Mission Summary for Dec 02, 2003
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This mission was in support of ATReC and consisted of flying due south
of St. John's, releasing dropsondes from between 47 degrees North to
41.5 degrees North and flew from that point to Halifax, with continued
sonde releases. The Citation took off from St. John's at 1453Z and
dropped the first sonde at 1515Z. All drops were made from an altitude
of 27,000 ft. The southernmost point was reached at 1644Z, with the 8th
sonde of the mission being released at that point. The last sonde was
released on the way to Halifax at 1841Z with the release of sonde number
14 at N44.3 degrees, W61.5 degrees. The Citation landed in Halifax at
1913Z.
The second flight of the day consisted of a ferry flight back to St.
John's for another planned mission out of St. John's on the following
day. The Citation took off from Halifax at 2256Z and landed in St.
John's at 0032Z (on the 3rd of December, UTC).
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GOES-12 vis image (02 Dec 03 16:45 Z) showing NASA ER-2 and Univ ND Citation flight track

ER-2 tracks on
visible and
infrared image.
Citation tracks on
visible and
infrared image.
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- NASA ER-2 Flight Track overlayed on GOES-12 satellite
- JavaScript Loop:
Visible,  
Infrared
- Animated GIF Loop:
Visible, 
Infrared
- VIS image:
13:15, 
13:45, 
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- IR image:
13:15, 
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- UND Citation Flight Track overlayed on GOES-12 satellite
- JavaScript Loop:
Visible,  
Infrared
- Animated GIF Loop:
Visible, 
Infrared
- VIS image:
14:45, 
15:15, 
15:45, 
16:15, 
16:45, 
17:15, 
17:45, 
18:15 
- IR image:
14:45, 
15:15, 
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16:15, 
16:45, 
17:15, 
17:45, 
18:15 
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- Aircraft Navigation Data:
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