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S-PolKa Scientist Summaries*

2 October 2011	Anvil Clouds and Humidity Gradient Layers
3 October 2011	Tall Narrow Cumulonimbus with Mammatus
4 October 2011	Tall Thin Cumulonimbus with Dry Air Aloft and a Squall Line Passage
5 October 2011	Dry Aloft and Suppressed
6 October 2011	Cloud Lines and Distant Lightning
7 October 2011	Scattered Cumulus and Cumulonimbus under Large-Scale Dry Conditions
8 October 2011	Cloud Lines under Dry Suppressed Conditions and Boundary Layer Cold Pools
9 October 2011	Slight Moistening at Low Levels and Slightly Larger Cumulonimbus
10 October 2011	Deeper and More Vigorous Cumulonimbus at Cold Pool Boundaries
11 October 2011	Slightly Deeper Moist Layer and Clouds at Cold Pool Boundaries
12 October 2011	First Evidence of Mesoscale Organization and Stratiform Precipitation
13 October 2011	Layer Clouds Left Behind by Deep Convection, Continued Moistening, and Sheared Cumulonimbus with Graupel
14 October 2011	Convection at Cold Pool Boundaries and a Squall Line from the Northwest
15 October 2011	Day after the Squall Line
16 October 2011	Widespread Rain
17 October 2011	Nonprecipitating Clouds and a Squall Line from the Northwest
18 October 2011	A Convective Line Separating from its Oufflow and Widespread Straiform Echoes
19 October 2011	Widespread Nonprecipitating Cloud Layers and a Gust Front
20 October 2011	Complex Convective Lines and Stratiform Regions and a Gust Front
21 October 2011	Combined with Next Day
22 October 2011	Sampling the South Side of a Giant Ring of Convection
23 October 2011	Observing the Leading Anvil Cloud of an Approaching Stratiform Area
24 October 2011	Convective Outbreak Near S-PolKa
25 October 2011	Combined with Next Day
26 October 2011	Convective Lines in Southwesterly Flow and Strong Shear
27 October 2011	Convection at a Shear Line and a Convective Outbreak in the DYNAMO Array in Deep Easterlies
28 October 2011	Mesoscale Convective System over the Revelle
29 October 2011	Anvil Cloud and Low Level Cumulus
30 October 2011	Thunder at Gan
31 October 2011	Squall Line at Gan
1 November 2011	Trade Cumuli and Overview for October
2 November 2011	A Suppressed Day with a Population of Cumulus and Late Anvil Cloud
3 November 2011	Back Edge of the Active Region with Lightning
4 November 2011	Convective Clouds under Drying Conditions
5 November 2011	Continued Drying and Extremely Suppressed Conditions
6 November 2011	Continued Suppressed Convection and Bragg Scattering in Moist Layers
7 November 2011	Diurnally Varying Boundary Layer Echoes and a Small but Intense Rain Shower on a Suppressed Day
8 November 2011	Cumulus Clouds in Northerly Flow and Drying Conditions
9 November 2011	Giant Rings of Convection Southwest of S-PolKa
10 November 2011	Convective Outbreak North west of the Southern Array and Deeper Convection near Gan
11 November 2011	Isolated Cumulonimbus and Cold Pools
12 November 2011	Propagating Convective Cells in Shear
13 November 2011	Ocean Spray Echoes, Boundary Layer Cumulus, Isolated Cumulonimbus, and Thunder at Gan
14 November 2011	Cumulonimbus Triggered by Cold Pools with Dry air at High Levels
15 November 2011	Cold Pools, Electrification, and Shallow Convective Lines in Large Scale Subsidence
16 November 2011	Convective Outbreak Near Diego Garcia and Cold Pools Near S-PolKa
17 November 2011	Cirrus and Anvil Clouds with Deeper Convection to the North and South of SPolKa
18 November 2011	Anvil/Convective Cell Interaction in a Major Rain Event
19 November 2011	Inactive Conditions and Bright Cold Pools near S-PolKa; Convective Activity Near Mirai
20 November 2011	Convective Lines in the DYNAMO Array, and Shallow Convection with Merging Convective Cells near S-PolKa
21 November 2011	Increasing Convection over the Western Indian Ocean and Scattered Showers over SMART-R
22 November 2011	Scattered Showers Intensify Throughout the Array
23 November 2011	Major Rain Event: Widespread Stratiform Throughout the Area
24 November 2011	High Clouds and a Squall Line around S-PolKa, and a P3 Flight into Convection between S-PolKa and the Revelle
25 November 2011	Shallow Convection and High Shear at S-PolKa, Major Convection at the Revelle, and a Tropical Invest
26 November 2011	Combined with Next Day
27 November 2011	Convective lines, High Winds, Heavy Rain, and Cyclone 05A
28 November 2011	MCSs near Mirai and Diego Garcia
29 November 2011	An MCS near Diego Garcia, Humidity Layers and High Clouds at S-PolKa
30 November 2011	Dry Air, Lines of Clouds, and a P3 Flight in an MCS South of Diego Garcia
1 December 2011	Shallow Cumulus in the Morning, Convective Line with Stratiform Precipitation in the Evening
2 December 2011	Squall lines at S-PolKa
3 December 2011	Squall Lines Turn into Convective Lines at S-PolKa
4 December 2011	Isolated Convective Cells and Anvils
5 December 2011	Suppressed Conditions with Isolated Convective Cells and Cold Pools
6 December 2011	Suppressed Conditions Continue with Isolated Convective Cells
7 December 2011	Highly Suppressed Conditions with Small Cumulus Near S-PolKa and a Dissipating MCS Near Diego Garcia
8 December 2011	Major Rain Event with Long Convective Lines, Shallow Stratiform Rain, and a Coordinated S-PolKa-P3-Falcon Mission
9 December 2011	Mesoscale Outflow Boundaries near S-PolKa
10 December 2011	Sheared Convection with Trailing Stratiform
11 December 2011	Dry Air Aloft and Isolated Convection
12 December 2011	Isolated Convective Cells and Cold Pool Initiation
13 December 2011	Outflow Boundary Convection and Increasing Upper-level Humidity
14 December 2011	Lines of Nonprecipitating and Precipitating Convection and Outflow Boundary Initiation
15 December 2011	Convective Lines Collapsing into Stratiform Precipitation
16 December 2011	Widespread Convection and Increased Stratiform Precipitation
17 December 2011	Dry Air in the Morning, Convective Lines in the Evening with Strong Low-Level Shear
18 December 2011	Merging Outflow Boundaries with Convective Initiation
19 December 2011	Deeper Convection with Thicker and Wider Stratiform
20 December 2011	Isolated Convection, Convective Lines, Discrete Propagation, and Stratiform not Reaching Great Heights
21 December 2011	Broad Stratiform Regions with Embedded Convection and Thick Mid- and Upper-Level Clouds
22 December 2011	Leading Convection with Trailing Stratiform Building to Squall Lines
23 December 2011	Squall Lines with Downward Momentum Transport
24 December 2011	Isolated Convection and Convective Lines in a Highly-Sheared Environment
25 December 2011	Shear-oriented Lines of Nonprecipitating and Precipitating Clouds
26 December 2011	Shallow Cumulus and Humidity Layers
27 December 2011	Drier Conditions with Shallow Nonprecipitating Cumulus and Humidity Layers
28 December 2011	Dry Conditions over Gan and the Revelle, Large Convective Line near Diego Garcia, and Cyclones Thane and 4S
29 December 2011	Long Lines of Cumulus at Gan, Convective Band North of Diego Garcia, Tropical Storm Benilde
30 December 2011	Lines of Cumulus Evolving into Isolated Warm Rain Cells and Squall Lines
31 December 2011	Shallow Convection, Cold Pools, and Squall Lines
1 January 2012	Lines of Shallow Cumulus in Low Shear
2 January 2012	Dry Conditions Over Gan as Benilde Passes to the South
3 January 2012	Large Convective Line at Diego Garcia, Lines of Shallow Cumulus at Gan
4 January 2012	Lines of Shallow Cumulus at Gan, Eastward Propagating Deep Convection at Diego Garcia
5 January 2012	Dry Conditions Persist, S-PoKa Detects Precipitation Far to the North
6 January 2012	Deep Easterlies and Non-precipitating Shallow Cumulus Near Gan
7 January 2012	Clear Sky over Gan and Distant Cumulus
8 January 2012	Clear Skies Transitioning Into Lines of Shallow Clouds Overnight
9 January 2012	Boundary Layer Rolls and Upper-Level Moistening Over Gan
10 January 2012	Shallow Cumulus and High Clouds from the South
11 January 2012	Low-Level Moistening over Gan, the Approach of a Convective Band From the South, and the Formation of Cloud Lines
12 January 2012	Low-Level Moistening and Cumulus Rising Out of the Boundary Layer
13 January 2012	Convection Finally Returns to Gan
14 January 2012	Deep Convection All Around Gan

*The research reported in this table was sponsored by National Science Foundation award #1059611 and Department of Energy award #ER64752