P-3 Orion 04/29/17
| From: | BGSF | To: | BGSF | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start: | 04/29/17 10:39 Z | Finish: | 04/29/17 19:00 Z | ||
| Flight Time: | 8.4 hours | ||||
| Log Number: | 17P006 | PI: | Nathan Kurtz | ||
| Funding Source: | Bruce Tagg - NASA - SMD - ESD Airborne Science Program | ||||
| Purpose of Flight: | Science | ||||
| 17P006 | |
|---|---|
| Flight Hours Approved in SOFRS | 333.6 |
| Total Used | 332 |
| Total Remaining | 1.6 |
| 17P006 Flight Reports | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Flt # | Purpose of Flight | Duration | Running Total | Hours Remaining | Miles Flown |
| 02/24/17 | Airworthiness Test Flight | Check | 1 | 1 | 332.6 | |
| 02/26/17 | Project Test Flight #1 | Check | 4.9 | 5.9 | 327.7 | |
| 02/27/17 | Project Test Flight #2 | Check | 3 | 8.9 | 324.7 | |
| 03/07/17 | Transit Flight | Transit | 8.2 | 17.1 | 316.5 | |
| 03/09/17 | Science Flight #1 - North Pole Transect | Science | 8 | 25.1 | 308.5 | |
| 03/10/17 | Science Flight #2 - Laxon Line | Science | 8.5 | 33.6 | 300 | |
| 03/11/17 - 03/12/17 | Science Flight #3 - Chukchi West Line | Science | 8 | 41.6 | 292 | |
| 03/12/17 - 03/13/17 | Science Flight #4 - North Beaufort Loop Line | Science | 8.1 | 49.7 | 283.9 | |
| 03/14/17 - 03/15/17 | Science Flight #5 - East Beaufort Loop Line | Science | 8 | 57.7 | 275.9 | |
| 03/20/17 | Science Flight #6 - Sea Ice South Basin Transect (to Thule) | Science | 8.1 | 65.8 | 267.8 | |
| 03/22/17 | Science Flight #7 - North Flux 02 | Science | 7.9 | 73.7 | 259.9 | |
| 03/23/17 | Science Flight #8 - Zig Zag West Line | Science | 7.9 | 81.6 | 252 | |
| 03/24/17 | Science Flight #9 - CryoVEx Line | Science | 5.8 | 87.4 | 246.2 | |
| 03/27/17 | Science Flight #10 - Northwest Coastal A Line | Science | 7.4 | 94.8 | 238.8 | |
| 03/28/17 | Science Flight #11 - North Central Cap 01 Line | Science | 7.6 | 102.4 | 231.2 | |
| 03/29/17 | Science Flight #12 - Ellesemere Island 01 Line | Science | 7.6 | 110 | 223.6 | |
| 03/30/17 | Science Flight #13 - Ellesemere South Line | Science | 7.9 | 117.9 | 215.7 | |
| 03/31/17 | Science Flight #14- Alexander-Petermann Line | Science | 6.5 | 124.4 | 209.2 | |
| 04/03/17 | Science Flight #15- Zachariae 79N Fram Straight and BGTL ENSB Transit | Science | 7.4 | 131.8 | 201.8 | |
| 04/05/17 | Science Flight #16 - Svalbard North Line (High Priority) | Science | 7 | 138.8 | 194.8 | |
| 04/06/17 | Science Flight #17- Svalbard South Mission (High Priority) | Science | 8.5 | 147.3 | 186.3 | |
| 04/07/17 | Science Flight #18- Combined Zig Zag East Mission and Transit ENSB to BGTL | Science | 8.3 | 155.6 | 178 | |
| 04/10/17 | Science Flight #19- North Central Gap 3 | Science | 7.8 | 163.4 | 170.2 | |
| 04/11/17 | Science Flight #20- CryoVex 2 (High Priority) | Science | 7.8 | 171.2 | 162.4 | |
| 04/12/17 | Science Flight #21-Northwest Coastal C | Science | 7.2 | 178.4 | 155.2 | |
| 04/13/17 | Science Flight #22-North Glaciers 02 Prime (High Priority) | Science | 8.2 | 186.6 | 147 | |
| 04/14/17 | Science Flight #23-IceSat-2 North/CryoSat-2 SARIn | Science | 7 | 193.6 | 140 | |
| 04/17/17 | Science Flight #24-Humboldt 01(High Priority) | Science | 7.8 | 201.4 | 132.2 | |
| 04/19/17 | Science Flight #25-Sea Ice - South Canada Basin (MediumPriority) | Science | 7.8 | 209.2 | 124.4 | |
| 04/20/17 | Transit Flight to Kangerlussuaq | Transit | 3 | 212.2 | 121.4 | |
| 04/21/17 | Science Flight #26-Southeast Coastal | Science | 8 | 220.2 | 113.4 | |
| 04/22/17 | Science Flight #27-Helheim-Kangerd | Science | 7.8 | 228 | 105.6 | |
| 04/24/17 | Science Flight #28-Geikie 01 (High Priority) | Science | 8 | 236 | 97.6 | |
| 04/26/17 | Science Flight #29-Devon-Bylot (Medium Priority) | Science | 7.9 | 243.9 | 89.7 | |
| 04/28/17 | Science Flight #30-Penny 01 (Medium Priority) | Science | 6 | 249.9 | 83.7 | |
| 04/29/17 | Science Flight #31-Thomas - Jakobshavn 01 | Science | 8.4 | 258.3 | 75.3 | |
| 05/01/17 | Science Flight #32-Thomas - Jakobshavn-Eqip-Store | Science | 8.4 | 266.7 | 66.9 | |
| 05/02/17 | Science Flight #33-Thomas - ICESat-2 Central | Science | 7.9 | 274.6 | 59 | |
| 05/03/17 | Science Flight #34-Thomas - Southwest Coastal A | Science | 8.3 | 282.9 | 50.7 | |
| 05/05/17 | Science Flight #35-Helheim-Kangerdlugssuaq Gap B (High Priority) | Science | 8.2 | 291.1 | 42.5 | |
| 05/06/17 | Science Flight #36-Helheim-K-EGIG-Summit | Science | 8 | 299.1 | 34.5 | |
| 05/08/17 | Science Flight #37-Southeast Glaciers 01 (High Priority) | Science | 8 | 307.1 | 26.5 | |
| 05/10/17 | Science Flight #38-Umanaq B (High Priority) | Science | 8 | 315.1 | 18.5 | |
| 05/11/17 | Science Flight #39-ICESat-2 South (High Priority) | Science | 8.1 | 323.2 | 10.4 | |
| 05/12/17 | Science Flight #40-Nuuk Fjords | Science | 1.8 | 325 | 8.6 | |
| 05/13/17 | Transit Flight to Dover DE (to clear customs) | Transit | 6.4 | 331.4 | 2.2 | |
| 05/13/17 | Transit Flight to Wallops Flight Facility | Transit | 0.6 | 332 | 1.6 | |
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OIB - P-3 Orion 04/29/17 Science Report
Mission: Thomas-Jakobshavn 01 (priority: baseline)
This is a repeat of 2009-2016 IceBridge missions. Its purpose is to re-survey the highest-priority lines of the historical ATM 10-km Jakobshavn grid and the main flowline of Jakobshavn. It also extends that grid with a broader array of ICESat ground tracks over the larger Jakobshavn basin. This mission was renamed in 2015 in honor of Dr. Robert H. Thomas.
The series of storms which kept us out of southern Greenland since Monday finally dissipated during the day yesterday, leaving most of the west coast clear this morning. Instead of organized storm systems, most of the east coast was influenced by strong onshore flow today, which created clouds and precipitation all the way to Summit, but provided the central-west coast with descending and hence drying offshore flow. These were ideal conditions for flying one of our two baseline-priority missions in the Jakobshavn basin. We successfully collected data across 100% of the flight lines.
The CReSIS team, supported by P-3 maintenance personnel, worked late into the evening last night on the snow radar, replacing components where possible, reseating boards and connectors, and extensively testing the system. A root cause for yesterday's failure of the system was not definitively found. However the various measures taken by John Paden and Hara Talasila last night apparently repaired the system, which worked almost normally today. The remaining issue for the snow radar today was an increased amount of coherent noise, which the CReSIS team is confident can be mitigated in post-processing. All other instruments performed normally.
Data volumes:
Accumulation Radar: 1.5 Tb
ATM: 162 Gb
CAMBOT: 52 Gb
DMS: 119 Gb
FLIR: 17 Gb
KT19: 12 Mb
MCoRDS: 2.0 Tb
Narrow Swath ATM: 31 Gb
Snow Radar: 1.5 Tb
total data collection time: 8.0 hrs
