From: | FPST | To: | FPST | ||
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Start: | 10/15/18 07:50 Z | Finish: | 10/15/18 15:40 Z | ||
Flight Time: | 7.8 hours | ||||
Log Number: | 19P018 | PI: | Jens Redemann | ||
Funding Source: | Hal Maring - NASA - SMD - ESD Radiation Science Program | ||||
Purpose of Flight: | Science | ||||
Miles Flown: | 1700 miles |
18P004 | 19P018 | |
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Flight Hours Approved in SOFRS | 188.5 | |
Flight Hours Previously Approved | 144 | |
Total Used | 44.5 | 110 |
Total Remaining | 34 |
19P018 Flight Reports | ||||||
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Date | Flt # | Purpose of Flight | Duration | Running Total | Hours Remaining | Miles Flown |
10/02/18 | ORACLES Science Flight #3 | Science | 8.5 | 8.5 | 135.5 | 1940 |
10/03/18 | ORACLES Science Flight #4 | Science | 8.5 | 17 | 127 | 1970 |
10/05/18 | ORACLES Science Flight #5 | Science | 9 | 26 | 118 | 2000 |
10/07/18 | ORACLES Science Flight #6 | Science | 8.4 | 34.4 | 109.6 | 2000 |
10/10/18 | ORACLES Science Flight #7 | Science | 8.3 | 42.7 | 101.3 | 1970 |
10/12/18 | ORACLES Science Flight #8 | Science | 5.3 | 48 | 96 | 800 |
10/15/18 | ORACLES Science Flight #9 | Science | 7.8 | 55.8 | 88.2 | 1700 |
10/17/18 | ORACLES Science Flight #10 | Science | 8.5 | 64.3 | 79.7 | 2000 |
10/19/18 | ORACLES Science Flight #11 | Science | 8 | 72.3 | 71.7 | 1800 |
10/21/18 | ORACLES Science Flight #12 | Science | 8.2 | 80.5 | 63.5 | 1800 |
10/23/18 | ORACLES Science Flight #13 | Science | 8.1 | 88.6 | 55.4 | 1800 |
10/25/18 | ORACLES Transit #1 | Transit | 7.8 | 96.4 | 47.6 | 2009 |
10/26/18 | ORACLES Transit #2 | Transit | 7 | 103.4 | 40.6 | 2100 |
10/27/18 | ORACLES Transit #3 | Transit | 5.8 | 109.2 | 34.8 | 1692 |
10/27/18 | ORACLES Transit #4 | Transit | 0.8 | 110 | 34 | 72 |
18P004 Flight Reports | ||||||
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Date | Flt # | Purpose of Flight | Duration | Running Total | Hours Remaining | Miles Flown |
09/17/18 | ORACLES ATF | Check | 1.3 | 1.3 | 187.2 | 0 |
09/19/18 | ORACLES PTF | Check | 3.7 | 5 | 183.5 | 0 |
09/21/18 | ORACLES Transit #1 | Transit | 6.3 | 11.3 | 177.2 | 1716 |
09/22/18 | ORACLES Transit #2 | Transit | 8.2 | 19.5 | 169 | 2131 |
09/24/18 | ORACLES Transit #3/Science Flight | Transit | 9.3 | 28.8 | 159.7 | 2500 |
09/27/18 | ORACLES Science Flight #1 | Science | 8 | 36.8 | 151.7 | 1875 |
09/30/18 | ORACLES Science Flight #2 | Science | 7.7 | 44.5 | 144 | 2400 |
Flight Reports began being entered into this system as of 2012 flights. If there were flights flown under an earlier log number the flight reports are not available online.
Take –off at 06:58:46UT. During Southbound transit at 18kft, we saw similar situation to Oct 7, i.e. minimal direct contact between smoke and Sc from 3-9S. APR detects heavily precipitating Sc clouds at 5S, in all 3 channels; consistently, SEVIRI shows LWP of > 300 g/m2 . We identified two regions that showed gap (8.5S) and no gap (9.5S) in relative close proximity. Significant drizzle (3-channel APR return) between 11 and 13S. Square spiral at 14S, geometrically thin high smoke loading layer at 13kft, broken Sc. Very clean BL, low cloud bases 500ft; 77ppb CO, BC 30ng, 7Mm-1 scat, 0.23 ACAOD. During sawtooth N-bound, clouds thickening, found peak above-cloud smoke at 12.4S (1.5ug/m3 BC), dropping as we head N. Level legs at 5.5kft yield 220ppb CO, 1.3ug/m3 BC and at 8kft 120-135 ppb CO, 20Mm-1 scat, 300ng/m3 BC. Second set of sawtooth patterns contrasting 9.5 and 8.5S – found smoke near cloud top at 9.5 and gap at 8.5S, as indicated by lidar during S-bound leg. Regular spiral (because of Ci around) at 5.5 S, because lack of data in routine flight coverage at that latitude and drizzle in APR during S-bound leg, measured 0.8g/m3 LWC. Landed at 14:26:14.
See flight report file for details.