Preliminary Data from BAE146-301

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Preliminary Data from BAE146-301

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Summary of flights

Flight B051 B052 B053 B054

Date 14/09/2004 15/09/2004 17/09/2004 18/09/2004

Conditions clear sky frontal cirrus cirrus & clear

sky clear sky

Location SW over sea NW over sea North sea SW over sea

      aborted  

BAE-146        

take off (UTC) 1059 0927 0900 1025

science start (UTC) 1142 1028 0947 1104

science end (UTC) 1530 1414 1054 1453

landing (UTC) 1622 1428 1223 1544

Satellite overpasses        

AQUA AIRS1319

(suborbital)

1225 (swath edge), 1403

(swath edge)

aborted early 1254

AURA 1334 no aborted early 1309

ENVISAT AASTR 1120 no no 1054

NOAA17 AVHRR1233 (swath

edge)1028 (swath

edge), 1210no 1101

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BAE146-301 layout 1

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BAE146-301 layout 2

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BAE146 instrument status

Flight B051 B052 B053 B054Notes

Date 14/09/2004 15/09/2004 17/09/2004 18/09/2004

ARIES ok ok ok ok  

MARSS ok # ok # ok # ok ## Channel 16 - intermittant problems. Calibration suspect at low level

SWS ok ok ok okNeeds calibration and characerisation work before analysis

TAFTS ok *first 30 mins

onlyno ok * lower shutter left on

Core Chem (O3, CO, Noxy, SO2)

ok ok ok ok  

Sooty/Neph  ok ok  ok  ok   

FWVS ok & ok ok ok & & time lag in standard airflow

Cloud Physics:          

SID1 ok ok ok ok  

PCASP CH4-15 only CH4-15 only CH4-15 only CH4-15 only  

FFSSP U/S U/S U/S U/S  

2DC ok " ok " ok " ok " " some noise

2DP ok ~ ok ~ ok ~ ok ~ ~ noise at high level

Cloudscope U/S U/S U/S U/S  

Dropsondes (# of) 6 4 0 14  

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B051 – 14/09/04

A

B

C

Modis

11:32

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B051 Ozone profiles

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B051 Sea Surface Temperature (Heimann)

A B C

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B052 – 15/09/04

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Visible and IR satellite images during 1st AIRS overpass

VisibleIR

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Visible and IR satellite images during 2nd AIRS overpass

Visible

IR

AIRS 11.1um

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B052 Sea Surface Temperature (Heimann)

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B053 – 17/09/04 (aborted)

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B054 – 18/09/04

1

3

2

Modis

12:55

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B054 Ozone Profiles

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B054 Sea Surface Temperature (Heimann)

Pt 3Pt 1