We propose to provide satellite support for NASA s upcoming CAMP2EX field campaign focused on the interactions between clouds and aerosols and the impact on precipitation in south east asia. The…

The University of Wisconsin System, through its University of Wisconsin - Madison division operating as Research and Sponsored Programs, has been awarded a $823,570 grant by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to provide satellite data support for the CAMP2EX field campaign in the Philippines.

The effort will focus on delivering high-temporal resolution cloud and aerosol data products from the Advanced Himawari Imager (AHI) on the Japanese Himawari-8 satellite, as well as leveraging observations from other polar-orbiting satellites like MODIS and VIIRS. This data will support mission planning and near real-time flight operations for the CAMP2EX experiment, which is studying the interactions between clouds, aerosols, and precipitation. The University will also provide merged satellite-aircraft data products to characterize the cloud and aerosol life cycle over the campaign domain.

There is no indication of this contract being set aside for any specific business type. The University of Wisconsin System is the prime contractor, with no major subcontractors mentioned.

We propose to provide satellite support for NASA s upcoming CAMP2EX field campaign focused on the interactions between clouds and aerosols and the impact on precipitation in south east asia. The campaign is scheduled deploy in the philippines near manila in 2018. The proposed effort provides comprehensive satellite support for both the mission planning and near real-time flight operations as well as customized products tailored to the scientific objectives of the experiment. A major focus of this effort will be providing imagery, cloud, and aerosol products generated from the advanced himawari imager (AHI) flown on the japanese geostationary himawari-8 satellite platform. AHI is essentially a copy of the NOAA next generation goes-r imager and provides modis like spectral coverage in the visible and near IR but in geostationary orbit with a nominal 2 KM resolution. AHI can observe a full disk (earth) every 10 minutes and simultaneously scan smaller regions with temporal resolutions as high as 1 minute. As will be presented, this capability will provide high temporal (10 minute) cloud and aerosol properties over the CAMP2EX domain providing not only the instantaneous retrievals during the flights but also the ability to characterize the cloud and aerosol variability throughout the day. This unique capability will provide characterization of the cloud and aerosol life cycle, a primary objective of the proposal. In addition to AHI the effort will support polar observations from the a-train (modis and airs), terra modis, s-NPP (viirs, cris and atms), and GPM platforms. This will include imagery, aerosol, and precipitation and cloud products. Leveraging our expertise collocating satellite and aircraft observations we will provide a merged satellite and aircraft product that contains physically collocated L1B (aircraft and satellite observations) and L2 products.