New Action Items from January 2006
1. Brief NOAA senior management (R. Spinrad, D. Johnson, G. Withee) on the concept for a DWL demonstration mission and potential impact on NOAA’s mission. - M. Hardesty, K. Miller
2. Consider giving an informational briefing to NASA HQ (M. Cleave et al.), taking into account the advice from the NOAA briefings. - M. Hardesty
3. Pursue possible cost sharing of an IPO-funded ISAL effort by ESTO for an 833 km DWL multi-spectral demonstration mission and request information for scaling to a 400 km orbit. - B. Gentry
4. Pursue possible scenarios for deploying a DWL on a research aircraft and use the data in a WSR campaign. - M. Hardesty, D. Emmitt
5. Update the IORD requirements with the threshold/objective requirements vetted through the NASA ESTO Laser/ Lidar Working Group. - J. Yoe
6. Invite DoD representatives to future LWG meetings. - W. Baker
7. Make the LaRC NPOESS DWL accommodation study results available to the GSFC ISAL Team. - M. Kavaya
8. Seek support for a DWL mission from the Tropical Meteorology community. - R. Atlas
9. Continue to invite scientists to present their DWL data requirements for their respective research areas at future LWG meetings. - W. Baker
10. Prepare a DWL mission white paper for either an 833 km or 400 km deployment. - K. Miller
11. Collaborate on a WSR campaign for ~ 2008 in the Pacific. - M. Hardesty, O. Reitebuch
12. LWG members should attend the ADM Workshop at ESTEC in the Netherlands, September 26-28, 2006. (The focus is on the use of ADM data and the technology status.) - M. Hardesty
13. Inventory the various wind lidars for wind measurement. - D. Emmitt
Open Action Items from June 2005
1. Monitor the Japanese effort to deploy a DWL on the ISS. - D. Emmitt
2. Estimate direct detection peak and average power, assuming a 10% duty cycle. - J. Wang
3. Develop a long-term mission concept and schedule with key milestones. - M. Hardesty et al.
4. In preparing for the next ESSP opportunity, brief the NASA Associate Administrator Also, brief high level officials in other agencies. - TBD
5. Continue studies on projecting on-orbit performance based on demonstrated performance of ground-based and airborne systems. Concentrate on the domain of weak signals. Justify the areas where improved performance can be invoked in the space-based systems. - M. Hardesty, D. Emmitt, B. Gentry, M. Kavaya, M. Dehring
6. Use the GLAS data to improve existing models of aerosol backscatter at both UV and NIR wavelengths. - D. Emmitt, J. Spinhirne, D. Bowdle
7. Investigate the potential impact of improved detector efficiency at 1 micron. - B. Gentry, J. Spinhirne
8. Identify key technology risks and the means for retiring them. - M. Hardesty et al.
9. Develop a rationale for responding to questions about ADM; maintain a liaison with ADM; improve the information exchange with ADM; encourage an ADM person to attend future LWG meetings. - M. Hardesty
10. Fly the hybrid DWL in an aircraft. - D. Emmitt, M. Kavaya, B. Gentry, M. Hardesty
11. Continue data impact studies at NCEP and GSFC to refine adaptive targeting strategies and technology requirements. - D. Emmitt, R. Atlas, Z. Toth, E. Kalnay
12. Interact with the community involved with transport studies. - W. Bach
Open Action Items from February 2005
1. Need to find a way to obtain coincident intercomparisons - either lidar vs. lidar, or lidar vs. sondes. - B. Gentry
2. Explore advances in batteries that could result in kJoules of power. - J. Reagan
Open Action Items from June 2004
1. A benchmark statistical description of the sub-grid scale velocity field is needed. - R. Brown, R. Frehlich, D. Emmitt, R. Foster
2. Develop a proposal for deployment of a wind lidar on commercial aircraft. - R. Fleming, R. Atlas, D. Emmitt, M. Hardesty
3. The Lidar Working Group should use the Lidar Technology Roadmap to track progress and provide updates to Ken Miller.
4. The use of GLAS data to improve the height assignment of GOES winds should be pursued. - J. Reagan
5. Coordinate and scale to space, using observations from existing lidar systems, to verify space-based instrument specifications - M. Hardesty, D. Emmitt, B. Gentry, M. Kavaya, P.Gatt, I. Dors
6. How to approach NASA HQ on the importance of tropospheric winds needs to be discussed, including how the measurements could be valuable in gaining a better understanding of the atmosphere of Mars. - D. Tratt, R. Atlas, B. Gentry, D. Emmitt, W. Baker
7. Need to prepare articles for the refereed literature updating the many advances in lidar technology, OSSEs, ground-based and airborne measurements, etc. since the BAMS 1995 article was published. - R. Atlas, D. Emmitt, J. Ryan, J. Yoe (J. Yoe to chair discussion of possible BAMS II article)
8. The technology readiness levels (TRLs) of the various subsystems need to be identified in the context of the technology roadmap. - U. Singh