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Gulfstream V - JSC 09/12/19
| From: | BGTL | To: | BGTL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start: | 09/12/19 10:52 Z | Finish: | 09/12/19 17:55 Z | ||
| Flight Time: | 7.1 hours | ||||
| Log Number: | 195004 | PI: | Joseph MacGregor | ||
| Funding Source: | Bruce Tagg - NASA - SMD - ESD Airborne Science Program | ||||
| Purpose of Flight: | Science | ||||
| Miles Flown: | 3100 miles | ||||
| 195004 | |
|---|---|
| Flight Hours Approved in SOFRS | 120 |
| Total Used | 83.8 |
| Total Remaining | 36.2 |
| 195004 Flight Reports | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Flt # | Purpose of Flight | Duration | Running Total | Hours Remaining | Miles Flown |
| 08/19/19 | GV-34 | Science | 3.8 | 3.8 | 116.2 | 1700 |
| 08/21/19 | GV-35 | Transit | 0.6 | 4.4 | 115.6 | 300 |
| 09/03/19 | GV-36 | Transit | 6.5 | 10.9 | 109.1 | 2800 |
| 09/04/19 | GV-37 | Science | 6.7 | 17.6 | 102.4 | 2900 |
| 09/05/19 | GV-38 | Science | 6.7 | 24.3 | 95.7 | 2900 |
| 09/06/19 | GV-39 | Science | 6.6 | 30.9 | 89.1 | 2900 |
| 09/07/19 | GV-40 | Science | 6.1 | 37 | 83 | 2700 |
| 09/09/19 | GV-41 | Science | 6.4 | 43.4 | 76.6 | 2800 |
| 09/10/19 | GV-42 | Science | 6.8 | 50.2 | 69.8 | 3000 |
| 09/11/19 | GV-43 | Science | 6.9 | 57.1 | 62.9 | 3000 |
| 09/12/19 | GV-44 | Science | 7.1 | 64.2 | 55.8 | 3100 |
| 09/13/19 | GV-45 | Science | 5.8 | 70 | 50 | 2500 |
| 09/14/19 | GV-46 | Science | 7.2 | 77.2 | 42.8 | 3100 |
| 09/15/19 | GV-47 | Transit | 6.6 | 83.8 | 36.2 | 2900 |
Flight Reports began being entered into this system as of 2012 flights. If there were flights flown under an earlier log number the flight reports are not available online.
OIB Summer 2019 - Gulfstream V - JSC 09/12/19 Science Report
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ATM
Narrow Swath ATM
FLIR
CAMBOT
Snow Radar
[/operational_instruments]
OUTLOOK FOR TOMORROW: Based on the forecasts this morning, there is a potential for a medium-priority sea ice mission, however we need to monitor the conditions in the Arctic Ocean throughout the day. Northeast Greenland is still out of the question for tomorrow due to low cloud coverage there from a low pressure system off of the coast.
Mission: K-EGIG-Summit
Priority: High
The K-EGIG-Summit high-priority land ice mission has been modified from its original version due to the fact that we are only basing out of Thule Greenland this campaign when normally this mission is flown from Kangerlussuaq Greenland. Flying this mission from Thule means we needed to remove the K-transect in the Russell glacier catchment and the EGIG traverse line which ESA’s CryoVex sampled in Spring 2019. We also needed to remove one ICESat-2 ground track: C0795. Unlike with other aircraft used by OIB, the G-V has the range for us to be able to fly important parts of this mission like 4 IS-2 ground tracks around Summit Station. This is of particular importance because at this highest elevation of the ice sheet elevation change, accumulation and melt are not occurring as fast as in other areas of the ice sheet, making it an idea location to validate the elevation accuracy of IS-2 with ATM and ground measurements undertaken by scientists at Summit along portions of these ground tracks.
Just like we saw this morning on the satellite imagery, the majority of our flight had clear skies, allowing for optimal data collection. We did encounter some low clouds just on the northern most part of our tracks near Summit station and a little haze. Also during this mission we passed by Summit station three times on different IS-2 ground tracks. Lots of snow dunes and sastrugi were present on the ice.
All Instruments preformed without any issues today. Nearly 100% data collection.
ICESat-2 RGT latencies (+/- indicates OIB surveyed after/before ICESat-2):
C0879 (+19)
C0437 (-43)
C0749 (+17)
C0246 (-31)
Data volumes collected during today’s mission, which consisted of 4.3 hours of data collection:
ATM: 71 Gb
CAMBOT: 87 Gb
FLIR: 9 Gb
Narrow Swath ATM: 96 Gb green
Narrow Swath ATM: 85 Gb IR
VNIR: 35 Gb
SWIR: 51 Gb
Snow Radar: 0.88 Tb
