From: | BGSF | To: | BGSF | ||
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Start: | 05/01/17 10:16 Z | Finish: | 05/01/17 18:42 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 | |
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Flight Hours Approved in SOFRS | 333.6 |
Total Used | 332 |
Total Remaining | 1.6 |
17P006 Flight Reports | ||||||
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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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Mission: Jakobshavn-Eqip-Store (priority: baseline)
This is a modified version of the 2011 Jakobshavn-Lake mission, whose main purpose is to extend the ICESat-1 grid begun with Jakobshavn 01 farther upstream. We also densify the ICESat grid over the Eqip Sermia catchment area north of Jakobshavn, and we refly the centerlines of Eqip Sermia, Kangilerngata Sermia, Sermeq Kujalleq and Store Glaciers. Finally we refly the Rink and Kangerdlugssup centerlines.
Weather in the southeast of Greenland remained very poor today, while the far south experienced scattered to broken clouds, some of it quite low. The west-central (Jakobshavn Basin) area also had some cloud cover, but these clouds were all several thousand feet above the surface, which we knew from this morning's satellite imagery because they were casting long and distinct shadows on the ice sheet surface. High winds along the west coast north of Ilullisat were a bigger problem, however, since we hoped to operate inside the glacier valleys there, and these valleys could experience moderate turbulence with such winds. The winds were forecast to diminish considerably during the afternoon, so we re-arranged this mission to work the inland lines first, and the coastal lines in the afternoon. In the event, we enjoyed a smooth ride on the inland lines, and mild to occasionally moderate turbulence in the coastal glacier valleys. We successfully obtained data over 100% of the planned lines.
All instruments performed normally today, with the exception of the increased coherent noise for snow radar we noted yesterday.
Data volumes:
Accumulation Radar: 1.4 Tb
ATM: 163 Gb
CAMBOT: 53 Gb
DMS: 111 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: 8.2 hrs