overview of integrated science goals, flight planning, and formation flying
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Overview of integrated science goals, flight planning, and formation flying. Brian Toon. Some challenges and opportunities in SEAC4RS. Large complex mission Diverse science goals Extended time period Large number of flights Complex operating area - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Overview of integrated science goals, flight planning, and formation flying
Brian Toon
Some challenges and opportunities in SEAC4RS
• Large complex mission• Diverse science goals• Extended time period• Large number of flights• Complex operating area• Need to involve large numbers of people in
decisions• Need to make timely decisions
Some solutions to challenges
• This is a team effort• We can achieve our goals by working together• The Leadership team is the focal point, and we
need clear lines of communication and decision making.
• We will need to do a lot of communication with the larger team
Calendar
Teams
Jensen
Ferrare
0 20 40 60
ER-2 Flight Scientists
Days
Pan
Crawford
0 20 40 60
GV Flight Scientists
Days
Singh
Dibb
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
DC-8 Flight Scientists
Days
Yokelson
Pan
Mace
Crawford
Jacob
Reid
Redemann
Starr
Luo
0 20 40 60
Conceptual Flight Planning
Days
Starr
Mace
Luo
Crawford
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
In-Flight Control
Days
YuSelkirk
RosenlofRay
PfisterHonomichiHomeyer
HeathFuelbergFreemanBresch
Bardeen
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Forecasting and flight planning
Days
forecastersfight plannersstudent helpers
Modeling supportPI Type of model
Daniel Jacob GEOS-Chem-nested global tropospheric chemistry
Arlindo da Silva GEOS-5-global tropospheric chemistry and aerosols
Paul Konopka Lagrangian modeling of anti-cyclone
Ed Hyer Fire emissions
Greg Charmichael Regional scale tropospheric chemistry
Jennifer Olsen Instrument consistency
Henry Fuelberg Transport to UTLS
Louisa Emmons NCAR model chemical forecasting
+ NRL, Local Met offices
Satellite data supportPI Type of model
Pat Minnis Real-Time Satellite data analyses
Chip Trepte Calipso
Jay Mace Cloud-Sat
Typical Flight Mission Day1 AM- forecasting team arrives and looks at current weather relative to forecast2 am-Project scientist arrives and decides if the current flight plans will work flight planners arrive -revised flight plans devised as needed.?? GV power on3 am ER-2 hands on.4 am ER-2 hands off4 am DC-8 power on 5 am Aircraft in-flight control group arrives and discusses new flight plans as needed.6 am -6:30 aircraft take off –ER-2, DC-8, GV what is correct order?6 am In-flight control group takes control of planes. Flight scientists communicate through this group. Forecasters and flight planners monitor actual weather, alter flight plans during the day. DC-8, GV, ER-2 teams discuss ideas with Flight scientists for next flight. Conceptual Flight planning team discusses ideas for next flight.Forecasting team looks at 2-day forecast 12-4 - preliminary flight plans for next flight are constructed.
12 noon-ER-2 returns to base1pm ER-2 pilot debriefing2 pm GV, DC-8 return to base.3 pm GV, DC-8 debriefing4pm instrument and flight status reports to everyone.
Typical Mission Day
Day 2. 9 am Forecasting team looks at forecast for next day 10 Am-All Hands Science team meeting-Forecast for tomorrow. Presentation of flight plan for next
day. Discussion of flight plan. Report by flight scientist from each flight team. Presentations of interesting new science results (note instrument descriptions banned, sale jobs banned. Only new and interesting results.) Logistics.
12 noon Flight plans designed. 4 pm? Final flight plans given to pilots. (Note at this point the forecasters only have 9 hours until
the next workday starts). Day 3. Repeat of Day 1. •
Extreme in-flight control
highly variable target-convection, very
flexible ATC