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Preliminary Data from BAE146-301
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Summary of flights
Flight B051 B052 B053 B054
Date 14/09/2004 15/09/2004 17/09/2004 18/09/2004
Conditions clear sky frontal cirrus cirrus & clear
sky clear sky
Location SW over sea NW over sea North sea SW over sea
aborted
BAE-146
take off (UTC) 1059 0927 0900 1025
science start (UTC) 1142 1028 0947 1104
science end (UTC) 1530 1414 1054 1453
landing (UTC) 1622 1428 1223 1544
Satellite overpasses
AQUA AIRS1319
(suborbital)
1225 (swath edge), 1403
(swath edge)
aborted early 1254
AURA 1334 no aborted early 1309
ENVISAT AASTR 1120 no no 1054
NOAA17 AVHRR1233 (swath
edge)1028 (swath
edge), 1210no 1101
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BAE146-301 layout 1
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BAE146-301 layout 2
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BAE146 instrument status
Flight B051 B052 B053 B054Notes
Date 14/09/2004 15/09/2004 17/09/2004 18/09/2004
ARIES ok ok ok ok
MARSS ok # ok # ok # ok ## Channel 16 - intermittant problems. Calibration suspect at low level
SWS ok ok ok okNeeds calibration and characerisation work before analysis
TAFTS ok *first 30 mins
onlyno ok * lower shutter left on
Core Chem (O3, CO, Noxy, SO2)
ok ok ok ok
Sooty/Neph ok ok ok ok
FWVS ok & ok ok ok & & time lag in standard airflow
Cloud Physics:
SID1 ok ok ok ok
PCASP CH4-15 only CH4-15 only CH4-15 only CH4-15 only
FFSSP U/S U/S U/S U/S
2DC ok " ok " ok " ok " " some noise
2DP ok ~ ok ~ ok ~ ok ~ ~ noise at high level
Cloudscope U/S U/S U/S U/S
Dropsondes (# of) 6 4 0 14
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B051 – 14/09/04
A
B
C
Modis
11:32
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B051 Ozone profiles
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B051 Sea Surface Temperature (Heimann)
A B C
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B052 – 15/09/04
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Visible and IR satellite images during 1st AIRS overpass
VisibleIR
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Visible and IR satellite images during 2nd AIRS overpass
Visible
IR
AIRS 11.1um
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B052 Sea Surface Temperature (Heimann)
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B053 – 17/09/04 (aborted)
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B054 – 18/09/04
1
3
2
Modis
12:55
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B054 Ozone Profiles
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B054 Sea Surface Temperature (Heimann)
Pt 3Pt 1