11Sep2010 14Z Daily GRIP Telecon - Paul Meyer
11Sep 2010
GRIP (FLL-JSC-DFRC) 14Z Daily Telecon / Webinar
Participants
FLL Team–Bob Houze, Liz Ritchie, Marilyn Vasquez, Michele Garrett, Paul Meyer, Krishnamurti, Ed Zipser Mike Black, Instrument and Forecast teams
HSV – Michael Goodman, Matt He
Telecon
Bud Meins, Shelly Baccus, Bjorn Lambrigtsen, Gerry Heymsfield, Steve Durden, Michael Black, Chris Ruf, Robbie Hood, Greg McFarquhar, Rich Blakeslee.
Global Hawk Report
· Aircraft – green
o No fly Saturday
o Ready to fly on Sunday.
o Waiting for dropsonde low & high altitude drop test no earlier than Friday 9/17/10.
o Checking on a communication issue with plane.
o Flight plan is prepared.
o Gerry is checking on moving takeoff 1 hour earlier to better match DC8 flight.
· Droposonde – red
oRe-fly of Low Altitude test flight and high altitude flights in one day. Mustbe a weekday and have a chase plane.
oWill not be able to fly till Friday 9/17/10
· HAMSR – green.
· LIP - green
· HIWRAP – yellow
oSome noise in 2-channels in the Ka band
oAnalyzing data
WB-57 Report
· Aircraft - green
o Repairs have been made, canopy pump is functional, the aircraft is ready to fly.
o Overhaul parts are coming in for backup.
o Assess on Monday whether to forward deploy to Tampa: would fly to Tampa on Tuesday if decision is go.
o Need 72-hour notice to fly over Cuba utilizing commercial air space.
· HIRAD - green
o Media day had 10-12 outlets, with several one-on-one interviews with Shelley and Tim.
o Will do sky calibration 9/12.
o Ready to fly by Monday.
· NAST-I still delayed – may make it for last week of mission.
DC8 Report
· Aircraft– green.
o Hard down Saturday
o Preparing for Sunday flight, need to further coordinate take off times with Global Hawk.
o Need 72-hour notice to over fly Cuba utilizing commercial airspace.
· LASE – green.
· LARGE – green.
· APR2 – green.
· DAWN – yellow.
· Microphysics – green
o PIP - green
o CSI cannot fly for the duration of GRIP
· MMS – green.
· Dropsonde – green.
o 60 sondes have been promised from NOAA, they are shipping on Monday. Thank you NOAA!
Science
Sunday 9/12 flight 18Z to PGI44L (Caribbean disturbance)
Work has begun on preparation of charts for NASA HQ briefing.
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