1. TEMPO Validation Activities: Ozone validation plan
Mike Newchurch and the
TEMPO validation team
28 May 2015
3rd TEMPO Science Team Meeting
UAHuntsville
Huntsville, Alabama

2. O3 Correlative data and Tools
Ground-based (sfc, Pandora, lidar) and ozonesonde points, profiles, and columns.
Aircraft and space-borne (best effort)
Measured vs. modeled radiances (best effort)
Measured and modeled geophysical products (best effort)
Climatologies (best effort)
Spatial and temporal gradients (best effort)
Spatio-temporal distributions, captured gradients /patterns , scale effects (high (pixel level) and low (urban/regional) resolution pattern comparisons. Best effort.)
Tools
Column and profile bias and variances
Averaging kernels and vertical sensitivity, correlations
Error covariances
Scale effects
Information content
Eigenanalyses/Principal Component Analyses
DFS

3. Pre-launch and Post-launch Activities
Pre-launch activities: Prepare data ingest
Surface Networks
Profiling/column Networks
Aircraft (best effort)
Satellite instruments (best effort)
Campaigns (best effort)
Post-launch activities: Perform intercomparisons
Surface networks (some best effort)
CAPABLE/LaRC
PAMS/State&Local
SPARTAN (US & Canada)
IMPROVE
NCore/EPA
AirNow/EPA’
Mexico
Profiling/column Networks (distinguish which are TEMPO-funded and part of PLRA Level 1 requirements)
TOLNet (best effort)
NDACC (best effort)
PANDORA (subset of US)
Ozonesonde (subset of US)
Dobson/Brewer (US & Canada, best effort)
NAPS/Canada (best effort)
Mexico (best effort)
Aircraft (coordinate for best effort, e.g., EV suborbital or ACP campaigns)
Geo-TASO
ACAM/GCAS
Satellite instruments (coordinate for best effort, e.g., NRAs)
TROPOMI
GOME-2
NPP/OMPS

4. Pre-launch and Post-launch Activities
Milestones
L-24M to L
Coordinate ground-based assets operation and access
Develop tools for intercomparisons
Exercise forward models
Create and exercise Level 1 and Level 2 datasets
Implement validation tools
L+3M to L+15M
Perform validation measurements
Intensive Campaigns (best effort)
L+3M to L+15M: TOLNet, Pandora, home locations
L+3M to L+15M: TOLNet, Pandora, UC Berkeley (best effort)
L+3M to L+15M: Aircraft (ACAM/GCAS, CA