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SUCCESS 04/08/96 Mission Daily Schedule

The ER-2 transited from Ames to Salina, KS., observed contrails over the Mono Lake region, and collected HIS data over the Rocky Mountains under clear sky conditions.

Highlights

Flight Reports

ER-2 Flight: 96100

Date: April 8, 1996

Mission: Ferry flight from Moffett Field CA to Salina KS.

Mission Objectives

Get to Salina!

Flight Summary

The ER-2 transited from Ames to Salina, KS., observed contrails over the Mono Lake region, and collected HIS data over the Rocky Mountains under clear sky conditions.

Flight Track

Highlights

MAS viewed contrails near the Mono Lake region. Interesting HIS spectra collected over clear sky Rocky Mountain scenes.

Instrument Status

  • Modis Airborne Simulator (MAS): Operated. Good data collected.
  • Cloud Aerosol Lidar System (CALS): Not operated.
  • High-Resolution Interferometer Sounder (HIS): Operated. Good data collected.
  • Millimeter-wave Imaging Radiometer(MIR): Operated. Good Data.
  • Tilt Scan CCD Camera (TSCC): Operated - data quality unkown at this time.
  • Radiation Measuring System (RAMS): Not flown.
  • RC-10 Camera: Operated.

Additional Pilot Notes:

CART site activity

 

Meteorology at the Central Facility

Weather Conditions from Site Operators Log
Broken cloud cover throughout the day, predominantly stratocumulus and lenticular altocumulus. Light winds, variable but mainly from the SE,

 

Visiting Instruments at Central Facilities

 

 

 

CART Instrument Operations at Central Facilities

Key: O = operational, X = down or degraded

  • RASS, 50 MHz, (hourly): X
  • RASS, 915 MHz, (hourly): O
  • BSRN: 0
  • SIROS: O
  • SMOS, (24 hrs): O
  • SWATS (24 hrs): O
  • EBBR, (24 hrs): O
  • WSI, (every 10 min.) O
  • MWR, (24 hrs): O
  • IRT: X
  • MPL, (24 hrs): O
  • BLC, (24 hrs): O
  • AERI, (24 hrs): O
  • SORTI, (daytime, sunny): O
  • Raman Lidar (daytime): X
  • 60M Temperature and Humidity: O
  • 25M Temperature and Humidity: O
  • 25M MultiFilter Radiometer: X
  • 25M Upwelling IR: X
  • 25M Upwelling Solar: X
  • 10M MultiFilter Radiometer: O
  • Aerosol System: X
  • Radiosondes, (Every 3 hrs, from 1:30 UTC): O

 

CART Instrument Operations at Boundary Facilities

There are four staffed Boundary Facilities, each having Balloon Borne Sounding Systems (BBSS) and MicroWave Radiometers (MWR). During the IOP period, sondes are launched every three hours round the clock, starting at 5:30 GMT (12:30 CST). The sites are listed below. Times listed following a site indicate questionable data or failed sonde launches. Weather conditions are recorded in the Boundary Facilities Site Operator's Log.

  • Hillsboro, KS (BF-1): Okay
  • Vici, OK (BF-4): Okay
  • Morris, OK (BF-5): Okay
  • Purcell, OK (BF-6): Okay

 

CART Instrumentation at Extended Facilities

There are numerous unstaffed Extended Facilities. The specific instrumentation at the extended facilities varies from site to site, but generally includes a flux station (either an Energy Balance Bowen Ration (EBBR) system or an Eddy Correlation (ECOR) system), a Solar and InfraRed Observing System (SIROS), and a Standard Meteorology Observing Station (SMOS) tower. For the locations of the Extended Facilities, and their suite of instrumentation, see the table and map of the Extended CART site. The comments below indicate specific data streams with identified problems.

  • Problem at Extended Facility
  • E1, ECOR
  • E2, SIROS
  • E4, SIROS
  • E12, SIROS
  • E16,ECOR

 

Key Comments/Observations related to flights