The UAV-Coffee Project demonstrated the utility of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in collection of agricultural management data. In September 2002, NASA's solar-powered Pathfinder-Plus UAV collected high resolution imagery over the USA's largest coffee plantation. Mission data were downlinked & processed in near-real time at a ground station in Kauai, HI, and made available to the harvest manager. Image products mapped ripeness differences, invasive weed presence, and irrigation/fertilization irregularities. Collaborators included Clark University, AeroVironment, Inc.,California State University, University of Arizona, New Mexico State University, Kauai Coffee Company, and the U.S. Navy. For more information, visit site:http://www.uav-applications.org

The CRYSTAL-FACE Measurement Campaign is designed to investigate the tropical cirrus cloud physical properties and formation processes for successful modeling of the Earth's climate. The mission will be carried out during the month of July 2002 in southern Florida region. The experiment will unite seven NASA centers, NOAA, National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, Office of Naval Research, US Weather Research Program, universities and other government weather researchers. For more information, visit site: http://cloud1.arc.nasa.gov/crystalface

The Convention And Moisture EXperiment (CAMEX-4) was carried out at Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida during August 16-September 24, 2001. The mission was to study tropical cyclone (hurricane)development, tracking, intensification and landfalling impacts. CAMEX-4 was sponsored by NASA and conducted in collaboration with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Hurricane Research Division and the United States Weather Research Program. For more information, visit site:http://camex.msfc.nasa.gov

The First Response Experiment (FiRE) was designed to bring new capabilities to desaster managers. NASA and General Atomic Aeronautic Systems Inc (GA/ASI) performed this experiment at the El Mirage Flight Test Facility of GA/ASI near Victorville, CA during September 2001.For more information, visit site: http://geo.arc.nasa.gov/sge/UAVFiRE

The Chesapeake Lighthouse and Aircraft Measurements for Satellites (CLAMS) field campaign was conducted at Chesapeake Lighthouse, 20 km east of Virginia Beach, VA during July-August 2001.The participants were NASA scientists and members of the CERES ( Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System), MISR(Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer), MODIS-Atmospheres(MODerate resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) instrument teams. The mission was focused on obtaining atmosphere-radiative fluxes, ocean charateristics and atmospheric aerosols. For more information, visit site:http://snowdog.larc.nasa.gov/clams/overview.html

The Asian Pacific Regional Aerosol Characterization Experiment (ACE-ASIA) was conducted from Iwakune, Japan during April-May 2001. The Ames Atmospheric Radiation Group and the Ames Sunphotometer Group were active participants. The mission was to determine, to understand the properties and controlling factors of the aerosol in the anthropogenically modified atmosphere of Eastern Asia and Norhtwest Pacific, and to assess their relevance for radiative forcing of climate. For more information, visit site:http://geo.arc.nasa.gov/sgg/ACE-Asia/index.html

The two-aircraft missionTRACE-P (TRAnsport and Chemical Evolution over the Pacific) was conducted by Global Tropospheric Experiment (GTE) team of NASA at Yokota Air Force Base (near Tokyo, Japan) and Hong Kong during March-April, 2001. The objective of the mission was to determine the outflow of gases and aerosols from eastern Asia to western Pacific and their chemical evolution. For more information, visit site: http://www-gte.larc.nasa.gov/trace/tracep.html

The Brazilian-led Large scale Biosphere-atmosphere experiment in Amazonia (LBA) is being carried out in the Amazon region throughout 2001. The LBA-Ecology (ECO) mission is designed to better understand cycles of water, energy, carbon and nutrients, resulting from the changes in Amazonian vegetation cover, and associated climatic and environmental consequences at local, regional, and global scales. LBA-ECO is sponsored by NASA and conducted in collaboration with the government of Brazil and many other international partners. For more information, visit site: http://lba-ecology.gsfc.nasa.gov/lbaeco

The ARM-FiRE Water Vapor Experiment(AFWEX) was conducted from the Central Facility and the four Boundary Sites(the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program at Southern Great Plains site) during November 2000. The ARM Water Vapor Working Group (Single Column Modeling Group) and NASA were active participants. The mission was to perform the accurate measurement of the upper and lower tropospheric water vapor.The emphasis was on the comparison of the instruments. For more information, visit site:http://www.arm.gov/docs/index.html