GALE
type: Concept
in scheme: projects
definition: Science Objectives: -Describing the airflow, mass and the moisture fields in East Coast winter storms with special emphasis on mesoscale and air-sea interaction processes contributing to cyclogenesis. -Understanding the physical mechanisms controlling the formation and rapid development of East Coast storms. -Developing and testing numerical models for the prediction of East Coast storms. Project Description: The Genesis of Atlantic Lows Experiment (GALE) was an extensive study of the atmospheric processes involved in the development of winter storms on the East Coast of the United States. GALE was originally initiated in September 1982 by a group of university scientists representing Drexel University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, North Carolina State University, State University of New York and the University of Washington. This project was mainly supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF), Office of Naval Research (ONR), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Other contributors included the Army Research Office and the Corps of Engineers, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Department of Energy (DOE). Local support was supplied by the Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority and Army Reserve National Guard and by the North Carolina State University Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. The field phase of GALE was conducted from 15 January through 15 March 1986. The GALE Operations Center was located at Raleigh-Durham Airport with the main observing network deployed throughout Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia and the Atlantic coastal waters. The GALE project office is located at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, Colorado. The experiment was designed to focus on three areas: the Inner, Regional and Outer GALE areas. The Inner GALE area, 500 km wide, was centered on the coast and extended 1000k…

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