SGER: Profiler Measurements in Support of Megacity Impacts on Regional and Global Environments (MIRAGE)

这一探索性研究小额赠款(SGER)将支持在大城市对区域和全球环境的影响(MIRAGE)实地活动期间获取气象测量(垂直剖面)。阿拉巴马大学的团队将在幻影期间在CENICA超级站点安装和操作一台915 MHz风廓线仪、一台12通道微波辐射计和一台激光雷达Ceileter。这些系统将持续运行，并将提供有关大气边界层和低自由对流层结构和演变的风、热力学和气溶胶信息。该项目结束后不久，将向幻影科学研究人员提供质量控制的数据集。915 MHz风廓线仪将在幻影现场活动期间进行升级，以获得最佳的风廓线性能(即最大限度地获得风廓线的高度)。整个幻影科学团队将受益于该数据集，它将对该计划空中部分的飞行规划至关重要。收集的数据将用于UAH的两个课程，即地面遥感和边界层气象学。

This Small Grant for Exploratory Research (SGER) will support the acquisition of meteorological measurements (vertical profiles) during the Megacity Impacts on Regional and Global Environments (MIRAGE) field campaign. The University of Alabama team will install and operate a 915 MHz wind profiler, a 12-channel microwave radiometer, and a lidar ceilometer at the CENICA supersite during MIRAGE. These systems will operate continuously, and will provide wind, thermodynamic, and aerosol information on atmospheric boundary layer and lower free tropospheric structure and evolution. Shortly after the conclusion of the project, quality-controlled data sets will be made available to MIRAGE scientific investigators. The 915 MHz wind profiler will be upgraded for optimal wind profiling performance (i.e., maximize the height to which wind profiles are obtained) during the MIRAGE field campaign.The entire MIRAGE science team will benefit from this data set, and it will be crucial for flight planning for the airborne portion of the program. The data collected will be used in two classes at UAH, Ground-Based Remote Sensing and Boundary Layer Meteorology.