DC-8 - AFRC 11/04/18

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Aircraft: 
DC-8 - AFRC (See full schedule)
Flight Number: 
1306
Payload Configuration: 
OIB 2018 Configuration - ATM-Cambot, ATM-GPS/ATM-NAV, ATM-FLIR, ATM-T6, ATM-T7, Gravimeter, MCoRDS, UWB Snow RADAR, and piggybacks ARMAS & Tinman
Nav Data Collected: 
Yes
Total Flight Time: 
10.8 hours
Submitted by: 
Timothy Moes on 11/04/18
Flight Segments: 
From:SAWH- UshuaiaTo:SAWH- Ushuaia
Start:11/04/18 13:01 Z Finish:11/04/18 23:47 Z
Flight Time:10.8 hours
Log Number:198006PI:Joseph MacGregor
Funding Source:Bruce Tagg - NASA - SMD - ESD Airborne Science Program
Purpose of Flight:Science
Comments:A successful science flight completing the Foundation Academy IS2 A high-priority mission. All science instruments successfully obtained data and the aircraft returned in good condition with no writeups.
Flight Hour Summary: 
198006
Flight Hours Approved in SOFRS345.8
Total Used292.8
Total Remaining53
198006 Flight Reports
Date Flt # Purpose of Flight Duration Running Total Hours Remaining Miles Flown
10/02/181287Check2.62.6343.20
10/08/181289Transit10.112.7333.10
10/08/181290Transit2.815.5330.30
10/10/18 - 10/11/181291Science11.527318.80
10/11/18 - 10/12/181292Science11.638.6307.20
10/12/18 - 10/13/181293Science11.349.9295.90
10/13/18 - 10/14/181294Science10.760.6285.20
10/15/18 - 10/16/181295Science11.171.7274.10
10/16/18 - 10/17/181296Science10.181.82640
10/18/18 - 10/19/181297Science11.192.9252.90
10/19/18 - 10/20/181298Science10.8103.7242.10
10/20/18 - 10/21/181299Science10.7114.4231.40
10/22/18 - 10/23/181300Science11.1125.5220.30
10/27/18 - 10/28/181301Science11.3136.82090
10/30/18 - 10/31/181302Science11.7148.5197.30
10/31/18 - 11/01/181303Science11.3159.81860
11/01/181304Transit0.6160.4185.40
11/03/18 - 11/04/181305Science11171.4174.40
11/04/181306Science10.8182.2163.60
11/05/181307Science10.4192.6153.20
11/07/181308Science10.4203142.80
11/09/18 - 11/10/181309Science11.1214.1131.70
11/10/18 - 11/11/181310Science10.6224.7121.10
11/11/181311Science10.8235.5110.30
11/12/181312Science10.7246.299.60
11/14/18 - 11/15/181313Science11.2257.488.40
11/15/181314Science10.3267.778.10
11/16/18 - 11/17/181315Science10.1277.8680
11/19/181316Transit3.4281.264.60
11/21/181317Transit11.6292.8530

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Related Science Report: 

OIB - DC-8 - AFRC 11/04/18 Science Report

Mission: 
OIB
Mission Summary: 

Mission: Foundation-Academy IS-2 A
Priority: High
 
The forecast last night once again gave IceBridge hope of completing a baseline mission over the Amundsen Sea Embayment, but deteriorating conditions over Pine Island and Thwaites took us east to Foundation-Academy IS-2 A. The team was greeted in the upper Foundation Ice Stream by monstrous crevasses, drifting snow, fields of blue ice, and lots of little peaks perforating the surface.  The conditions were absolutely perfect for IceBridge, and the variety of surface types and slopes should make for excellent validation data for ICESat-2. 
 
Due to the long survey latency, all flights were flown directly along the ground track (not offset) at 1500’. Underlined tracks below indicate that ICESat-2 surveyed prior to IceBridge.  All instruments reported excellent data quality, however, snow radar incurred minor issues on the final track where IceBridge’s survey altitude drifted too close the 1800’ Nyquist zone.
 
ICESat-2 ground track and survey latency:
0126, t = 62 days
0141, t = 63 days
0766, t = 13 days
1315, t = 49 days
 
Media: Romain Potoki and Florent Muller of France2 joined us again today, conducting interviews and collecting footage for a feature-length documentary.
 
Outlook: At the risk of sounding like a broken record, the forecast remains hopeful for two of the Pine Island and Thwaites baseline missions tomorrow. We are additionally watching the Bellingshausen Sea closely as cloudy conditions have largely cleared up for the first time this campaign.  A required down day will be used either tomorrow or Tuesday based on weather forecasts.
 
List of attached figures:
 

  1. Map of today’s science mission. (John Sonntag/NASA)
  2. The ATM T6 laser maps massive crevasses over the upper Foundation Ice Stream (Matt Linkswiler/NASA)
  3. Frozen lakes sit within a moraine left behind by the ice lobe in the foreground in the Pensacola Mountains (Brooke Medley/NASA)
  4. Smaller ice flows coalesce as they enter the Foundation Ice Stream (Brooke Medley/NASA)
  5. Ice crevasses as it is pulled off the plateau into the main trunk of the Foundation Ice Stream in the background (Brooke Medley/NASA)
Images: 
Submitted by: 
Brooke Medley on 11/11/18