Installation has started on the geosynchronous antenna for the satellite system. Pedestal was built late Wed night.
Polar orbiting antenna will be mounted tomorrow, and completion of the parabolic dish should also be completed.
Testing of software and workstation will follow promptly.
LAN will be installed and tested today.
Printers / faxphones soon after.
Main Telephone Ops Center (from US) 011 52 958 10140
Additional participants have begun arriving in HUX.
Thursday schedule for identification photo badges at the airport for first group of EPICians.
Aircraft clearances into Mexico have delayed their arrival until Sept 1.
| = up; | = provisional; | = down ; | = no report |
| Aircraft | |||||
| 1. | NSF C-130 (Remaining flight hrs: ) | Comment: | REScheduled arrival Sept 1 | ||
| a. | Aerosol | Comment: | |||
| b. | Chemistry | Comment: | |||
| c. | Meteorology | Comment: | |||
| d. | Microphysics | Comment: | |||
| e. | Oceanography | Comment: | |||
| f. | Photography | Comment: | |||
| g. | Radiation | Comment: | |||
| 2. | NOAA P-3 (Remaining flight hrs: ) | Comment: | RE-Scheduled arrival Sept 1 | ||
| a. | Meteorology | Comment: | |||
| b. | Microphysics | Comment: | |||
| c. | Oceanography | Comment: | |||
| d. | Photography | Comment: | |||
| e. | Radiation | Comment: | |||
| Ship(s) | |||||
| 3. | Ron Brown | Comment: | |||
| a. | Aerosol Measurements | Comment: | |||
| b. | Meteorological Measurements | Comment: | |||
| c. | Oceanographic Measurements | Comment: | |||
| d. | Radiation Measurements | Comment: | |||
| 4. | El Puma | Comment: | |||
| a. | Meteorological Measurements | Comment: | |||
| Surface Site(s) | |||||
| 5. | Galapagos | Comment: | Esbensen team en route- scheduled arrival Sept 1 | ||
| a. | Aerosondes | Comment: | Scheduled Operations begin mid Sept | ||
| b. | Soundings | Comment: | All equipment on site | ||
| c. | Operations center | Comment: | INAMHI team installing LAN | ||
| Operations Center | |||||
| 6. | Runway Status | Comment: | |||
| 7. | Local Area Network | Comment: | continued installation | ||
| Satellite Receiving Systems | |||||
| 8. | GOES | Comment: | Geosynchronous pedestal completed- Install proceeding | ||
| 9. | NOAA POES | Comment: | |||
| 10. | SeaWIFS | Comment: | |||
| Other | |||||
| Logistics | Comment: | Expendables under negotiation | |||