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 will happen in August and September 2024 in the tropical Atlantic region.

ORCESTRA campaign overview with the main measurement platforms, preliminary flight and ship tracks plotted above the total water vapor field (ERA5) on 15th of August 2001 indicating the location of the ITCZ.

Fig. 1 ORCESTRA campaign overview with the main measurement platforms, as well as preliminary flight and ship tracks plotted above the total water vapor field (ERA5) on 15th of August 2001 indicating the location of the ITCZ.#

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 soonish also everything around data including a data concept, data policy, data access and description.

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