EPIC Daily Operations Summary

Date of report(UTC): 2001/09/07 17:22
Author of report: Gus Emmanuel
Submitted at: 20010909:17:40

C-130 transect flight with P-3 following along a track about 35km west of 95W. NOTES: The funds for payment of the Customs tax arrives in Mexican Bank. We are told by the UNAM Customs Broker that both Mexican and US banking authorities decided to investigate the authenticity of the transfer. By the time they were satisfied of the transfer's authenticity it was too late for Customs to release the expendibles. So, now we wait until Monday morning for the release and, hopefully, arrival in Huatulco late on Monday.

MISSION PLANS:

PRIMARY MISSION:

Transect flight for the C-130; P-3 to follow along a track 35km west of 95W

SECONDARY MISSION:

TAKE OFF / LANDING TIMES:

Plane	Take-off Times(UTC)	Landing Times(UTC)
NSF C-130	8:30 AM Local	5 PM Local
NOAA P-3	9 AM Local	4:30 PM Local

Pre-flight briefing times(UTC):

Update times(UTC):

AIRBORNE MISSION SCIENTIST NAMES:

NSF C-130 : Nick Bond

NOAA P-3 : Dave Raymond

SHIP OPERATIONS:

Ron Brown under way; New Horizon on schedule

OTHER SPECIAL OPERATIONS:

San Cristobal team launching 0000UTC radiosondes daily
No GTS transmission at this time