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Mission Summary for Dec 04, 2003
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Today's ER-2 flight was an AIRS-II "icing" mission over Mirabel.
The UND Citation took a well-needed "down day." The ER-2 flight
duration was from 9:30 AM - 1:30 PM (local), and no instrument
failures were reported. The pilot reported some clouds over land,
clear over water, and clear over the flight lines flown at
Mirabel (similar to the "9A flight profile"). The clear air over
the target was not desirable for the mission science focus, i.e.
icing conditions; however, the data set should at least provide a
"null case" observed with the same instrument systems for
comparison with other flight cases with significant cloud/icing
conditions over the ground site. Additionally, the ER-2
pilot reported 4 time periods of turbulence (i.e., 1503-1506,
1511-1517, 1602-1604, 1654-1656, all GMT) during today's flight,
which will make the in-situ O3, among other measurements, of
particular interest during these times.
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GOES-12 vis image (03 Dec 04 16:32 Z) showing NASA ER-2 flight track
infrared image.
- NASA ER-2 Flight Track overlayed on GOES-12 satellite
- GOES-12 Derived Cloud Products from NASA Langley (Pat Minnis's group).
- Aircraft Navigation Data:
- NASA ER-2 (flight 04-6021)
