Participation in the Ice in Clouds Experiment - Layered Clouds (ICE-L) Field Experiment with the Stratton Park Engineering Company (SPEC) Learjet and Analysis of Data

参与斯特拉顿公园工程公司 (SPEC) 里尔喷气式飞机的云中冰实验 - 分层云 (ICE-L) 现场实验和数据分析

• 批准号: 0614822
• 负责人: R. Paul Lawson
• 金额: $ 44.09万
• 依托单位: SPEC, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-11-15 至 2009-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0614822&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Participation; Ice; Clouds; Experiment; Layered

More than 50% of the earth's precipitation originates in the ice phase. Poorly understood ice nucleation processes result in large uncertainties in the ability to model precipitation production and to determine the impact of clouds/precipitation on the Earth's climate. The Ice in Clouds Experiment - Layer Clouds (ICE-L) is aimed at employing new airborne measurement strategies to gain an improved understanding of ice initiation due to heterogeneous nucleation mechanisms. The field phase of the ICE L will utilize two aircraft: The National Science Foundation (NSF) C-130 research aircraft and, under the aegis of this research, the SPEC Learjet. The C-130, while well equipped for both aerosol and cloud microphysics measurements, has a practical ceiling of about 23,000 ft (7 km) msl, which sometimes will not allow the documentation of the full vertical extent of wave clouds. The Learjet, which does not have this altitude limitation, has previously made 133 penetrations of wave clouds and results from these studies are in publication. In summary, the Lear was able to carefully document regions of supercooled water drops, mixed-phase and glaciated regions of cloud, including images of ice particles that were automatically classified into habits. The high-resolution images also supported analysis of the degree of riming and side plane. Based on the Learjet studies, it was found that the location of first ice was not predictable and that rapid ice production was almost always observed where supercooled water rapidly evaporated. The nucleation mechanism of this "glaciation signature" and the location of first ice could not be explained without detailed aerosol measurements, which were not available on the Learjet. For the ICE-L field campaign the Principal Investigator will operate the SPEC Learjet in a coordinated two aircraft study with the NSF C-130. The Learjet is equipped with a comprehensive array of microphysical instruments, including a new imaging probe (the 2D-S) that is capable of imaging small ice. SPEC will also furnish a 2D-S probe for the C-130, so that both aircraft working simultaneously will rapidly document the entire vertical wave cloud structure and identify ice that may fall from above into regions of primary nucleation. The two aircraft will be utilized in a variety of coordinated flight patterns that will allow aerosol characteristics of the inflow air and detailed microphysical measurements in the ice initiation regions of cloud. Quick-look Learjet data will be placed on the ICE-L website within 48 hours. Preliminary and final datasets will be made available to all ICE-L PI's within 30 days and 90 days, respectively, after the close of the field campaign. SPEC scientists will concentrate their research on correlating C-130 aerosol characteristics with possible heterogeneous nucleation mechanisms, focusing on a new candidate, "inside-out contact nucleation", which was recently demonstrated in laboratory experiments. Broader Impacts of the work embrace significant societal consequences, including strong potential influence on the earth radiative balance and global climate change. In addition, the research will continue to contribute significantly to broader impacts through outreach programs, including dissemination of information to the scientific community, training and educational support for student interns at SPEC, Incorporated.

地球上超过50%的降水来自冰相。 对冰成核过程的了解不足，导致在模拟降水产生和确定云/降水对地球气候影响的能力方面存在很大的不确定性。 云中冰实验-层云（ICE-L）旨在采用新的空中测量战略，以更好地了解由于非均质成核机制引起的冰的形成。 ICE L的现场阶段将使用两架飞机：美国国家科学基金会（NSF）的C-130研究飞机和在这项研究的支持下的SPEC Learjet。 C-130虽然装备精良，可用于气溶胶和云的微物理测量，但实际升限约为23，000英尺（7公里）msl，有时无法记录波云的整个垂直范围。 里尔喷气式飞机没有这种高度限制，以前已经对波云进行了133次穿透，这些研究的结果正在发表。 总之，李尔能够仔细记录过冷水滴区域，混合相和冰川云区域，包括自动分类为习惯的冰粒图像。 高分辨率图像还支持对边缘化程度和侧平面的分析。 根据里尔喷气式飞机的研究，人们发现第一个冰的位置是不可预测的，而且在过冷水迅速蒸发的地方几乎总是可以观察到快速的冰生成。 如果没有详细的气溶胶测量结果，就无法解释这种“冰川作用特征”的成核机制和第一批冰的位置，而里尔喷气式飞机上没有这些测量结果。 对于ICE-L现场活动，首席研究员将在与NSF C-130的协调两架飞机研究中操作SPEC Learjet。 里尔喷气机配备了一系列全面的微物理仪器，包括一个新的成像探头（2D-S），能够成像小冰。 SPEC还将为C-130提供一个2D-S探测器，以便同时工作的两架飞机将迅速记录整个垂直波云结构，并识别可能从上方落入初级成核区域的冰。 这两架飞机将用于各种协调的飞行模式，这将允许流入空气的气溶胶特性和云的冰形成区域的详细微物理测量。Learjet的快速查询数据将在48小时内放在ICE-L网站上。 初步和最终数据集将分别在实地活动结束后30天和90天内提供给所有ICE-L PI。 SPEC科学家将集中研究C-130气溶胶特性与可能的非均质成核机制的相关性，重点是最近在实验室实验中证明的新候选者“由内而外的接触成核”。这项工作的更广泛影响包括重大的社会后果，包括对地球辐射平衡和全球气候变化的强大潜在影响。 此外，该研究将继续通过外展计划为更广泛的影响做出重大贡献，包括向科学界传播信息、为SPEC，Incorporated的学生实习生提供培训和教育支持。