Regional Atmospheric
Measurement
Modeling and Prediction Program (RAMMPP)
Summer 2001 Aircraft
Research
Update for:
This is the first of the summer 2001 Maryland Aircraft Updates. Things
have been changed a little since last year. In order to keep e-mail
content to a minimum, I will circulate a very brief notice on the
"RAMMPP 2001 Aircraft Update" e-mail reflector - including a large
number of people interested in Mid-Atlantic air quality research -
advising of any changes made to this web page. Project updates, flight
plans, and flight data summaries will be posted regularly on this site
throughout the summer. If you wish to be on this mailing list, please
contact me via e-mail at bruce@atmos.umd.edu.
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The summer 2001 aircraft measurement campaign will kick-off Monday
April 23, with two research flights in the vicinity of Richmond, VA
(RIC). Under upper-level flow conditions similar to a summertime
ridging pattern, we will compare data from the VADEQ radar profiler
with RASS recently installed at the Virginia Science Museum (VSM) near
downtown Richmond. We plan to fly vertical survey spirals over three
airports near VSM, and compare profiles between locations and with the
profiler. This will be done twice, during mid-morning and mid-afternoon
on the same day, before returning to Maryland. We hope to satisfy
several objectives from Monday's flight:
1. perform a "shakedown" of the aircraft and check out RIC
airspace.
2. select a spiral location for comparison that most closely
resembles the atmosphere above VSM
3. initiate our year-long program of (i) VSM profiler
evaluation, and (ii) characterizing VA air quality.
A brief report will be posted on this web site after the flight.
Doddridge