Welcome to Sal Island. This is our first Plan of the Day (POD) for the CPEX-CV deployment. Please have a fun, safe and productive scientific deployment.
For the DC8 schedule and updates, please see the local (AFRC) announcements.
The local Sal Island schedule is as follows (all local times):
Wednesday, August 31
- Continue setting up the Operations Center
- No shuttle service
- See Hal, Vidal or Sam if you need to come to the airport.
Thursday, September 01
- Shuttle schedule
- 10:00 Hotel – Ops Center
- 10:30 Hotel – Ops Center
- 12:30 Hotel – Ops Center
- 16:00 Ops Center – Hotel
- 16:30 Ops Center – Hotel
- Bring lunch or walk to the terminal for lunch
- 13:00 Daily forecast briefing
- 13:30 Flight planning
Friday, September 02
- Shuttle schedule
- 10:00 Hotel – Ops Center
- 10:30 Hotel – Ops Center
- 12:30 Hotel – Ops Center
- 16:00 Ops Center – Hotel
- 16:30 Ops Center – Hotel
- Bring lunch or walk to the terminal for lunch
- 13:00 Daily forecast briefing
- 13:30 Flight planning
Saturday, September 03
- Shuttle schedule
- TBD
- ~19:00 DC-8 Arrives in Sal