DCOTSS
Chang, K., et al. (2021), Convective Forcing of the North American Monsoon Anticyclone at Intraseasonal and Interannual Time Scales, J. Atmos. Sci., 78, 2941-2956, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-21-0009.1.
Mid day update
Friday 8-20-2021 No hard down day, instrument access, aircraft work, science meeting at 1400
Saturday 8-21-2021 Hard Down Day
Sunday 8-22-2021 Transit prep day
Monday 8-23-2021 ER-2 Transit to AFRC
The shipping and the de-integration timeline does not change.
As soon as is possible start packing your equipment and stage it on the hangar floor.
8-27-2021 Truck loading and transit to Palmdale
8-30-2021 Start of de-integration in Palmdale (end Friday 9-3-2021)
Flight Day RF11
0400 Instruments hands on
0500 Flight Brief
0600 Instrument hands off
0800 Take off (~6.5h flight)
Looking Ahead
These are all tentative
08-20-21 Hard Down
08-21-21 Instrument Day
08-22-21 Flight Day (RF12)
Tuesday the ER-2 (DCOTSS) and the WB-57 (ACCLIP) had a coordinated flight.
Instrument Access Day
0700 Hangar Access
0800 – 1600 ER-2 Crew Support
0800 FFP Brief
0930 All-hands
Looking Ahead
These are all tentative
08-19-21 Flight Day (RF11) opportunity
08-20-21 Hard Down
08-21-21 Instrument Day
08-22-21 Flight Day (RF12)
RF10 Flight Day
0500 FFP meeting
0600 Crew show / Hands On
0700 Crew brief
0800 Hands-off
1000 Take-off
1700 Landing (Approximate)
1900 Ground crew end crew duty day
Looking Ahead
08-20-21 Next science flight opportunity
No flight/Instrument access day
0700 Hangar/Lab access
0800-1600 ER-2 support
0800 FFP meeting
Looking Ahead
08-17-21 Science Flight Opportunity (or 08-18-21)
08-20-21 Science Flight Opportunity (could be only one instrument day between flights)
Hard Down Day
0800 Hangar/lab open
1000 FFP meeting
Looking ahead
08-16-21 Instrument access day with ER-2 support
08-17-21 Science Flight Opportunity
If you are beginning to think about shipping your equipment from Palmdale to home, and have questions, email sommer.nicholas@nasa.gov . Quincy Allison and Michael Schroeder will be in Palmdale.
Disclaimer: This material is being kept online for historical purposes. Though accurate at the time of publication, it is no longer being updated. The page may contain broken links or outdated information, and parts may not function in current web browsers. Visit https://espo.nasa.gov for information about our current projects.