Focus Area

Weather

Overview

The Earth's weather system includes the dynamics of the atmosphere and its interaction with the oceans and land. The scale ranges from local or microphysical processes that occur in minutes through global-scale phenomena that can be predicted with a degree of success at an estimated maximum of two weeks prior.

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Related Campaigns

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HyMeX

The Hydrological Cycle in Mediterranean Experiment

2012—2013

The Mediterranean

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Start Date	End Date
2012-09-05	2012-11-06

· 3 Data Products

ACES

Altus Cumulus Electrification Study

2002

Florida Everglades

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Start Date	End Date
2002-08-02	2002-08-30

· 6 Data Products

CAMEX

Convection and Moisture Experiment

1993—2001

US Atlantic coast, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean

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Start Date	End Date
1993-09-07	1993-10-08
1995-08-23	1995-09-02
1998-08-04	1998-09-30
2001-08-03	2001-09-28

· 70 Data Products

Start Date	End Date
2015-05-11	2015-05-25
2014-10-29	2014-11-13

ACCLIP

Asian Summer Monsoon Chemical & Climate Impact Project

2022

West Pacific, South Korea

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Start Date	End Date
2022-07-15	2022-09-01

· 4 Data Products

Aeolus Cal/Val

NASA Aeolus Calibration/Validation Test Flight Campaign

2019

Eastern Pacific Ocean

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Start Date	End Date
2019-04-17	2019-04-30

· 4 Data Products

DC3

Deep Convective Clouds & Chemistry

2012

Northeastern Colorado, West Texas to Central Oklahoma, Northern Alabama

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Start Date	End Date
2012-05-18	2012-06-30

· 19 Data Products

OLYMPEX

Olympic Mountains Experiment

2015—2016

Olympic Peninsula in U.S. Washington State

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Start Date	End Date
2015-11-01	2016-05-01

· 36 Data Products

ACT-America

Atmospheric Carbon and Transport – America

2016—2019

Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, Southern US

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Start Date	End Date
2017-01-31	2017-03-10
2017-10-03	2017-11-13
2019-06-17	2019-07-27
2016-07-18	2016-08-29
2018-04-12	2018-05-20

· 14 Data Products

CRYSTAL-FACE

Cirrus Regional Study of Tropical Anvils and Cirrus Layers Florida Area Cirrus Experiment

2002

Southern Florida

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Start Date	End Date
2002-07-03	2002-07-29

· 1 Data Product

GOES-R PLT

GOES-R Post Launch Test

2017

Continental United States

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Start Date	End Date
2017-03-21	2017-05-17

· 24 Data Products

HS3

Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel

2012—2014

Subtropical Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico

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Start Date	End Date
2013-08-20	2013-09-26
2012-08-28	2012-11-06
2014-08-26	2014-10-20

· 15 Data Products

Ongoing

S-MODE

Sub-Mesoscale Ocean Dynamics Experiment

2021—2023

Centered approximately 300 km offshore of San Francisco, California, USA

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Start Date	End Date
2023-04-03	2023-05-02
2022-10-06	2022-11-07
2021-10-17	2021-11-09

· 10 Data Products

IPHEx

Integrated Precipitation and Hydrology Experiment

2014

Southern Appalachians, including portions of North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia

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Start Date	End Date
2014-05-01	2014-06-15

· 47 Data Products

MC3E

Mid-latitude Continental Convective Clouds Experiment

2011

Central Oklahoma, Southern Plains

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Start Date	End Date
2011-04-22	2011-06-06

· 34 Data Products

SEAC4RS

Studies of Emissions and Atmospheric Composition, Clouds and Climate Coupling by Regional Surveys

2013

North America including portions of Canada, Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico

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Start Date	End Date
2013-08-01	2013-09-23

· 20 Data Products

AASE

Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition

1988—1992

the Arctic

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Start Date	End Date
1988-12-15	1989-02-21
1991-08-20	1992-03-26

· 2 Data Products

CAMP2Ex

Clouds, Aerosol, and Monsoon Processes-Philippines Experiment

2019

Philippines

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Start Date	End Date
2019-08-20	2019-10-10

· 11 Data Products

CPEX-CV

Convective Processes EXperiment - Cabo Verde

2022

Cabo Verde, Tropical East Atlantic Ocean

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Start Date	End Date
2022-09-01	2022-10-03

· 7 Data Products

GRIP

Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes

2010

Tropical Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, Eastern North Pacific, Caribbean Sea

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Start Date	End Date
2010-08-15	2010-09-25

· 24 Data Products

ICE-POP

International Collaborative Experiment for PyeongChang Olympic and Paralympics

2017—2018

South Korea

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Start Date	End Date
2017-11-01	2018-03-17

· 5 Data Products

LPVEx

Light Precipitation Evaluation Experiment

2010

Gulf of Finland

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Start Date	End Date
2010-09-15	2010-12-31

· 22 Data Products

NAMMA

NASA African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses

2006

Cape Verde Islands, Atlantic Ocean

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Start Date	End Date
2006-08-15	2006-09-15

· 23 Data Products

ACTIVATE

Aerosol Cloud meTerology Interactions oVer the western ATlantic Experiment

2020—2022

Western North Atlantic Ocean

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Start Date	End Date
2020-08-13	2020-09-30
2021-01-27	2021-04-02
2021-05-13	2021-06-30
2020-02-14	2020-03-12
2022-05-03	2022-06-18
2021-11-30	2022-03-29

· 9 Data Products

DCOTSS

Dynamics and Chemistry of the Summer Stratosphere

2021—2022

Central United States

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Start Date	End Date
2021-07-06	2021-08-23
2021-05-03	2021-06-17
2022-05-26	2022-07-12

· 5 Data Products

TEFLUN

TExas and FLorida UNderflights

1998

Texas, Florida

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Start Date	End Date
1998-04-01	1998-05-15
1998-08-01	1998-09-30

· 0 Data Products

EPOCH

Eastern Pacific Origins and Characteristics of Hurricanes

2017

Pacific Ocean, Gulf of Mexico

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Start Date	End Date
2017-08-01	2017-08-31

· 4 Data Products

IMPACTS

Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms

2020—2023

Eastern United States

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Start Date	End Date
2020-01-17	2020-03-01
2022-01-08	2022-02-28
2023-01-13	2023-03-02

· 66 Data Products

RADEX

Radar Definition Experiment (RADEX) for ACE Mission

2014—2015

Southeastern United States, North Carolina (NC); Olympic Peninsula, Washington (WA) State

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Start Date	End Date
2014-05-01	2014-06-15
2015-11-09	2015-12-15

· 30 Data Products

FIREX-AQ

Fire Influence on Regional to Global Environments and Air Quality

2019

Northwestern and Southeastern US

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Start Date	End Date
2019-07-15	2019-09-05

· 26 Data Products

CLASIC07

Cloud and Land Surface Interaction Campaign 2007

2007

Southern Great Plains, Oklahoma, Kansas

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Start Date	End Date
2007-06-11	2007-07-06

· 7 Data Products

Start Date	End Date
2006-10-04	2007-04-09

TCSP

Tropical Cloud Systems and Processes

2005

Costa Rica, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, eastern North Pacific

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Start Date	End Date
2005-07-01	2005-07-27

· 14 Data Products

CPEX-AW

Convective Processes Experiment – Aerosols & Winds

2021

St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands; Western Atlantic and Caribbean Sea

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Start Date	End Date
2021-08-20	2021-10-02

· 3 Data Products

CPEX

Convective Processes Experiment

2017

North Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Oceanic region

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Start Date	End Date
2017-05-25	2017-06-25

· 1 Data Product

CalWater

2015

California, Sierra Nevada Range

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Start Date	End Date
2015-01-12	2015-03-08

· 0 Data Products

GCPEx

GPM Cold Season Precipitation Experiment

2012

Ontario, Canada and northern portions of the United States (e.g., New York state, the New England area, etc.)

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Start Date	End Date
2012-01-15	2012-03-04

· 44 Data Products

IFloodS

Iowa Flood Studies

2013

Iowa

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Start Date	End Date
2013-04-10	2013-06-15

· 33 Data Products

ALOFT

Airborne Lightning Observatory for FEGS and TGFs

2023—203

Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Central America, Caribbean Sea

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Start Date	End Date
2023-07-01	2023-07-30

· 0 Data Products

Start Date	End Date
2004-04-14	2004-05-15

STEP

Stratospheric-Tropospheric Exchange Project

1984—1987

Darwin, Australia, Moffett Field, California

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Start Date	End Date
1984-04-01	1986-01-01
1986-01-01	1986-03-01
1986-03-01	1986-06-01
1986-09-01	1987-01-01
1986-06-01	1986-09-01
1987-01-01	1987-02-28

· 0 Data Products

TOST

The Observing system Research and Predictability Experiment (THORPEX) Observing System Test

2003

Pacific Ocean, California, Hawaii (PTOST) Atlantic Ocean, Eastern United States, Canada (ATOST)

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Start Date	End Date
2003-02-15	2003-03-14
2003-11-06	2003-12-17

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Earth Science Focus Areas

Atmospheric Composition Carbon Cycle & Ecosystems Climate Variability & Change Earth Surface & Interior Global Water & Energy Cycle Weather