20Sep2010 14Z Daily GRIP Telecon
20 Sep 2010
GRIP (FLL-JSC-DFRC) 14Z Daily Telecon / Webinar
Participants
FLL Team – Marilyn Vasques, Ed Zipser, Gerry Heymsfield, Cerese Albers, Michele Garrett, Matt He, Instrument and Forecast teams
Telecon
Bjorn Lambrigtsen, Rich Blakeslee, Michael Goodman, Scott Braun, Bud Meins, Tim Miller
Global Hawk Report
· Aircraft – green
o No fly day
o NCAR Droposonde team to arrive today
o ATC Radio is repaired
· Droposonde – red
o Dropsonde went into vibration this morning.
o Tuesday will be dropsonde ramp test and tech brief.
o Wednesday will be the possible dropsonde test flights.
o Thursday will be possible pre-flight.
o Re-fly of Low Altitude test flight and high altitude flights in one day. Must be a weekday and have a chase plane.
· HAMSR – green
· LIP - green
· HIWRAP – yellow
o Some noise in 2-channels in the Ka band
o Analyzing data
WB-57 Report
· Aircraft - green
· HIRAD – green
o HIRAD removed from NASA926– but this is standard procedure since no targets in range. N926 to be used this week for pilot procedure
o Crew ready to meet in Tampa. Just looking for a storm to fly.
o WB-57 approved to extend flights until at least 30September
o Science team headed back to HSV waiting for storms to approach
· NAST-I still delayed – probably will not take part.
DC8 Report
· Aircraft– green
o Today DC8 goes to STX. Takeoff at 16Z. Ready for full science flight Tues. & Wed. returning to FLL on Wed. Planned takeoff from STX Tues. & Wed. at 16Z. This will end the GRIP Mission with the DC8.
o West of Barbados around W62.
· LASE – green
· LARGE – green
· APR2 – green
· DAWN – green
· Microphysics – green
o CSI cannot fly for the duration of GRIP
· MMS – green
· Dropsonde – green
Science
· Work has begun on preparation of charts for NASA HQ briefing.
· Need platform scientist reports for GH
· This week consider flying intense localized systems – non-tropical cyclone but good convective events. Test the GH in these convective systems with lightning
· Tuesday is the last possible day to suitcase to STX
· Not considering flying a one-shot into a single storm
· Thursday-Friday would be the last two flight days if a storm is flyable. This decision would be made on Wednesday
· DC8 in Atlantic: If no Genesis or Rapid Intensification then look for Dust – possibly a 4-5 hr mission to satisfy LASE, LARGE and DAWN
· GH extension for LIP, HAMSR, HIWRAP? - If nothing on the horizon on 24Sep then these instruments may end their participation in the experiment
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