Other: NOAA P-3 04/21/16 - 04/22/16
| From: | PAFA | To: | PAFA | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start: | 04/21/16 18:03 Z | Finish: | 04/22/16 02:22 Z | ||
| Flight Time: | 8.3 hours | ||||
| Log Number: | 16M030 | PI: | Nathan Kurtz | ||
| Funding Source: | Bruce Tagg - NASA - SMD - ESD Airborne Science Program | ||||
| Purpose of Flight: | Science | ||||
| Comments: | Sentinel 3 and Mooring Overflights | ||||
| 16M030 | |
|---|---|
| Flight Hours Approved in SOFRS | 200 |
| Total Used | 148.7 |
| Total Remaining | 51.3 |
| 16M030 Flight Reports | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Flt # | Purpose of Flight | Duration | Running Total | Hours Remaining | Miles Flown |
| 03/22/16 | ICF1 | Check | 2 | 2 | 198 | |
| 03/23/16 | ICF2 | Check | 3.4 | 5.4 | 194.6 | |
| 04/12/16 | ICF3 | Check | 1.3 | 6.7 | 193.3 | |
| 04/15/16 | Repo 1 | Ferry | 0.5 | 7.2 | 192.8 | |
| 04/16/16 | Repo 2 | Ferry | 2.9 | 10.1 | 189.9 | |
| 04/18/16 | Repo 3 | Ferry | 7.1 | 17.2 | 182.8 | |
| 04/19/16 | Sea Ice Eureka | Science | 7.3 | 24.5 | 175.5 | |
| 04/20/16 | Sea Ice Laxon Line | Science | 8.7 | 33.2 | 166.8 | |
| 04/21/16 - 04/22/16 | Sea Ice SIZRS Zigzag | Science | 8.3 | 41.5 | 158.5 | |
| 04/30/16 | Sea Ice South Basin Transect | Science | 8.8 | 50.3 | 149.7 | |
| 05/03/16 | Sea Ice North Pole Transect | Science | 7.6 | 57.9 | 142.1 | |
| 05/04/16 | Sea Ice South Canada Basin | Science | 7.9 | 65.8 | 134.2 | |
| 05/09/16 | Land Ice Zachariae-79N | Science | 7.6 | 73.4 | 126.6 | |
| 05/10/16 | Land Ice Northwest Coastal A | Science | 6 | 79.4 | 120.6 | |
| 05/11/16 | Land Ice Umanaq B | Science | 7.1 | 86.5 | 113.5 | |
| 05/12/16 | Land Ice Southeast Coastal | Science | 7.3 | 93.8 | 106.2 | |
| 05/13/16 | Land Ice Helheim-Kangerdlugssuaq | Science | 7.8 | 101.6 | 98.4 | |
| 05/14/16 | Land Ice SW Coastal A | Science | 7.8 | 109.4 | 90.6 | |
| 05/16/16 | Land Ice Thomas-Jakobshavn 01 | Science | 7.9 | 117.3 | 82.7 | |
| 05/17/16 | Land Ice Helheim-Kangerdlugssuaq Gap B | Science | 8.1 | 125.4 | 74.6 | |
| 05/18/16 | Land Ice IceSat-2 Central | Science | 7.7 | 133.1 | 66.9 | |
| 05/19/16 | Land Ice East Glaciers 01 | Science | 7.1 | 140.2 | 59.8 | |
| 05/21/16 | Ferry BGSF_KMCF | Ferry | 8.5 | 148.7 | 51.3 | |
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OIB - Other: NOAA P-3 04/21/16 Science Report
OIB flew the sea ice SIZRS Zig Zag mission. The mission was timed to pass under the European Sentinel-3A radar altimeter satellite during a portion of the line and the satellite passed overhead when we were about 2/3 through the line. We also passed over undersea moorings from the Beaufort Gyre Experiment project and flew a racetrack pattern near Barrow to make measurements similar to the ICESat-2 measurement pattern over fast ice. Weather was near perfect for the laser and camera data with no clouds in the sky. Near the beginning of the data line surface temperatures were somewhat warm with the onboard radiometer reading -6 C, just above the limit where we might expect an impact on the radar data. Temperatures were cooler, down to about -15 C further north up the data line.
As an added bonus during the flight, a conversation with the flight director revealed the existence of a 6 channel microwave radiometer called SFMR. We’ve requested this to be turned on which could potentially be an interesting new data set for the project.
Data volumes:
ATM: 22 Gb some window contamination probable later in flight
FLIR: 3 Gb
DMS: 71 Gb (1 min lost due to instrument issue)
Ku-Band Radar: 122 Gb
MCoRDS: 0 Gb
Snow Radar: 122 Gb
BESST: (write error caused loss of data collection 1 hour after instrument turn on)
Total data collection time: 5.3 hrs
