It’s not just rising air and water temperatures influencing the decades-long decline of Arctic sea ice. Clouds, aerosols, even the bumps and dips on the ice itself can play a role. To explore how these factors interact and impact sea ice melting, NASA is flying two aircraft equipped with scientific instruments over the Arctic Ocean north of Greenland this summer. The first flights of the field campaign, called ARCSIX (Arctic Radiation Cloud Aerosol Surface Interaction Experiment), successfully began taking measurements on May 28.
ARCSIX
POD Friday, Jun 7, 2024 - Science Flight #7 P-3 and #6 (G-III)
All:
0415 - Science Go/No-go (via WhatsApp message)
0930 - Forecast meeting in Bldg. 201/Online
1600 - Flight debrief after P-3 lands at Hangar 8 conference room
POD Thursday, Jun 6, 2024 - Science Flight #6 P-3 and #5 (G-III)
All:
0415 - Science Go/No-go (via WhatsApp message)
0930 - F&FP in Bldg. 201/Online
1600 - Flight debrief/brief after P-3 lands at Hangar 8 conference room
P-3 Schedule:
0430 - P-3 Access and power on (if No-go, revert to 0800-1630 access)
0500 - Flight Safety video for any new flyers
0630 - Tow out
0645 - Power back on
0700 - Combo P-3/GIII preflight brief at Hangar 8, conference room
0730 - Doors close
0800 - Takeoff
~TBD - RTB
POD Wednesday, Jun 5, 2024 - Science Flight #5 P-3 and #4 (G-III)
All:
0415 - Science Go/No-go (via WhatsApp message)
0930 - F&FP in Bldg. 201/Online
1600 - Flight debrief/brief after P-3 lands at Hangar 8 conference room
POD Monday, Jun 3, 2024 – Science Flight #4 P-3 and #3 (G-III)
All:
0415 - Science Go/No-go (via WhatsApp message)
1000 - F&FP in Bldg. 201
1600 - Flight Planning Brief
POD Tuesday, Jun 4, 2024
Announcements:
Base housing informed us that we will keep our rooms for both deployments, so if you plan to return for the Late Summer campaign, your room will not change. However, you must leave your keys in the door at the end of this deployment so they can clean in between the summer.
Regarding luggage, if you want to leave them over the summer, there is a locked room in the hangar where we can store them in the meantime.
POD Sunday, Jun 2, 2024
All:
1000 Weather Briefing in Bldg. 201 (attendance optional)
1100 - 1500 Flight planning Bldg. 201 (participation optional)
1600 - 1630 Pilot briefing for Monday at the Community Center Bldg. 362 (near the pool table in the poker room)
1630 - 1800 First local science team meeting at Community Center Bldg. 362 (near the pool table in the poker room)
All:
No Meetings
P-3 Timeline:
0800 - 1630 Access and power on P-3 for instrument teams
G-III:
Hard Down Day
All:
0415 Science Go/No-go (via WhatsApp message)
1000 F&FP in Bldg. 201
P-3 Timeline
0430 - P-3 Access and power on ( if No-go reverting to 0800-1630 access)
0500 - Flight Safety video for any new flyers
0630 - Tow out
0645 - Power back on
0700 - Combo P-3/GIII preflight brief at Hangar 8, conference room
0730 - Doors close
0800 - Takeoff
1520 - RTB (7.3 h flight)
All:
0415 Science Go/No-go (via WhatsApp message)
1000 F&FP in Bldg. 201
1600 Flight Brief for Friday, May 31 (in Hangar 8, G-III send representative)
P-3 Timeline
0430 - P-3 Access and power on ( if No-go reverting to 0800-1630 access)
0500 - Flight Safety video for any new flyers
0630 - Tow out
0645 - Power back on
0700 - Combo preflight/planeside briefing
0730 - Doors close
0800 - Take off
1500 - RTB (6.9 h flight)
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