ACTIVATE Data Webinar Materials

Jan. 18, 2024, 12:52 p.m.

Project: ACTIVATE

Here you will find resources and material from ACTIVATE's Data Webinars and Workshops

November 2023

The Aerosol Cloud meTeorology Interactions oVer the western ATlantic Experiment (ACTIVATE) team hosted a free open data workshop in the form of its annual science team meeting on November 13-15, 2023, at the University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona). This meeting featured an overview talk about ACTIVATE and its data, science talks by participants associated with the science team, and interactive sessions for in-person participants.

Materials
Webinar Agenda
Presenter Title View Slides (PDF) Download Video Presentation (mp4)
Sorooshian Welcome/Introductions/Logistics/Goals Click Here Click Here
Sorooshian Team Progress to Date & Data Details Click Here Click Here
ASDC SOOT for ACTIVATE: reaching aerosol research communities Click Here Click Here
Liu Tropospheric Aerosols Over the Western North Atlantic Ocean During May-June ACTIVATE 2021 and 2022: Transport, Distribution, and Sources Click Here Click Here
Silva CO/CO2 and aerosol composition data Click Here Click Here
Gao/Redemann Machine Learning Shines a Laser Light on Murky Aerosol Picture Click Here Click Here
Wood Observations and understanding of the role of giant CCN in influencing warm rain production from shallow liquid clouds in ACTIVATE Click Here Click Here
Zeng Group (Xu, Siu, Cutler) Updates on multiple projects Click Here Click Here
Chellappan Cloud macro- and microphysical characterized from ASTER underflights during ACTIVATE Click Here Click Here
Crosbie ACTIVATE Summer Process Study Cloud Analysis Click Here Click Here
Soloff Bridging Gas and Aerosol Properties between Northeast US and Bermuda Click Here Click Here
Ajayi A Unique Vertical Characterization of Aerosol Over Bermuda Click Here Click Here
Edwards PFAS in Cloud Water Over the Northwestern Atlantic Click Here Click Here
Chen Impacts of Gulf Stream Variations on Marine Post Frontal Cloud Transitions Click Here Click Here
Li Quantifying Aerosol-Cloud Interactions Click Here Click Here
Tang Single-Column Model Simulations: Results and Plan Click Here Click Here
Zhang Emergent Properties of Complex Aerosol-Cloud-Meteorology Interactions Click Here Click Here
Zuidema Cold air outbreak analysis Click Here Click Here
Tornow Updates on efforts for cold-air outbreak cloud feedback Click Here Click Here
Sorooshian Open discussion on data usage lessons Click Here Click Here
Cutler Data gridding Click Here Click Here
Cairns RSP Liquid Water Path Click Here Click Here
Diskin DLH Update Click Here Click Here
Sorooshian Overview paper goals: what do we want to tell the community about the project Click Here Click Here
Schlosser/Dmitrovic Updates on platform collocation data product and aerosol property closure Click Here Click Here
Ziemba Absorbing aerosol vertical profiles over Bermuda Click Here Click Here
Ferrare Aerosol hygroscopicity derived from HSRL-2 measurements Click Here Click Here
Park Idealized cold air outbreak ensemble simulations Click Here Click Here
Xu Intercomparison of PBLH methods Click here Click Here
Wang Organic surface coating analysis and modeling Click Here Click Here

November 2022

The Aerosol Cloud meTeorology Interactions oVer the western ATlantic Experiment (ACTIVATE) team hosted an open data workshop on November 7, 2022 for anyone interested in learning how to access and visualize airborne data. This workshop went over the progress of the ACTIVATE campaign to date, as well as diving into some of the measurement techniques and data archival processes. The workshop featured talks by all groups associated with the science team to discuss status and applications associated with instrument and modeling datasets. The webinar aimed to motivate the ongoing studies of aerosol-cloud interactions and the importance of airborne measurements.

Materials
Open Data Workshop Agenda
Presenter Title View Slides (PDF) Download Video Presentation (mp4)
Sorooshian Welcome/Introductions/Logistics/Goals Click Here Click Here
Smith Remarks by Deborah Smith Click Here Click Here
Sorooshian Overall Team Progress to Date Click Here Click Here
Shook LaRC/ASDC Data Team Click Here Click Here
ASDC LaRC/ASDC Data Team Click Here Click Here
Ziemba/Crosbie Falcon: LARGE (aerosol, cloud water) Click Here Click Here
DiGangi Falcon: Gas Click Here Click Here
Moore Falcon: Cloud + CCN Click Here Click Here
Voigt Falcon: Cloud + CCN Click Here Click Here
Thornhill Falcon: TAMMS Click Here Click Here
Bennett King Air: Navigation/Meteorology Click Here Click Here
Cairns King Air-RSP Click Here Click Here
Shingler King Air-HSRL2 Click Here Click Here
Thornhill/Robinson King Air: Dropsondes Click Here Click Here
Zuidema U-Miami Click Here Click Here
McComiskey Brookhaven National Laboratory Click Here Click Here
Painemal LaRC Satellite group Click Here Click Here
Zeng U-Arizona Click Here Click Here
Wang PNNL Click Here Click Here
Tornow/Ackerman NASA GISS Click Here Click Here
Liu LaRC/NASA Click Here Click Here
Sorooshian Team Updates Click Here Click Here

September 2022

The Aerosol Cloud meTeorology Interactions oVer the western ATlantic Experiment (ACTIVATE) team led an open data workshop webinar hosted by the National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) for anyone interested to learn how to access and visualize airborne data. This webinar went over the science motivation of ACTIVATE, as well as included activities to expose participants to Python. The webinar aimed to motivate the study of aerosol-cloud interactions and the importance of airborne measurements as well as use the Google Colaboratory (Google Colab) environment to examine atmospheric properties derived from both in situ and remote sensing products.

Materials
Webinar Recording Webpage

July 2022

The Aerosol Cloud meTeorology Interactions oVer the western ATlantic Experiment (ACTIVATE) team hosted a free open data workshop webinar series for anyone interested to learn how to use the airborne data and to promote dialogue about data analysis ideas and collaborative projects in the area of aerosol-cloud-meteorology interactions. This particular session trained interested attendees to use a Google Colaboratory (i.e., Google Colab) environment for data visualization and to examine atmospheric properties derived from both in situ and remote sensing products.

Materials
Tools for Analyzing Datasets from ACTIVATE (TADA)
Create a Gmail Account
Setup EarthData Login
ACTIVATE Research Flight 29 Video
11 July 2021: Webinar activities (Slides 19-39) Presented to Philippines high schools and universities

October 2021

The ACTIVATE team hosted an open data workshop with over 70 participants over a two-day period from October 20-21, 2021. The purpose of this workshop was to introduce the ACTIVATE project to a larger, international, pool of atmospheric sciences and applications communities. The first day of the workshop covered how to access and utilize ACTIVATE data, a case study on ACTIVATE Research Flight 12 – a statistical survey flight, and ended with a discussion on using data. Day two began with the second case study on Research Flights 13 and 14 – both of which were process study flights – and ended with a continuation on the discussion from the previous day.

Materials
Meeting Agenda
Day 1 Video
Day 2 Video
ACTIVATE Research Flight 29 Video

Presenter Title Download Recording with Audio Download Slides (PDF)
Sorooshian Introduction to ACTIVATE Click Here Click Here
Ziemba Langley Aerosol Research Group Experiment (LARGE) Instrumentation Click Here Click Here
Moore Langley Aerosol Research Group Experiment (LARGE) Cloud Instrumentation Click Here Click Here
Kirschler German Aerospace Center (DLR) Cloud Measurements Click Here Click Here
Crosbie Cloud Water Click Here Click Here
Diskin Diode Laser Hygrometer (DLH) and Trace Gas Click Here Click Here
Thornhill Turbulent Air Motion Measurement System (TAMMS) Click Here Click here
Robinson Dropsondes Click Here Click Here
Hostetler High Spectral Resolution Lidar (HSRL) - 2 Click Here Click Here
Cairns Research Scanning Polarimeter (RSP) Click Here Click Here
Corral Explaining Leg Indices Click Here Click Here
Delgado Co-Locating Measurements Click Here Click Here
Schlosser Intro to Data Visualization Click Here Click Here
Wang WRF Process Modeling Click Here Click Here
Liu/Zhang MERRA-2 Reanalysis & Trajectory Products Click Here Click Here
Tornow GISS Modeling - Understanding Cloud Transitions in Cold Air Outbreaks Click Here Click Here
Chellappan Cold Air Outbreaks in ERA5 and MERRA2 Click Here Click Here
Painemal NASA Langley Satellite Support Click Here Click Here