ID
- N000142212733
Entities
People
- Armin Sorooshian
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy
- University of Arizona