The ORCESTRA campaign

The ORCESTRA campaign#

ORCESTRA - Organized Convection and EarthCARE Studies over the Tropical Atlantic

Overall objectives of the ORCESTRA campaign

  1. Determine the drivers of mesoscale organisation in the tropics and their impact on smallscale weather systems and the large scale circulation with a particular focus on the structure and variability of the Atlantic ITCZ

  2. Serve as a benchmark for satellite remote sensing and a new generation of high resolution storm resolving models

Date and Location#

ORCESTRA took place from August 10 to September 30, 2024 in the tropical Atlantic region.

ORCESTRA campaign overview with the main measurement platforms.

Fig. 1 ORCESTRA campaign overview with the main measurement platforms - one satellite, one ship, two observatories and three planes. Colored lines represent example tracks undertaken by the moving platforms. the speckled layer shows an idealized precipitation pattern.#

ORCESTRA is an international initiative that combines eight different sub-campaigns, which are listed in the ORCESTRA overview page. This book further includes information on the science, the (measurement) strategy, preparations (e.g. the virtual field campaign), and all around data. Available data is listed in the data browser.

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