Analysis of Existing Aircraft Datasets of Arctic Clouds, Radiation and Surface Characteristics: Applications to SHEBA Planning

该基金支持的研究由北极系统科学（ARCSS）全球变化研究计划主持，并由海洋科学部和极地项目办公室联合赞助。即将进行的工作是一项名为“示巴”的重大5年研究项目的初步步骤，该项目旨在研究北冰洋的热量收支及其对全球变化的影响。SHEBA的主要目标是：(1)开发、测试和实施北极海洋-大气-冰过程的模式，这些模式明显改善了使用环流模式（GCMs）对当今北极气候（包括其变率）的模拟；(2)改善北极卫星遥感数据的解释，用于北极气候系统的分析，并为模式输入、模式验证和气候监测提供可靠的数据。科罗拉多大学的研究人员将使用先前类似于“示巴”的实验中从飞机上获取的数据来分析状态云数据，以便更有效地规划“示巴”的实地实验。从飞机获得的数据将用于验证从卫星获取的遥感数据的结果，以便这些结果可以扩展到拟议的实地实验的特定区域之外。？?

Research supported by this grant is under the auspices of the Arctic Systems Science (ARCSS) Global Change Research Program and is jointly sponsored by the Division of Ocean Sciences and the Office of Polar Programs. Work to be performed represents preliminary steps towards a major 5-year research project named SHEBA, which is envisioned to study the heat budget of the Arctic Ocean and its impact on global change. The primary goals of SHEBA are: (1) to develop, test and implement models of arctic ocean- atmosphere-ice processes that demonstrably improve simulations of the present day arctic climate, including its variability, using General Circulation Models (GCMs), and (2) to improve the interpre- tation of satellite remote sensing data in the Arctic for analysis of the arctic climate system and provide reliable data for model input, model validation and climate monitoring. Researchers at the University of Colorado will use data taken from aircraft in previous experiments similar to SHEBA to analyze the status cloud data so that the SHEBA field experiment may be planned more efficiently. The aircraft-derived data will be used to validate the results from remote sensing data taken from satellites so that those results may be extended beyond the specific region of the proposed field experiment. ??