@article{fdi:010053171,
  title = {{T}he {VAMOS} {O}cean-{C}loud-{A}tmosphere-{L}and {S}tudy {R}egional {E}xperiment ({VOCALS}-{RE}x): goals, platforms, and field operations},
  author = {{W}ood, {R}. and {M}echoso, {C}. {R}. and {B}retherton, {C}. {S}. and {W}eller, {R}. {A}. and {H}uebert, {B}. and {S}traneo, {F}. and {A}lbrecht, {B}. {A}. and {C}oe, {H}. and {A}llen, {G}. and {V}aughan, {G}. and {D}aum, {P}. and {F}airall, {C}. and {C}hand, {D}. and {K}lenner, {L}. {G}. and {G}arreaud, {R}. and {G}rados, {C}. and {C}overt, {D}. {S}. and {B}ates, {T}. {S}. and {K}rejci, {R}. and {R}ussell, {L}. {M}. and de {S}zoeke, {S}. and {B}rewer, {A}. and {Y}uter, {S}. {E}. and {S}pringston, {S}. {R}. and {C}haigneau, {A}lexis and {T}oniazzo, {T}. and {M}innis, {P}. and {P}alikonda, {R}. and {A}bel, {S}. {J}. and {B}rown, {W}. {O}. {J}. and {W}illiams, {S}. and {F}ochesatto, {J}. and {B}rioude, {J}. and {B}ower, {K}. {N}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he {VAMOS}(1) {O}cean-{C}loud-{A}tmosphere-{L}and {S}tudy {R}egional {E}xperiment ({VOCALS}-{RE}x) was an international field program designed to make observations of poorly understood but critical components of the coupled climate system of the southeast {P}acific. {T}his region is characterized by strong coastal upwelling, the coolest {SST}s in the tropical belt, and is home to the largest subtropical stratocumulus deck on {E}arth. {T}he field intensive phase of {VOCALS}-{RE}x took place during {O}ctober and {N}ovember 2008 and constitutes a critical part of a broader {CLIVAR} program ({VOCALS}) designed to develop and promote scientific activities leading to improved understanding, model simulations, and predictions of the southeastern {P}acific ({SEP}) coupled ocean-atmosphere-land system, on diurnal to interannual timescales. {T}he other major components of {VOCALS} are a modeling program with a model hierarchy ranging from the local to global scales, and a suite of extended observations from regular research cruises, instrumented moorings, and satellites. {T}he two central themes of {VOCALS}-{RE}x focus upon (a) links between aerosols, clouds and precipitation and their impacts on marine stratocumulus radiative properties, and (b) physical and chemical couplings between the upper ocean and the lower atmosphere, including the role that mesoscale ocean eddies play. {A} set of hypotheses designed to be tested with the combined field, monitoring and modeling work in {VOCALS} is presented here. {A} further goal of {VOCALS}-{RE}x is to provide datasets for the evaluation and improvement of large-scale numerical models. {VOCALS}-{RE}x involved five research aircraft, two ships and two surface sites in northern {C}hile. {W}e describe the instrument pay-loads and key mission strategies for these platforms and give a summary of the missions conducted.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}tmospheric {C}hemistry and {P}hysics},
  volume = {11},
  numero = {2},
  pages = {627--654},
  ISSN = {1680-7316},
  year = {2011},
  DOI = {10.5194/acp-11-627-2011},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010053171},
}