[Oracles-er2-investigators] [Oracles] P3 test flight #2 landed and successful
Jens Redemann
Jens.Redemann-1 at nasa.gov
Mon Aug 15 11:17:40 PDT 2016
Thanks for sharing, Brian. I assure you that I have never thought of
smoke as being bright green before :)
How soon after flights do you expect these quick-looks to be available
in Namibia?!
Thanks,
Jens
On 8/9/2016 6:31 PM, Cairns, Brian (GISS-6110) wrote:
> Jens,
> Since you like cloud bows and Rich showed me some really nice HSRL2
> data for this day, I attached an image from RSP on 7/28 over Monterey
> Bay when there was smoke above the clouds. The data and quick looks
> from RSP are at http://data.giss.nasa.gov/pub/rsp/ORACLES_2016/ The
> bright yellow at 18.90 UTC with a green polarized reflectance is thick
> smoke. The polarized reflectance is green because RGB is 2260, 865
> and 410. Smoke is Rayleigh like at 865 nm and very strongly
> polarizing, almost transparent at 2260 nm and reduces the polarized
> reflectance at 410 by masking molecular scattering. Hence, smoke is
> bright green :)
>
> Brian
>
>
>> On Aug 9, 2016, at 2:31 PM, Diner, David J (329J)
>> <david.j.diner at jpl.nasa.gov <mailto:david.j.diner at jpl.nasa.gov>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Jens,
>> The striping in some of the DOLP images is an artifact of the onboard
>> processor that generates these quicklooks. Typically as a flight
>> progresses the assumptions the processor makes about the photoelastic
>> modulator parameters become less accurate due to temperature drift.
>> This is to minimize the amount of real-time calculations. It is not
>> an issue for ground data processing, so the final images do not have
>> these artifacts.
>> Dave
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> David J. Diner
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>> 4800 Oak Grove Drive
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>> Phone (818) 354-6319
>>
>>
>> From: oracles-er2-investigators
>> <oracles-er2-investigators-bounces at espo.nasa.gov
>> <mailto:oracles-er2-investigators-bounces at espo.nasa.gov>> on behalf
>> of Jens Redemann <Jens.Redemann-1 at nasa.gov
>> <mailto:Jens.Redemann-1 at nasa.gov>>
>> Date: Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at 10:59 AM
>> To: "oracles-er2-investigators at espo.nasa.gov
>> <mailto:oracles-er2-investigators at espo.nasa.gov>"
>> <oracles-er2-investigators at espo.nasa.gov
>> <mailto:oracles-er2-investigators at espo.nasa.gov>>
>> Subject: Re: [Oracles-er2-investigators] [Oracles] P3 test flight #2
>> landed and successful
>>
>> Very neat. Thanks for sharing, Felix. Looks like all the ER-2
>> instrumenters are extremely proactive in sharing their quick-look
>> imagery, which I appreciate a lot. I really like the cloud bows in
>> the DOLP images. Incidentally, what causes the striping in some of
>> the DOLP images? If it is too technical, feel free to postpone
>> explanation until we are in Namibia.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Jens
>>
>> On 8/9/2016 10:43 AM, Seidel, Felix (398E) wrote:
>>> And here the AirMSPI overview from July 28 as mentioned in my
>>> pervious email.
>>>
>>> Felix
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Aug 9, 2016, at 10:41 AM, Felix Seidel
>>>> <felix.c.seidel.caprez at jpl.nasa.gov
>>>> <mailto:felix.c.seidel.caprez at jpl.nasa.gov>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Rich
>>>>
>>>> Technically, AirMSPI should be ready the next day for a science
>>>> flight, but we would prefer a day in the lab to check the
>>>> instrument and data after the long transit flight.
>>>>
>>>> Please find attached an overview of AirMSPI data acquired on Aug 3.
>>>> Shown are quicklooks of Level 0 (raw) data.
>>>> I will send the same overview, but for the test flight on July 28
>>>> in a separate email.
>>>>
>>>> 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 <mailto:Felix.Seidel at jpl.nasa.gov>
>>>>
>>>>> On Aug 9, 2016, at 9:49 AM, Ferrare, Richard A. (LARC-E304)
>>>>> <richard.a.ferrare at nasa.gov <mailto:richard.a.ferrare at nasa.gov>>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Jeff,
>>>>> Thanks for the information. Also, thanks for the images; I think
>>>>> this was an interesting flight.
>>>>> Please find attached a powerpoint that shows some of the HSRL-2
>>>>> data acquired during this flight. There was a nice range of
>>>>> aerosol loading and aerosol types observed. HSRL-2 also measured
>>>>> smoke properties from Soberanes fire.
>>>>> It would be interesting to combine the various datasets to
>>>>> investigate the aerosol and cloud properties.
>>>>> Rich
>>>>> *From:*Myers, Jeffrey S. (ARC-SG)[UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSN]
>>>>> *Sent:*Tuesday, August 09, 2016 11:44 AM
>>>>> *To:*Ferrare, Richard A. (LARC-E304) <richard.a.ferrare at nasa.gov
>>>>> <mailto:richard.a.ferrare at nasa.gov>>;oracles-er2-investigators at espo.nasa.gov
>>>>> <mailto:oracles-er2-investigators at espo.nasa.gov>
>>>>> *Cc:*REDEMANN, JENS (ARC-SGG) <jens.redemann-1 at nasa.gov
>>>>> <mailto:jens.redemann-1 at nasa.gov>>
>>>>> *Subject:*RE: [Oracles-er2-investigators] [Oracles] P3 test flight
>>>>> #2 landed and successful
>>>>> EMAS may take two or even three full days after arrival to be
>>>>> ready for flight. It will all depend on the status of the vacuum
>>>>> in the COB (Cold Optical Bench.) We have never done three
>>>>> consecutive long flights without pumping before, so the vacuum
>>>>> will have to re-established, and then it takes about 8 hours to
>>>>> get back to operating temperature (~77K.)
>>>>> FYI, Attached is an EMAS image pair from the last test flight,
>>>>> over the Soberanes fire (Natural color & SWIT/LWIR composites.)
>>>>> -Jeff
>>>>> *From:*oracles-er2-investigators
>>>>> [mailto:oracles-er2-investigators-bounces at espo.nasa.gov]*On Behalf
>>>>> Of*Ferrare, Richard A. (LARC-E304)
>>>>> *Sent:*Tuesday, August 09, 2016 6:21 AM
>>>>> *To:*oracles-er2-investigators at espo.nasa.gov
>>>>> <mailto:oracles-er2-investigators at espo.nasa.gov>
>>>>> *Subject:*Re: [Oracles-er2-investigators] [Oracles] P3 test flight
>>>>> #2 landed and successful
>>>>> ER-2 instrument folks,
>>>>> It would also be helpful to know how soon after the ER-2 arrives
>>>>> in Namibia would your instrument be ready for a science flight
>>>>> (next day, two days, etc.?) and if there any special conditions
>>>>> that need to be met for this to happen.
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Rich
>>>>> *From:*Oracles [mailto:oracles-bounces at espo.nasa.gov]*On Behalf
>>>>> Of*Jens Redemann
>>>>> *Sent:*Monday, August 08, 2016 5:16 PM
>>>>> *To:*LeBlanc, Samuel (ARC-SGG)[Bay Area Environmental Research
>>>>> Institute] <samuel.leblanc at nasa.gov
>>>>> <mailto:samuel.leblanc at nasa.gov>>;oracles at espo.nasa.gov
>>>>> <mailto:oracles at espo.nasa.gov>
>>>>> *Subject:*Re: [Oracles] P3 test flight #2 landed and successful
>>>>>
>>>>> That's terrific. Thanks, Sam.
>>>>>
>>>>> ER-2 instrumenters,
>>>>>
>>>>> if you could update your instrument status in the appropriate tab
>>>>> of the google doc linked below, I would greatly appreciate it.
>>>>> This will help our team communication tremendously, I believe.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks in advance for your efforts to keep this information up to
>>>>> date,
>>>>>
>>>>> Jens
>>>>>
>>>>> On 8/6/2016 2:20 PM, LeBlanc, Samuel (ARC-SGG)[Bay Area
>>>>> Environmental Research Institute] wrote:
>>>>>> Jens, other instrumenters,
>>>>>> I went ahead and changed the spreadsheet to include a tab for the
>>>>>> ER2 and a separate tab to split out the status of the cloud
>>>>>> probes and the HiGEAR instrument suites. Please find below a link
>>>>>> that will allow you to edit the document.
>>>>>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1N5cQvTC_OGmbqBcIYCzDBJL1tN9S1lyxQKWppVhVLmo/edit?usp=sharing
>>>>>> Thank you.
>>>>>> Samuel
>>>>>> :)
>>>>>> *From:*Oracles [mailto:oracles-bounces at espo.nasa.gov]*On Behalf
>>>>>> Of*Jens Redemann
>>>>>> *Sent:*Friday, August 05, 2016 18:47
>>>>>> *To:*oracles at espo.nasa.gov <mailto:oracles at espo.nasa.gov>
>>>>>> *Subject:*Re: [Oracles] P3 test flight #2 landed and successful
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks so much, Sam.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Congratulations to the P-3 crew and instrumenters on a job very
>>>>>> well done. There were some significant hurdles and you cleared
>>>>>> them beautifully. I absolutely love the instrument status tab on
>>>>>> the google docs spreadsheet. That will likely be the way we will
>>>>>> move forward with instrument status summaries. Would it be OK, if
>>>>>> we added a tab for the ER-2 instrument status as well and renamed
>>>>>> the doc ORACLES aircraft summaries or something like it? Or
>>>>>> should we start a separate google doc for that?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks again to all involved with the P-3 for getting us to this
>>>>>> point.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jens
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 8/5/2016 2:30 PM, LeBlanc, Samuel (ARC-SGG)[Bay Area
>>>>>> Environmental Research Institute] wrote:
>>>>>>> Hello all,
>>>>>>> We have just landed from the 2^nd P3 test flight. It went well;
>>>>>>> we got almost all objectives. The clear air was less clear than
>>>>>>> hoped and forecasted, but there was some useable periods. The
>>>>>>> cloudy portion near Wallops was less cloudy than hoped, but
>>>>>>> still got some good short cloud penetrations with some small
>>>>>>> droplets. We did get low flying over ocean, with a couple of
>>>>>>> ship plume interceptions. Almost all instruments worked well
>>>>>>> including PDI, CCN did not, neither did CAPS from the cloud
>>>>>>> probes, and TDMA from the HiGEAR rack. HiGEAR did find more
>>>>>>> leaks than they had hoped.
>>>>>>> A summary from the flight can be found here:
>>>>>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/11oCbUDLEET5EuWoEpLywl9OBosLJzZpkC4opo-8hyeY/edit?usp=sharing
>>>>>>> A summary of the status of the instruments can be found here:
>>>>>>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1N5cQvTC_OGmbqBcIYCzDBJL1tN9S1lyxQKWppVhVLmo/edit?usp=sharing
>>>>>>> Thank you.
>>>>>>> Samuel
>>>>>>> :)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>> Physical Research Scientist, Principal Investigator ORACLES
>>>>>>
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