First VOCALS Regional Experiment (REx) Preparatory Workshop.

First VOCALS Regional First VOCALS Regional Experiment (REx) Preparatory Experiment (REx) Preparatory

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Welcome

• Introductions

• Meeting Goals

• Meeting Structure

Meeting Goals

• Review REx hypotheses and strategy

• Determine optimal sampling strategy

• Coordinate inter-platform activities

• Ascertain requirements of participants

• Lay groundwork for coordinated analysis

NCAR EOL Facility Request (due July 1st)

Meeting Structure

• Mon 08:30-10:00: Introductory presentations on VOCALS and REx science themes

• Mon 10:30-3:30: Synthesizer sessions on Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere-Land and Aerosol-Cloud-Precipitation themes

• Mon 4:00-6:00: Breakouts by science theme• Tue 08:30-10:30: Breakouts by platform• Tue 10:30-12:30: Reports from breakouts • Tue 2:00-3:00: Scientific support• Tue 3:00-3:30: Education/Outreach• Tue 4:00-5:00: Action items, assignments,

wrap-up