EPIC Daily Operations Summary
Date of report(UTC):
2001/09/10 19:16
Author of report:
Gus Emmanuel
Submitted at:
20010910:19:30
There are no flights planned for today. Also, there is a "hard down" for both aircraft for Tuesday.
The night-time flights originally planned for EPIC have been cancelled. All flights will be during daylight hours.
It was tentatively agreed that if there are flights on Wednesday then, [a] the P-3 will do an ITCZ flight with BTs only; [b] the C-130 will do a short probe test.
For Thursday, the P-3 will be down for a 50-hour inspection; the C-130 will do a flight along 95W with probes.
Note: If there is no flight for the P-3 on Wednesday, then the 50-hour inspection will be done on this day with Thursday possibly being a flight day.
MISSION PLANS:
- PRIMARY MISSION:
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- SECONDARY MISSION:
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TAKE OFF / LANDING TIMES:
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| Plane |
Take-off Times(UTC) |
Landing Times(UTC) |
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| NOAA P-3 |
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Pre-flight briefing times(UTC):
- Update times(UTC):
AIRBORNE MISSION SCIENTIST NAMES:
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NSF C-130 :
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NOAA P-3 :
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SHIP OPERATIONS:
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Ron Brown under way; New Horizon on schedule
- OTHER SPECIAL OPERATIONS:
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San Cristobal team launching 0000UTC radiosondes daily
No GTS transmission at this time