Atmospheric modeling observation requirements

Maria Assunção presentation at the SMOCC meeting in Mainz

April 2002

Local impacts

Global impacts

q, c

Radiosonde sites

Proposed sites/measurements:

RadiosondeGuajará Mirim, Porto Velho, Vilhena, Alta Floresta 00, 06,12,18 UTCABRACOS and Rebio Jaru 00, 06, 12, 15, 18, 21 UTC

Sodar, lidar ABRACOS Tethered balloons Abracos and Rebio Jaru Tethered balloon profiler ABRACOS Pirgeometer, nefelometer, MFRSR ABRACOS Flux towers+AWS+radiation: ABRACOS, Rebio Jaru Aerosol + atmos. chemistry - ABRACOS Raingages 40 (relocated from TRMM earlier sites) Radar (Hydrix 3 cm) Airplanes INPE (atmos chemistry,aerosol, microphysics?? NASA LBA Airborne Campaign - COBRABRAZIL - carbon

RACCI 360

SMOCC 170

MILENIO 270

Total 800

#days sond/day

AbracosRebio Jaru

Guajará Mirim

Porto Velho

Alta Floresta Vilhena Total

20 6 6 4 2 2 2 440

20 6 6 2 0 0 0 280

13 2 2 2 0 0 0 78

Porto Velho, Vilhena, Alta Floresta already do 2 sondes/day operationally

Available sondes

PROPOSED SCHEDULE

53 798

days radisondes

Williams et al, 1999

1998

1999

2000

Numbers indicate pentads from July. 1,

October is indicated by arrows

From TRMM satellite (prepared by Dr. Nelson Ferreira)