The Cloud, Aerosol, and Monsoon Processes, Philippines Experiment (CAMP2Ex): Planning, performance, and early outcomes

The Cloud, Aerosol, and Monsoon Processes Philippines Experiment (CAMP²Ex) mission is an international airborne field campaign to understand the relationships between clouds, atmospheric composition, and radiation within the complex Southeast Asian Southwest monsoon environment. The primary airborne observation platforms are the NASA P3 and SPEC Inc Lear 35 with flight operations scheduled from late August through early October 2019. In addition, a number of ongoing data collection activities and analyses have been conducted over the past year in the lead up to the mission. Significant international and interagency coordination includes: a) Collaborative efforts on climate and weather hazards with Philippine scientists and the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA); b) Coordination with the R/V Sally Ride as part of the ONR Propagation of Intraseasonal Oscillations (PISTON) project ; c) Cooperation with ESA on Aeolus, EarthCARE, and Sentinel 2 ; d) Development of geostationary satellite products ; e) International cross-center cooperation on regional weather analysis and forecasting, and f) Extensive regional science and technology outreach activities. In this presentation, we provide a science and satellite technology development rationale for the mission and a summary of ongoing activities. Particular emphasis will be placed on descriptions of datasets generated as part of CAMP²Ex on monsoonal flow environments, clouds, and precipitation for fair weather to congestus clouds, cloud and aerosol covariabilty and organization, remote sensing and radiation, and regional composition and air quality.