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Outline and Responsibilities: Volcanic Clouds Web Site

Welcome to the Volcanic Clouds Web Site

Content Coordinator: Gregg

Purpose
What is the Web site about?
Who is it for?
How can it be used?
The Study Group. Who we are and how to contact us. Bill


Overview

Content Coordinator: Keith

Science issues
What are volcanic clouds? Brad
Why are scientists interested in them?
Atmospheric structure Yingxin
Volcanoes and climate Steve
Ashfall forecasts Keith, Colleen
Public issues
Aircraft hazards Colleen, Brad
Health Colleen, Yingxin


Background

Content Coordinator: Yingxin

Preparation--what do we need to learn/know? Steve, Brad, Yingxin, Keith, Colleen
Volcanology Brad
Fluid mechanics Steve
Meteorology--atmospheric science Steve, Yingxin
Electricity/magnetism--radiative transfer Yingxin
Surface chemistry Yingxin
Remote sensing Keith
Work so far
Summary papers Keith
Key papers in certain areas Yingxin
Symposia: past, present, and future Colleen
Where this research is reported Keith
New reports from our group Colleen


Tools

Content Coordinator: Matt

Data we use and where it comes from Matt
MODIS Matt
AVHRR Tianxu
HIRS Tianxu
GOES Matt
TOMS Gregg
Meteorological data - radiosondes Jeremy
Trajectory models Jeremy, Yingxin
CANERM Jeremy
VAFTAD Jeremy
ATHAM Colleen, Song
GSFC (Newman/Schoeberl) Jeremy
How to get this data yourself Jeremy
Where and how? Jeremy
Software we use Matt
Terascan Tianxu, Matt
IDL Song, Matt
TOMSPLOT Song
ENVI Tianxu
Other software of note Matt
Hardware we use Matt
How to use ours Matt
History
TOMS Song, Gregg
Early IR work Tianxu, Bill, Matt


Current Methodology

Content Coordinator: Gregg

TOMS Song, Gregg
Theoretical basis
Actual details and testing
Accuracy and precision
Two band IR Tianxu, Bill, Matt
Theoretical basis
Actual details and testing
Accuracy and precision


Tutorials

Content Coordinator: Bill

TOMS tutorial (obtaining, storing, processing data -> retrieval results) Gregg, Song
2 band IR tutorial Tianxu, Matt


Evaluating and Combining Data

Content Coordinator: Gregg

TOMS examples (analysis and interpretation of results) Gregg, Song, Jeremy
2 band IR examples Tianxu, Bill
Combined examples Bill
Getting images on the same map--practical issues and how to Matt


Future

Content Coordinator: Bill

New instruments Bill, Matt
SEVIRI Bill
MODIS and ASTER Matt
Use of other instruments Bill
SeaWifs Matt
Workshops Bill, Matt, Gregg
Foreign partners Bill, Matt, Gregg

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