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Program SummaryThe Joint Polarization Experiment (JPOLE) field campaign is a multi-agency project designed to investigate the use of polarimetric radar signatures of precipitation to advance numerous NSF-related meteorological and hydrological objectives. Broadly, the objectives include improving physical understanding of polarimetric data interpretation, improving rainfall estimation and hydrometeor classification and quantification techniques, and investigating the use of polarimetric radar data in distributed hydrologic and storm-scale prediction models. It will be held during a much longer NOAA-sponsored JPOLE operational demonstration, which seeks to demonstrate the utility of the first polarimetric WSR-88D radar to operational meteorologists, hydrologists, and aviation users. The JPOLE field campaign builds upon a significant program infrastructure provided by a NOAA-sponsored project.
The JPOLE field campaign is planned for central Oklahoma for 15 March 2003 through 15 June 2003. This time period is ideal to address the NSF-related objectives presented in this document. In addition to being a transitional period wherein central Oklahoma experiences precipitation events that span a wide variety of regimes (suitable for investigating a broad range of objectives), it is also a time period wherein central Oklahoma experiences a climatological maximum in heavy precipitation events that commonly lead to flooding.
Given the potential of a future network of polarimetric radars, the implications of this research promises to have a much broader and far reaching impact at a national scale for the research community.
JPOLE Science Overview(Adobe Acrobat format)
JPOLE CSU-CHILL Polarimetric Radar Facility Request(Adobe Acrobat format)
JPOLE T-28 Aircraft Facility Request(Adobe Acrobat format)
October 3, 2001 - JPOLE Science Project planning meeting
Proposed JPOLE schedule