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C-130 MISSION SUMMARIES
FLIGHT
NO.
DEPARTURE (UTC)
ARRIVAL (UTC)
HRS
MISSION
SCIENTIST
REMARKS
DATE
TIME
SITE
DATE
TIME
SITE
TF01 06/26/01 1530 BJC 06/26/01 1730 BJC 2:00 Bjorn Stevens
  • First test flight from Broomfield.
TF02 06/29/01 1718 BJC 06/29/01 1951 BJC 2:33 Don Lenschow
  • Second test flight from Broomfield.
FF01 07/05/01 1708 BJC 07/05/01 2002 NZY 2:54 Don Lenschow
  • Ferry flight to North Island.
TF03 07/07/01 1906 NZY 07/07/01 2157 NZY 2:51 Don Lenschow
  • First test flight from North Island Naval Air Station.
RF01 07/10/01 0628 NZY 07/10/01 1518 NZY 8:50 Don Lenschow
  • very homogeneous
  • excellent entrainment case study
RF02 07/11/01 0650 NZY 07/11/01 1544 NZY 8:54 Don Lenschow
  • drizzling profusely
  • very large radar echos reached the surface during the entire flight
  • evidence of mesoscale variability
RF03 07/13/01 0635 NZY 07/13/01 1434 NZY 7:59 Stevens/Lenschow
  • steady and homogeneous
  • moderate drizzle throughout
  • shallower PBL, stronger winds
  • in someways intermediate between RF02 and RF01
RF04 07/17/01 0632 NZY 07/17/01 1529 NZY 8:57 Lenschow/Stevens
  • much deeper layer with deep clouds
  • modest drizzle
  • very large liquid water contents in a high drop concentration environment
  • relatively moist free-troposphere
  • somewhat weaker temperature inversion
RF05 07/18/01 0629 NZY 07/18/01 1420 NZY 7:51 Chris Bretherton
  • Fairly homogeneous, thinner stratocumulus
  • Little drizzle
  • Substantial above-cloud moisture and ozone variability.
  • Intermediate between RF01 and RF04
RF06 07/20/01 0612 NZY 07/20/01 1509 NZY 8:57 Gabor Vali
  • drizzle in widespread area
  • first half of flight overview of evolution of drizzle patch
  • second half of flight focused on the change from more intense drizzle to no drizzle
RF07 07/24/01 0634 NZY 07/24/01 1540 SAN 9:06 Stevens/Savic-Jovcic
  • deep clouds with prevalent drizzle
  • lots of structure
  • excellent drizzle-entrainment case study
RF08 07/25/01 2009 SAN 07/26/01 0516 NZY 9:07 Lenschow/Stevens
  • uniform cloud tops
  • considerable drizzle, fairly uniform, but more in NE than SW
  • early in flight, clouds were more cellular
  • later, cloud layer became more uniform
RF09 07/27/01 1900 NZY 07/28/01 0342 NZY 8:42 Gabor Vali
  • uniform cloud field
  • very little drizzle (least of any case?)
  • high aerosol concentrations
  • comparisons with RF06 and RF08 will be useful
RF10 07/28/01 1956 NZY 07/28/01 2303 NZY 3:07 Blomquist/Lenschow
  • First CO2 test flight.
FF02 07/30/01 1737 NZY 07/30/01 2236 BJC 4:59 Blomquist/Lenschow
  • Ferry flight to Broomfield.
  • Second CO2 test flight.


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