ORACLES

ORACLES 08/30/16 Mission Daily Schedule
All times will be in Namibian time (GMT+1) unless noted.
Tuesday, Aug. 30
P-3 flight Day (RF - Routine Flight #1)
P-3 access: 6am to 2hrs after landing
P-3 Take-off 8am
ER-2 access: 8am to 4pm
Forecast/flight planning meeting: 8am
[All meetings at Swakopmund Hotel, Spitzkoppe 1]
Shuttle schedule:
Hotel to airport:
4:45 am - LEAVING ON THE DOT  
Every hour, on the hour, 7am to 11am 
Airport to Hotel: 
ORACLES 08/28/16 Mission Daily Schedule
The P-3 is planned to arrive this evening at 5 pm
 
All times will be in Namibian time (GMT+1) unless noted
 
Sunday Aug 28
- 8 am - All-hands and pilot orientation meeting -Swakopmund Hotel Spitzkoppe 1 meeting room.
- 10:15 am - 5 pm Aircraft Access both aircraft
- 3 pm Forecast/planning meeting - Swakopmund Hotel Spitzkoppe 1 meeting room.>
 
Shuttle
- 9:30 am from hotel
- 10:30 am from hotel
- 11:30 am from airport
ORACLES 08/26/16 Mission Daily Schedule
All times will be in Namibian time (GMT+1) unless noted
 
Friday Aug 26
- ER-2 take-off 0500 (local)
- 730 am Shuttle leaving Swakopmund
- 1030 am shuttle leaving Airport
- 230 pm (aprox) shuttle leaving Airport
- ESPO meeting arrivals
- 3 pm Forecast/planning meeting
- ER-2 landing ETA 5 pm
NOTE today is a national holiday in Namibia and several state officials will be in town along with lots of vacationers.
ORACLES (ObseRvations of Aerosols above CLouds and their intEractionS)

Southern Africa produces almost a third of the Earth’s biomass burning (BB) aerosol particles, yet the fate of these particles and their influence on regional and global climate is poorly understood. ORACLES (ObseRvations of Aerosols above CLouds and their intEractionS) is a five year investigation with three Intensive Observation Periods (IOP) designed to study key processes that determine the climate impacts of African BB aerosols. Particles lofted into the mid-troposphere are transported westward over the SE Atlantic, home to one of the three permanent subtropical Stratocumulus

ORACLES 08/01/16 Mission Daily Schedule
P-3 Schedule

Tuesday, August 2

0700-0930 – Preparation for Project Test Flight #1.  I will be collecting all safety briefing forms and preparing a flight manifest.  Samuel, could you please gather all names for the PI teams that will be flying tomorrow and submit for manifest.   
0930- Doors close on P-3 for flight, Captains briefing
1000- Wheels up
1000 – 1200 (TBD) Test Flight # 1
TBD – TBD + 1 hour – Power down
+1 hour - + 1:30 – Post Flight debrief

Any changes will be distributed ASAP.

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