**Joint Urban Test Bed Questionnaire**

**(Please complete and return to <mark.fitzgerald@noaa.gov> by 30 Nov
07.**

**The return address for hard copies is at the end of this
questionnaire.)**

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**Description of a Joint Urban Test Bed (JUTB):**

A JUTB is a suite of environmental sensors installed in an urban setting
for the purpose of improving the understanding of environmental
characteristics of the urban environment.

**Purpose for the JUTB project:**

Through the efforts of the Joint Action Group for the Joint Urban Test
Bed (JAG/JUGB), the Federal agencies will develop an operational concept
for multifunctional joint urban test beds to provide services and data
to model developers, test and evaluation personnel, and users. The joint
urban test beds will support the following functional areas: severe
weather (e.g., hurricanes, tornadoes, heat waves and cold spells,
drought, and wild land fires), homeland security (dispersion of
hazardous materials), climate, air quality (e.g., particulate matter
aerosols), and water quality (e.g., deposition of airborne contaminants
on water sources and waterborne transport of contaminants). For the
purposes of this effort the term "urban" describes a metropolitan area
and its interfaces with surrounding areas. The JAG/JUTB will:

-   Develop criteria for test bed selection;

-   Define the common required infrastructure for a multifunctional test
    bed; and

-   Define a prioritization methodology for candidate uses of a test
    bed.

**A note about this questionnaire:**

This questionnaire is designed for a wide audience to include
researchers, first responders, city planners, and many others. As a
result you may find a question or two that does not apply to your
situation. Please answer only those questions required to fully describe
your need for a JUTB or for the data from an urban environmental
observing system.

**Questions:**

1.  How might a better understanding of the urban environment improve
    your ability to serve the needs of the public?

2.  What would you do with the data from an urban environmental
    observing system?

3.  What are your JUTB instrumentation capability needs and how will
    that sensor benefit your mission? (Some examples are included in the
    table for you to verify and add to. Please delete any that you don't
    require.)

+---------------+---------------------------+--------------------------+
| Point         |                           |                          |
| Observation   |                           |                          |
| Capability    |                           |                          |
| Needs         |                           |                          |
+---------------+---------------------------+--------------------------+
|               |                           |                          |
+---------------+---------------------------+--------------------------+
|               | **Initial Capability**    | **Growth Capability and  |
|               |                           | Research Areas**         |
+---------------+---------------------------+--------------------------+
| **Surface     | \~100 (15 minute average  | Depends on value to user |
| Met.          | of 10 sec data??)         |                          |
| O             |                           | Reasoning:               |
| bservations** | QA/QC                     |                          |
|               |                           |                          |
| (Rooftop?)    | Reasoning:                |                          |
|               |                           |                          |
| u, v, T, Td,  |                           |                          |
| var(u, v)     |                           |                          |
+---------------+---------------------------+--------------------------+
| **Auxillary   | road temp; road ice;      | Reasoning:               |
| Sfc Obs**     |                           |                          |
| precip(type,  | Reasoning:                |                          |
| amount),      |                           |                          |
| visi          |                           |                          |
| bility,solar, |                           |                          |
| pressure,     |                           |                          |
+---------------+---------------------------+--------------------------+
| **Flux        | 8 towers                  | 12 towers                |
| O             |                           |                          |
| bservations** | Reasoning:                | Reasoning:               |
| Towers 2-30 m |                           |                          |
| u,v,w,T, Td,  |                           |                          |
+---------------+---------------------------+--------------------------+
| **Air Quality | Ozone, PM-10 PM-2.5, SO4, | Reasoning:               |
| Obs**         | NOx, VOC, formaldahyde,   |                          |
|               | Hg                        |                          |
|               |                           |                          |
|               | Reasoning:                |                          |
+---------------+---------------------------+--------------------------+
| **Tracer**    | \- SF6, PIGS, few mobile  | Advanced sensors         |
|               | sensors                   |                          |
|               |                           | Reasoning:               |
|               | \- Remote sensing         |                          |
|               | capabiity @ ppt levels    |                          |
|               |                           |                          |
|               | Reasoning:                |                          |
+---------------+---------------------------+--------------------------+
| **User        | Emission inventories      | Reasoning:               |
| Defined       |                           |                          |
| Obs.**        | Reasoning:                |                          |
+---------------+---------------------------+--------------------------+

(Question 2 Continued)

Soundings Capability Needs

+----------------+------------------------+----------------------------+
|                |                        |                            |
+----------------+------------------------+----------------------------+
| *              | 4-6 per day to 5 km    | replace with remote        |
| *Rawinsondes** |                        | sensors                    |
|                | Reasoning:             |                            |
|                |                        | Reasoning:                 |
+----------------+------------------------+----------------------------+
| **915 MHz Wind | 4                      | Reasoning:                 |
| Profiler**     |                        |                            |
| u,             | Reasoning:             |                            |
| v,w(xo,yo,z,t) |                        |                            |
| with RASS      |                        |                            |
| T(xo,yo,z,t)   |                        |                            |
+----------------+------------------------+----------------------------+
| **ACARS** -    | 400/day                | Reasoning:                 |
| u,v,T(x        |                        |                            |
| ,y,z,t)airport | Reasoning:             |                            |
| glide path     |                        |                            |
+----------------+------------------------+----------------------------+
| **Aerosol      | 5 - assess spatial     | Reasoning:                 |
| lidar**        | variability across UTB |                            |
| Zi(xo,yo,t)    |                        |                            |
|                | Reasoning:             |                            |
+----------------+------------------------+----------------------------+
| **Lidar wind   | 5 - assess spatial     | Multiple - \# TBD          |
| profilers**    | variability across UTB |                            |
| u,v,w          |                        | Reasoning:                 |
| (xo,yo,z,t)    | Reasoning:             |                            |
+----------------+------------------------+----------------------------+
| **Doppler      | TBD                    | Phased Array Radars add    |
| radar** u,     |                        | w(x,y,z,t)                 |
| v(x,y,z,t)     | Reasoning:             |                            |
|                |                        | Reasoning:                 |
+----------------+------------------------+----------------------------+
| **Scanning     | 4 - coordinated scans  | Reasoning:                 |
| Doppler        | at skimming flow       |                            |
| lidar** u,v    | through Zi             |                            |
| turbulence     |                        |                            |
| (x,y,z,t) in   | Reasoning:             |                            |
| BL;            |                        |                            |
| Zi(xo,yo,t)    |                        |                            |
+----------------+------------------------+----------------------------+
| **Remote       | Developmental Research | Prototype deployment       |
| Sensors** T,   |                        |                            |
| q(x,y,z,t)     | Reasoning:             | Reasoning:                 |
+----------------+------------------------+----------------------------+
| **Tethered     | Reasoning:             | Reasoning:                 |
| Balloons**     |                        |                            |
| u,v,T(xo,yo,   |                        |                            |
| z,t)           |                        |                            |
+----------------+------------------------+----------------------------+
|                |                        |                            |
+----------------+------------------------+----------------------------+
|                |                        |                            |
+----------------+------------------------+----------------------------+
| Notation:      |                        |                            |
| x,y,z,t a      |                        |                            |
| general        |                        |                            |
| coordinate;    |                        |                            |
| xo, yo         |                        |                            |
| measured at a  |                        |                            |
| given point    |                        |                            |
+----------------+------------------------+----------------------------+

4.  What are the infrastructure capabilities you require for a JUTB?
    (Some examples are modeling; data assimilation and management;
    product generation and dissemination; management; education,
    training, and outreach)

5.  Please describe the roles and responsibilities of the multiagency
    test bed authority, each agency, and the OFCM. Include a recommended
    management structure for the test bed authority as part of the
    recommended joint urban test bed infrastructure.

6.  What do you feel are the criteria for optimal test bed site
    selection, including a prioritization scheme based on climate
    regimes, available resources, national priorities, and other
    prioritization factors?

7.  What are the anticipated benefits to public health, the security of
    the Nation's critical infrastructure, and the economy that will be
    realized through operation of the joint urban test beds? \[Most
    benefits will accrue as they continue to operate, not simply by
    getting them started.\]

If you have questions about the survey please contact Lt Col Mark P.
Fitzgerald at (301) 427-2002.

Please send your completed survey to <mark.fitzgerald@noaa.gov> or send
hard copies to:

Lt Col Mark P. Fitzgerald

Subject: JUTB Questionnaire

Assistant Federal Coordinator for US Air Force and Army Affairs

Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorological Services and
Supporting Research

8455 Colesville Road, Suite 1500

Silver Spring, MD 20910