Integrating a multitude of data to study the complex meteorology of the Maritime Continent and Indo-Pacifc tropical warm pool: the JPL CAMP2Ex portal in support of the science objectives
Abstract
Many unanswered questions persist about the processes controlling the genesis and evolution of tropical convection.
Dynamic and thermodynamic conditions of the large-scale environment set-up the scene where individual convective clouds are born, live and die. Occasionally, these individual storms organize and grow up-scale forming mesoscale convective systems that are the building blocks of the large-scale tropical convective systems such as tropical cyclones, Westerly Wind Bursts, intra seasonal oscillations, and the ingredients of the El-Nino/LaNina systems. But the processes controlling convective development are not well understood. The fate of tropical convective clouds is determined by the interplay between the large-scale environment and storm-scale processes largely controlled by the microphysical properties of the storms. In turn, these microphysical properties are affected by the aerosol particle content of the environment. NASA's Cloud, Aerosol, and Monsoon Processes Philippines Experiment (CAMP2Ex) field campaign was designed to help untangle the complex multi-scale processes and interactions that lead to convective development. It was conducted over the Philippines and surrounding regions in the late summer of 2019. To support the science goals of the campaign, we developed the JPL CAMP2Ex portal which integrates model forecasts with multi-parameter satellite and airborne observations from a variety of instruments. The portal provides an interactive system for visualization and on-line analysis tools that work with both observations and models, allowing quick investigation of the storm structure and evolution. The objectives are: i) to allow interrogation of a large number of atmospheric and ocean variables to help better understand the processes associated with tropical convection; ii) to allow for easy evaluation of models by comparison with observations; iii) to serve as a rich information source during the mission planning and post-campaign research and analysis stages. In this presentation we will demonstrate how the CAMP2Ex portal is being used to provide the environmental context for each of the science flights. We will also show how the on-line analysis tools can be used to compare models and observations and to investigate the evolution of the large-scale environment.- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2020
- Bibcode:
- 2020AGUFMA084.0004H
- Keywords:
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- 3311 Clouds and aerosols;
- ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES;
- 3322 Land/atmosphere interactions;
- ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES;
- 4504 Air/sea interactions;
- OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL;
- 4572 Upper ocean and mixed layer processes;
- OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL