25 Sept 2010 14Z Daily GRIP Telecon - Michael Goodman

25 Sept 2010 14Z Daily GRIP Telecon - Michael Goodman

Global Hawk Report

• Aircraft – green
  • HIWRAP and LIP to be removed – ending participation in GRIP
  • Saturday – No Fly
  • Sunday – Hard Down
• Droposonde – red
  • Dropsonde ground test possibly Monday or Tuesday
  • Low altitude test flight and high altitude flights in one day. Must be a weekday and have a chase plane.
  • Potential science flight with HAMSR when dropsondes become available.
• HAMSR – green
• LIP – GRIP participation has ended
• HIWRAP – GRIP participation has ended

WB-57 Report

• Aircraft – green
  • Will make decision on Sunday morning on whether to fly Monday and possibly Tuesday, 27-28 September
• HIRAD – green
• WB-57 approved to extend flights until at least 30 September

DC8 Report

• Aircraft– green
  • Transit home Saturday. Plane will leave FLL at 9 am local and land 1 pm local in Dryden.
• ESPO is packing up FLL
• LASE – green
• LARGE – green
• APR2 – green
• DAWN – green
• Microphysics – green
• MMS – green.
• Dropsonde – green

Science

• Need overdue platform scientist reports for all aircraft
• 14Z telecons to end – today was the last telecon
• Mission Scientists, Global Hawk and WB-57 platform scientist to telecon at 1545Z on 26-30Sept just prior to the interagency 16Z weather briefing