DCOTSS
Chang, K., et al. (2021), Convective Forcing of the North American Monsoon Anticyclone at Intraseasonal and Interannual Time Scales, J. Atmos. Sci., 78, 2941-2956, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-21-0009.1.
Mid day update
Friday 8-20-2021 No hard down day, instrument access, aircraft work, science meeting at 1400
Saturday 8-21-2021 Hard Down Day
Sunday 8-22-2021 Transit prep day
Monday 8-23-2021 ER-2 Transit to AFRC
The shipping and the de-integration timeline does not change.
As soon as is possible start packing your equipment and stage it on the hangar floor.
8-27-2021 Truck loading and transit to Palmdale
8-30-2021 Start of de-integration in Palmdale (end Friday 9-3-2021)
Flight Day RF11
0400 Instruments hands on
0500 Flight Brief
0600 Instrument hands off
0800 Take off (~6.5h flight)
Looking Ahead
These are all tentative
08-20-21 Hard Down
08-21-21 Instrument Day
08-22-21 Flight Day (RF12)
Tuesday the ER-2 (DCOTSS) and the WB-57 (ACCLIP) had a coordinated flight.
Instrument Access Day
0700 Hangar Access
0800 – 1600 ER-2 Crew Support
0800 FFP Brief
0930 All-hands
Looking Ahead
These are all tentative
08-19-21 Flight Day (RF11) opportunity
08-20-21 Hard Down
08-21-21 Instrument Day
08-22-21 Flight Day (RF12)
RF10 Flight Day
0500 FFP meeting
0600 Crew show / Hands On
0700 Crew brief
0800 Hands-off
1000 Take-off
1700 Landing (Approximate)
1900 Ground crew end crew duty day
Looking Ahead
08-20-21 Next science flight opportunity
No flight/Instrument access day
0700 Hangar/Lab access
0800-1600 ER-2 support
0800 FFP meeting
Looking Ahead
08-17-21 Science Flight Opportunity (or 08-18-21)
08-20-21 Science Flight Opportunity (could be only one instrument day between flights)
Hard Down Day
0800 Hangar/lab open
1000 FFP meeting
Looking ahead
08-16-21 Instrument access day with ER-2 support
08-17-21 Science Flight Opportunity
If you are beginning to think about shipping your equipment from Palmdale to home, and have questions, email sommer.nicholas@nasa.gov . Quincy Allison and Michael Schroeder will be in Palmdale.
