4Sep2010 14Z Daily GRIP Telecon - Paul Meyer

4Sep2010 14Z Daily GRIP Telecon - Paul Meyer

Global Hawk Report

• Aircraft – green 
  • Need XChat group #GHOPS Created for pilot / navigator. Paul / Michele action.
  • Communicate instructions to Dryden pilots / navigator.  Paul/Michele action.
  • Future flights: file a radius to work, for FAA coordination.
• Droposonde – red
  • Re-fly of Low Altitude test flight and high altitude flights in one day. Must be a weekday and have a chase plane.
  • A Wednesday 9/8 flight could jeopardize testing of dropsonde. Would have to be a Tuesday evening takeoff (6-7 pm PDT).
  • Possible solenoid issues
  • Need more resources to work on installation - at NCAR
  • Will not be able to fly till Friday 9/10/2010
  • Machining new parts in Boulder.

• HAMSR – green.
• LIP - green
• HIWRAP – yellow
  • Some noise in 2-channels in the Ka band

WB-57 Report

• Aircraft - red
  • May not be available until after 9/7/10
  • Made it back to Houston.
  • Awaiting repair of canopy seal pump
• HIRAD - green
  • Acquired 40 GB of data, hope to have quick look data available next week.
  • NAST-I still delayed – may make it for last week of mission.

DC8 Report

• Aircraft– green. 
• Hard Down day
• LASE – green.
• LARGE – green.
• APR2 – green.
  • Network problem may have been fixed that caused delays in the real-time display. No effect on the instrument or data.
• DAWN – yellow.  
  •  Finishing up maintenance tomorrow.
• Microphysics – green
  • PIP Probes calibrated yesterday and ready to go.
  • CSI cannot fly for the duration of GRIP
• MMS – green.
• Dropsonde – green. 
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Science

Quicklook data needs to be uploaded to the GRIP Dashboard at MSFC.

DC-8