13Sep2010 14Z Daily GRIP Telecon - Paul Meyer
13Sep 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, Chris Ruf, Robbie Hood, Greg McFarquhar, Rich Blakeslee.
Global Hawk Report
· Aircraft – green
o Aircraft completed mission to PGI44L to fly in coordination with DC8, G-IV, NOAA-43.
o Coordination difficult, but able to fly two legs with DC8 and one with NOAA-43.
o Need 36 hour turnaround time before it can fly again from 4:30 am local time Monday 9/13.
o Waiting for dropsonde low & high altitude drop test no earlier than Friday 9/17/10.
o Consider a Thursday flight to PGI44L in the Bay of Campeche.
o Nadir camera working well, with heater installed.
o Lost KU band communications in the Caribbean on 9/12 flight.
§ Failure of an oscillator on the ground station.
§ Repairs to be worked today.
· Droposonde – red
oRe-fly of Low Altitude test flight and high altitude flights in one day. Mustbe a weekday and have a chase plane.
oPursuing quick and longer-term fixes, availability later this week is uncertain. So, go ahead with any science opportunities.
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 Will not deploy to Tampa, plan to fly PGI44L from Houston.
o Will do fairly simple butterfly pattern, takeoff 12 CDT. 6.5 hour total flight, 2.5 hr ferry, 1.5 hr on-station.
o As approaches Yucatan Peninsula and if storm develops can do more science from Houston.
o Possible deployment to Tampa on Friday to fly Igor Saturday, 18 or Sunday 19.
o Need 72-hour notice to fly over Cuba utilizing commercial air space.
· HIRAD - green
o Will do sky calibration 9/12.
o Procedures finished this morning, looking at the data.
o Ready to fly by Monday.
· NAST-I still delayed – may make it for last week of mission.
DC8 Report
· Aircraft– green.
o On schedule for takeoff at 18:30Z to fly to PGI44L.
o On alert for Tuesday.
o No fly on Wednesday, possible flight Thursday.
o Need 72-hour notice to over fly Cuba utilizing commercial airspace.
· LASE – green.
· LARGE – green.
· APR2 – green.
· DAWN – green.
· Microphysics – green
o PIP
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
Monday 9/13 flight 18:30Z to PGI44L (Caribbean disturbance)
Work has begun on preparation of charts for NASA HQ briefing.
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