From: | SAWH | To: | SAWH | ||
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Start: | 11/07/18 12:59 Z | Finish: | 11/07/18 23:20 Z | ||
Flight Time: | 10.4 hours | ||||
Log Number: | 198006 | PI: | Joseph MacGregor | ||
Funding Source: | Bruce Tagg - NASA - SMD - ESD Airborne Science Program | ||||
Purpose of Flight: | Science |
198006 | |
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Flight Hours Approved in SOFRS | 345.8 |
Total Used | 292.8 |
Total Remaining | 53 |
198006 Flight Reports | ||||||
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Date | Flt # | Purpose of Flight | Duration | Running Total | Hours Remaining | Miles Flown |
10/02/18 | 1287 | Check | 2.6 | 2.6 | 343.2 | 0 |
10/08/18 | 1289 | Transit | 10.1 | 12.7 | 333.1 | 0 |
10/08/18 | 1290 | Transit | 2.8 | 15.5 | 330.3 | 0 |
10/10/18 - 10/11/18 | 1291 | Science | 11.5 | 27 | 318.8 | 0 |
10/11/18 - 10/12/18 | 1292 | Science | 11.6 | 38.6 | 307.2 | 0 |
10/12/18 - 10/13/18 | 1293 | Science | 11.3 | 49.9 | 295.9 | 0 |
10/13/18 - 10/14/18 | 1294 | Science | 10.7 | 60.6 | 285.2 | 0 |
10/15/18 - 10/16/18 | 1295 | Science | 11.1 | 71.7 | 274.1 | 0 |
10/16/18 - 10/17/18 | 1296 | Science | 10.1 | 81.8 | 264 | 0 |
10/18/18 - 10/19/18 | 1297 | Science | 11.1 | 92.9 | 252.9 | 0 |
10/19/18 - 10/20/18 | 1298 | Science | 10.8 | 103.7 | 242.1 | 0 |
10/20/18 - 10/21/18 | 1299 | Science | 10.7 | 114.4 | 231.4 | 0 |
10/22/18 - 10/23/18 | 1300 | Science | 11.1 | 125.5 | 220.3 | 0 |
10/27/18 - 10/28/18 | 1301 | Science | 11.3 | 136.8 | 209 | 0 |
10/30/18 - 10/31/18 | 1302 | Science | 11.7 | 148.5 | 197.3 | 0 |
10/31/18 - 11/01/18 | 1303 | Science | 11.3 | 159.8 | 186 | 0 |
11/01/18 | 1304 | Transit | 0.6 | 160.4 | 185.4 | 0 |
11/03/18 - 11/04/18 | 1305 | Science | 11 | 171.4 | 174.4 | 0 |
11/04/18 | 1306 | Science | 10.8 | 182.2 | 163.6 | 0 |
11/05/18 | 1307 | Science | 10.4 | 192.6 | 153.2 | 0 |
11/07/18 | 1308 | Science | 10.4 | 203 | 142.8 | 0 |
11/09/18 - 11/10/18 | 1309 | Science | 11.1 | 214.1 | 131.7 | 0 |
11/10/18 - 11/11/18 | 1310 | Science | 10.6 | 224.7 | 121.1 | 0 |
11/11/18 | 1311 | Science | 10.8 | 235.5 | 110.3 | 0 |
11/12/18 | 1312 | Science | 10.7 | 246.2 | 99.6 | 0 |
11/14/18 - 11/15/18 | 1313 | Science | 11.2 | 257.4 | 88.4 | 0 |
11/15/18 | 1314 | Science | 10.3 | 267.7 | 78.1 | 0 |
11/16/18 - 11/17/18 | 1315 | Science | 10.1 | 277.8 | 68 | 0 |
11/19/18 | 1316 | Transit | 3.4 | 281.2 | 64.6 | 0 |
11/21/18 | 1317 | Transit | 11.6 | 292.8 | 53 | 0 |
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.
Mission: Pine Island Glacier 5
Priority: Baseline
With clouds entering the Amundsen Sea Embayment from both the east and west over the coming days, IceBridge made the challenging decision to attempt the baseline priority Pine Island Glacier 5 mission. The window was closing, and with all the forecasts in agreement that the clear skies over Pine Island would only last until the end of the survey time, the PIG 5 mission was a difficult choice, especially in absence of any recent imagery over the glacier. Almost entirely as expected, IceBridge encountered blue skies over nearly the entire mission, with spare high clouds creeping in towards the end of the survey.
The recently calved iceberg, B-46, stole the show. With several tracks focused along PIG’s main ice trunk, all on board were treated to several glimpses of the massive iceberg. B-46 could not be viewed in its entirety at 1500’ due to its shear size, but the series of giant rifts and cliff faces were unlike anything most on board had seen. The ATM team measured cliff heights between 50 and 65 meters while MCoRDS measured iceberg thicknesses of approximately 500 meters! It is extremely impressive watching the instrument teams provide measurements in real time.
The PIG 5 is a legacy baseline IceBridge mission, so it was not modified to fly any ICESat-2 tracks in order preserve the long time series over several flight tracks. All instruments reported excellent data quality and 100% data collection.
Media: A writer, Brian Howard, and photographer, Thomas Prior, from National Geographic flew with IceBridge today.
Outlook: As the clouds slowly creep into West Antarctica from east and west, flight selection over the next few days ill likely be a challenge for IceBridge. As always, the team will do its best to attempt flights of highest priority, weather permitting.
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