NASA Energy and Water Cycle Study

Integration Project #1: Daily Time Scale (Leads: Rossow & Njoku)

  • Do models handle coupling between land/atmosphere correctly?
  • Local versus global scale diagnostics, synoptic and seasonal time scales.

Integration Project #2: Two Golden Years, SGP 2006-2007 focus (Leads: Houser, Schiffer, Lapenta)

  • Use an integrative analysis of observed extremes to improve our models’ ability to predict extremes.
  • How does diurnal cycle of WEC variables change in wet vs dry years?
  • To what extend does the large scale dynamics play a role in controlling the extremes?
  • To what extent are these extremes and processes predictable?
    • Google Groups

Integration Project #3: Annual and Longer time scales (Leads: Lin & Schlosser)

  • How do we build on “zero-order” assessment done by Lin Schlosser?
  • Focus on recent years (2003+ to encompass “EOS-rich” measurements)
  • What does “close the W & E cycle” really mean?
    • Google Groups

Water Cycle Integration Project (Leads: Schlosser)

Energy Cycle Integration Project (Leads: Lin)

Model Integration Project (Leads: Lapenta)

Microwave Data Integration Project (Leads: Njoku)