[Oracles-er2-investigators] ER-2 test flight

[Patrick Chuang]

Rich et al.,

We had a data system malfunction during today's flight. We won't know if
we're a go/no go for tomorrow until after we can get the problem diagnosed
and fixed. Will keep you updated.

Patrick

On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 11:36 AM, Ferrare, Richard A. (LARC-E304) <
richard.a.ferrare at nasa.gov> wrote:

> Hi Armin and Patrick,
>
>
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> The ER-2 test flight is now planned for tomorrow (Tuesday). Takeoff at
> 0900 PDT for a 4.25 hour flight according to the plans I sent earlier.
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> What are your plans? Can you coordinate along the over-ocean track (points
> 21-23) in the plan I sent earlier?
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> Thanks,
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>
>
> Rich
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>
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> *From:* Ferrare, Richard A. (LARC-E304)
> *Sent:* Sunday, July 31, 2016 5:17 PM
> *To:* 'Sorooshian, Armin - (armin)' <armin at email.arizona.edu>; Patrick
> Chuang <pchuang at ucsc.edu>
> *Cc:* James Campbell <james.campbell at nrlmry.navy.mil>; Hyer, Dr. Edward <
> Edward.Hyer at nrlmry.navy.mil>; Jeffrey S. Reid <
> jeffrey.reid at nrlmry.navy.mil>; Crosbie, Ewan C. (LARC-E303)[UNIVERSITIES
> SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION] <ewan.c.crosbie at nasa.gov>; Williams, Timothy
> L. (AFRC-OF) <timothy.l.williams at nasa.gov>; Dominguez, Roseanne T.
> (ARC-SG)[UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSN] <roseanne.dominguez at nasa.gov>;
> Myers, Jeffrey S. (ARC-SG)[UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSN] <
> jeffrey.s.myers at nasa.gov>; Thome, Kurtis J. (GSFC-6180) <
> kurtis.thome at nasa.gov>; Platnick, Steven E. (GSFC-6100) <
> steven.e.platnick at nasa.gov>; Brian Cairns <cairnbrian at gmail.com>;
> oracles-er2-investigators at espo.nasa.gov; Nelson, James G. (AFRC-OF)[i3] <
> james.g.nelson at nasa.gov>; Broce, Donald Stuart. (AFRC-OF)[i3] <
> donald.s.broce at nasa.gov>; Norlin, Ken A. (AFRC-PS) <ken.a.norlin at nasa.gov>;
> Kapitzke, Mike S. (AFRC-OE) <mike.s.kapitzke at nasa.gov>; Hobbs, Brian L.
> (AFRC-PS) <brian.l.hobbs at nasa.gov>; Burton, Sharon P. (LARC-E304) <
> sharon.p.burton at nasa.gov>; LeBlanc, Samuel (ARC-SGG)[Bay Area
> Environmental Research Institute] <samuel.leblanc at nasa.gov>; REDEMANN,
> JENS (ARC-SGG) <jens.redemann-1 at nasa.gov>; Neeley, Howard {Dean}
> (AFRC-OF) <howard.d.neeley at nasa.gov>; Pfister, Leonhard (ARC-SGG) <
> leonhard.pfister at nasa.gov>; Cook, Anthony L. (LARC-D319) <
> anthony.l.cook at nasa.gov>; Harper, David B. (LARC-D211) <
> david.b.harper at nasa.gov>; Mccubbin, Ian B (JPL-382B)[Jet Propulsion
> Laboratory] <ian.b.mccubbin at jpl.nasa.gov>; Stavros, Natasha
> (JPL-398H)[Jet Propulsion Laboratory] <natasha.stavros at jpl.nasa.gov>;
> Janice Coen <janicec at ucar.edu>; Schimel, David S (JPL-329G)[Jet
> Propulsion Laboratory] <david.schimel at jpl.nasa.gov>; Seidel, Felix
> (JPL-398E)[JPL] <felix.c.seidel.caprez at jpl.nasa.gov>
> *Subject:* RE: ER-2 test flight
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> Hi Armin,
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>
> Thanks for the update on your plans. We’ll have to keep in touch before
> our respective flights and see what the prospects are for the flights.
>
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> There was a small update to the ER-2 plan.  The leg over the water was
> adjusted to better match the desired orientation for the polarimeters. The
> attachments show this revised plan.
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>
>
> Rich
>
>
>
> *From:* Sorooshian, Armin - (armin) [mailto:armin at email.arizona.edu
> <armin at email.arizona.edu>]
> *Sent:* Sunday, July 31, 2016 1:55 PM
> *To:* Seidel, Felix (JPL-398E)[JPL] <felix.c.seidel.caprez at jpl.nasa.gov>;
> Ferrare, Richard A. (LARC-E304) <richard.a.ferrare at nasa.gov>; Patrick
> Chuang <pchuang at ucsc.edu>
> *Cc:* James Campbell <james.campbell at nrlmry.navy.mil>; Hyer, Dr. Edward <
> Edward.Hyer at nrlmry.navy.mil>; Jeffrey S. Reid <
> jeffrey.reid at nrlmry.navy.mil>; Crosbie, Ewan C. (LARC-E303)[UNIVERSITIES
> SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION] <ewan.c.crosbie at nasa.gov>; Williams, Timothy
> L. (AFRC-OF) <timothy.l.williams at nasa.gov>; Dominguez, Roseanne T.
> (ARC-SG)[UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSN] <roseanne.dominguez at nasa.gov>;
> Myers, Jeffrey S. (ARC-SG)[UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSN] <
> jeffrey.s.myers at nasa.gov>; Thome, Kurtis J. (GSFC-6180) <
> kurtis.thome at nasa.gov>; Platnick, Steven E. (GSFC-6100) <
> steven.e.platnick at nasa.gov>; Brian Cairns <cairnbrian at gmail.com>;
> oracles-er2-investigators at espo.nasa.gov; Nelson, James G. (AFRC-OF)[i3] <
> james.g.nelson at nasa.gov>; Broce, Donald Stuart. (AFRC-OF)[i3] <
> donald.s.broce at nasa.gov>; Norlin, Ken A. (AFRC-PS) <ken.a.norlin at nasa.gov>;
> Kapitzke, Mike S. (AFRC-OE) <mike.s.kapitzke at nasa.gov>; Hobbs, Brian L.
> (AFRC-PS) <brian.l.hobbs at nasa.gov>; Burton, Sharon P. (LARC-E304) <
> sharon.p.burton at nasa.gov>; LeBlanc, Samuel (ARC-SGG)[Bay Area
> Environmental Research Institute] <samuel.leblanc at nasa.gov>; REDEMANN,
> JENS (ARC-SGG) <jens.redemann-1 at nasa.gov>; Neeley, Howard {Dean}
> (AFRC-OF) <howard.d.neeley at nasa.gov>; Pfister, Leonhard (ARC-SGG) <
> leonhard.pfister at nasa.gov>; Cook, Anthony L. (LARC-D319) <
> anthony.l.cook at nasa.gov>; Harper, David B. (LARC-D211) <
> david.b.harper at nasa.gov>; Mccubbin, Ian B (JPL-382B)[Jet Propulsion
> Laboratory] <ian.b.mccubbin at jpl.nasa.gov>; Stavros, Natasha
> (JPL-398H)[Jet Propulsion Laboratory] <natasha.stavros at jpl.nasa.gov>;
> Janice Coen <janicec at ucar.edu>; Schimel, David S (JPL-329G)[Jet
> Propulsion Laboratory] <david.schimel at jpl.nasa.gov>
> *Subject:* RE: ER-2 test flight
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>
>
> Hi Everyone,
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>
> I am cc’ing Patrick Chuang (UC-Santa Cruz) who is working on CIRPAS Twin
> Otter flights with me. We plan to fly each of the next 5 weekdays assuming
> there are clouds off the CA coast. A few notes about what we are doing:
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>
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> -Our specific plans are determined the evening before a flight day or the
> morning of a flight day as we are seeking very specific features that are
> hard to predict the day before a flight
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> -We are focusing on the region off the CA coast extending from Monterey up
> north towards Eureka
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> -We stay within ~250 km of the coastline
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> -We tend to take off mid-morning and are on station between late morning
> and mid-afternoon
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> -We are focused on cloud microphysical measurements near cloud top
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> We are happy to let you know as soon as we have firm flight plans with
> more specific details for Tuesday/Wednesday.
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> Best regards,
>
> Armin
>
>
>
> *From:* Seidel, Felix (398E) [mailto:Felix.C.Seidel.Caprez at jpl.nasa.gov
> <Felix.C.Seidel.Caprez at jpl.nasa.gov>]
> *Sent:* Friday, July 29, 2016 10:29 AM
> *To:* Richard Ferrare
> *Cc:* Sorooshian, Armin - (armin); James Campbell; Hyer, Dr. Edward;
> Jeffrey S. Reid; Crosbie, Ewan C. (LARC-E303)[UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH
> ASSOCIATION]; Tim Williams; Rose Dominguez; Jeffrey Myers; Thome, Kurtis J.
> (GSFC-6180); Platnick, Steven E. (GSFC-6100); Brian Cairns;
> oracles-er2-investigators at espo.nasa.gov; Greg Nelson; Broce, Donald
> Stuart. (AFRC-OF)[i3]; Ken Norlin; Kapitzke, Mike S. (AFRC-OE); Brian L.
> Hobbs; Burton, Sharon P. (LARC-E304); LeBlanc, Samuel (ARC-SGG)[Bay Area
> Environmental Research Institute]; Jens Redemann; Dean Neeley; Pfister,
> Leonhard (ARC-SGG); Cook, Anthony L. (LARC-D319); Harper, David B.
> (LARC-D211); Mccubbin, Ian B (382B); Stavros, Natasha (398H); Janice Coen;
> Schimel, David S (329G)
> *Subject:* Re: ER-2 test flight
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>
>
> Hi Rich, Armin
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>
>
> Caltech & JPL’s ImPACT-PM mission performed coordinated flights with the
> ER-2 and CIRPAS’s Twin Otter about two weeks ago. It went very well. Marko
> (CIRPAS pilot), Tim, Stu, and Greg (NASA ER-2 pilots) were involved. They
> are up to speed in case you want to do something similar next week. I can
> also offer my help, if you want.
>
>
>
> From an AirMSPI standpoint, we would be VERY excited to get cloud droplet
> size distribution data from CIRPAS sampled near the cloud top (within the
> cloud, but the sun should be still visible a little bit). This would give
> us unique validation data for AirMSPI cloud droplet size retrievals, which
> we currently developing for ORACLES. It would also be very useful for RSP
> and others, I’d guess.
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>
> PS: James, thanks for making the connection.
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>
>
> Thanks,
> Felix
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Felix C. Seidel Caprez
> Jet Propulsion Laboratory / California Institute of Technology
> 4800 Oak Grove Drive, MS 233-200
> Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
> Phone +1 818.393.6750, Cell +1 818.319.6337
> Felix.Seidel at jpl.nasa.gov
>
>
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> On Jul 29, 2016, at 9:02 AM, Ferrare, Richard A. (LARC-E304) <
> richard.a.ferrare at nasa.gov> wrote:
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> Hi Armin, James, et al.
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>
> We had a very good flight yesterday which obviously saw lots of smoke over
> Monterey and downwind.  We also did get some cloud measurements over
> Monterey Bay from HSRL-2 and the polarimeters. The HSRL2 also found some
> smoke over these clouds.
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>
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> Our next (and probably final) test flight will either be Tuesday or
> Wednesday, depending on instrument readiness.  The attached charts and
> files indicate the initial thoughts on this test flight. The pattern
> includes segments over land calibration and AERONET sites for instruments
> to check performance since this is a test flight.  The instruments also
> want to fly over the ocean (and clouds over ocean) so this pattern includes
> a segment over the ocean off of San Francisco. This particular over water
> leg is at a specific orientation to optimize polarimeter performance and
> avoid glint.
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> The area off the coast is outside the warning areas so hopefully the Twin
> Otter can fly here also.  The ER-2 pattern is limited in duration since we
> are trying to conserve hours for the ORACLES science flights from Namibia.
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> I have cc’ed the ORACLES ER-2 investigators so they are aware of this
> potential opportunity.
>
>
>
> Rich
>
>
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> *From:* Sorooshian, Armin - (armin) [mailto:armin at email.arizona.edu
> <armin at email.arizona.edu>]
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 28, 2016 1:54 PM
> *To:* Campbell, Dr. James <james.campbell at nrlmry.navy.mil>; Ferrare,
> Richard A. (LARC-E304) <richard.a.ferrare at nasa.gov>
> *Cc:* Hyer, Dr. Edward <Edward.Hyer at nrlmry.navy.mil>
> *Subject:* RE: ER-2 test flight
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> Forgot to answer the last question…yes, we will be flying many more
> flights over the course of the next two weeks. Will most likely be doing a
> long leg tomorrow up the coast outside of the ADIZ towards the CA/OR border
> before returning back to Monterey. We will do sawtooth patterns from near
> surface below cloud bases up to a few hundred feet above tops and keep
> repeating that for many hours.
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>
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> *From:* Campbell, Dr. James [mailto:james.campbell at nrlmry.navy.mil
> <james.campbell at nrlmry.navy.mil>]
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 28, 2016 10:41 AM
> *To:* richard.a.ferrare at nasa.gov
> *Cc:* Sorooshian, Armin - (armin); Hyer, Dr. Edward
> *Subject:* FW: ER-2 test flight
>
>
>
> Rich,
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> Thanks for the heads up!  A colleague from Univ. Arizona, Armin
> Sorooshian, is conducting Twin Otter flights this week in/out of CIRPAS in
> Marina.  I recognize that aerosol/smoke are likely the primary focus of
> your observational strategy, but Armin is doing cloud chemical sampling
> within the marine layer.  I wonder if there may not be some means for
> collaboration between his in-situ measurements near cloud top and perhaps
> some of your retrievals (eMAS, HSRL-2, RSP, in particular).
>
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> Armin is cc’d….you watch, they’ll be in a down day today…LOL…I trust you
> guys are flying a few more days over the next week or so, though?  Armin?
>
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> best, jc
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> *James R. Campbell*
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