Next scheduled mission (ITCZ) is Sunday Sept 8
C-130 will "shadow" N43.
Galapagos Center has begun to submit reports and sounding products
| = up; | = provisional; | = down ; | = no report |
| Aircraft | |||||
| 1. | NSF C-130 (Remaining flight hrs: ~146) | Comment: | Scheduled take off 1430 UTC Sat Sept 9 | ||
| 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: ~89) | Comment: | Scheduled take-off 1430 UTC Sat Sept 9 | ||
| a. | Meteorology | Comment: | |||
| b. | Microphysics | Comment: | |||
| c. | Oceanography | Comment: | |||
| d. | Photography | Comment: | |||
| e. | Radiation | Comment: | |||
| Ship(s) | |||||
| 3. | Ron Brown | Comment: | Sailing on schedule | ||
| 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: | transmitting reports to field catalog | ||
| a. | Aerosondes | Comment: | Scheduled Operations begin mid Sept | ||
| b. | Soundings | Comment: | Daily 0000 UTC soundings- No transmission via GTS | ||
| c. | Operations center | Comment: | OK | ||
| Operations Center | |||||
| 6. | Runway Status | Comment: | |||
| 7. | Local Area Network | Comment: | |||
| Satellite Receiving Systems | |||||
| 8. | GOES | Comment: | GOES data ingest OK | ||
| 9. | NOAA POES | Comment: | OK | ||
| 10. | SeaWIFS | Comment: | OK | ||
| Other | |||||
| Logistics | Comment: | VAT taxes paid, expect release of sondes and ocean probes soon. | |||