Mission Summary for Dec 11, 2003
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ER-2 and Citation flew an AIRS-II mission to Mirabel.
The Citation took off from Bangor at 1519Z, and arrived over Mirabel at
35,000 ft at 1614Z. A spiral descent over the "garage" site was initiated
at this time, encountering cloud top at 29,500 ft. The clouds at the high
elevations were composed of ice crystals. There were several layers of
cloud during the descent, but no liquid water was encountered until an
altitude of slightly more than 11,000 ft, where there were small patches
of relatively low (less than 0.2 g/m3). The sounding went down to 3,000
ft (T=+2.6C), where there were precipitation sized water drops. The
supercooled water was between about 11,000 and 8,000 ft. Horizontal
transects were made in 1,000 ft intervals parallel to runway 06/24
between these altitudes and a missed approach from 11,000 ft down to 250
ft. The citation then climbed to 29,000 ft to within an estimated 500 ft
of cloud top at 1838Z, The aircraft then landed in Montreal at 1858Z.
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GOES-12 vis image (11 Dec 2003 17:45 Z) showing NASA ER-2 and Univ ND Citation flight tracks
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:
16:30,
16:45,
17:15,
17:30,
17:45,
18:15,
18:30,
18:45,
19:15,
19:32
- IR image:
16:30,
16:45,
17:15,
17:30,
17:45,
18:15,
18:30,
18:45,
19:15,
19:32
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- UND Citation Flight Track overlayed on GOES-12 satellite
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- Aircraft Navigation Data:
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