VTMX: Logbook

VTMX: Chronological Logbook Entries

Entry	Date	Title	Site	Author
95	Thu 26-Oct-2000	MAPR Status 26 October 2000	vtmx	iss
94	Thu 26-Oct-2000	sabl data computer fixed.	vtmx	Mike
93	Thu 26-Oct-2000	Shuttin things down to change the generator.	vtmx	Mike
92	Thu 26-Oct-2000	12 UTC, 0600 LTC, IOP8 Sounding #52	vtmx	Mike
91	Thu 26-Oct-2000	MAPR tape backup failed	vtmx	Mike
90	Thu 26-Oct-2000	12 UTC, 0600 LTC, IOP8 Sounding #51	vtmx	Mike
89	Thu 26-Oct-2000	09 UTC Sounding IOP8 #50	vtmx	iss
88	Thu 26-Oct-2000	07 UTC Sounding IOP8 #49	vtmx	iss
87	Thu 26-Oct-2000	05 UTC Sounding IOP8 #48	vtmx	iss
86	Thu 26-Oct-2000	26 oct 03Z Sounding	vtmx	iss
85	Thu 26-Oct-2000	26 oct 00Z Sounding #47 IOP 8	vtmx	iss
84	Wed 25-Oct-2000	Russian Data, starting the regular sampling mode now and comments about the over sampling	vtmx	Mike
83	Wed 25-Oct-2000	RASS enabled and disabled	vtmx	Mike
82	Wed 25-Oct-2000	Leak fixed on SABL	vtmx	Mike
81	Wed 25-Oct-2000	A-E test has to be redone with NCI set to 200	vtmx	Mike
80	Tue 24-Oct-2000	testing for SNR line in the middle alt	vtmx	Mike
79	Tue 24-Oct-2000	RASS enabled, A & E data, now started till tomorrow, NOT! huge amounts of data here!!! ouch! stopped at 0:53 25 Oct	vtmx	Mike
78	Tue 24-Oct-2000	SABL weirdness	vtmx	Mike
77	Tue 24-Oct-2000	Min Pulse Width 200ns	vtmx	Mike
76	Tue 24-Oct-2000	23 oct 21:33	vtmx	Lou
75	Mon 23-Oct-2000	Starting MAPR range cal w/ Taos soon	vtmx	Mike
74	Sun 22-Oct-2000	HST	vtmx	Mike
73	Sun 22-Oct-2000	Sounding procedure and more	vtmx	Mike
72	Fri 20-Oct-2000	15 UTC, 0900 LTC, IOP7 Sounding #46	vtmx	Mike
71	Fri 20-Oct-2000	12 UTC, 0600 LTC, IOP7 Sounding #45	vtmx	Mike
70	Fri 20-Oct-2000	0Z 19 Oct sounding time is 22, why? software problem?	vtmx	Mike
69	Fri 20-Oct-2000	A & E meas, pulse length is only rated down to 200 ns	vtmx	Mike
68	Fri 20-Oct-2000	0Z 19 Oct sounding time is 22, why? software problem?	vtmx	Mike
67	Fri 20-Oct-2000	09 UTC, 0300 LTC, IOP7 Sounding #44	vtmx	Mike
66	Fri 20-Oct-2000	MAPR Data backup, IOP7, start 0700 UTC	vtmx	Tian
65	Fri 20-Oct-2000	07 UTC, 0100 LTC, IOP7 Sounding #43	vtmx	Tian
64	Fri 20-Oct-2000	05 UTC, 2300 LTC, IOP7 Sounding #42	vtmx	Tian
63	Fri 20-Oct-2000	03 UTC, 2100 LTC, IOP7 Sounding #41	vtmx	Tian
62	Fri 20-Oct-2000	00 UTC, 1800 LTC, IOP7 Sounding #40	vtmx	Tian
61	Thu 19-Oct-2000	started tms collection	vtmx	Lou
60	Thu 19-Oct-2000	MAPR computer completely locked up while unattended	vtmx	Lou
59	Wed 18-Oct-2000	Lookin for the middle line	vtmx	Mike
58	Wed 18-Oct-2000	15Z sounding for IOP6 skipped due to uninteresting weather.	vtmx	Mike
57	Wed 18-Oct-2000	12 UTC, 0006 LTC, IOP6, Sounding #39	vtmx	Mike
56	Wed 18-Oct-2000	09 UTC, 0003 LTC, IOP6, Sounding #38	vtmx	Mike
55	Wed 18-Oct-2000	MAPR Data backup, IOP6, start 0700 UTC	vtmx	Tian
54	Wed 18-Oct-2000	07 UTC, 0001 LTC, IOP6, Sounding #37	UMBS	Tian
53	Wed 18-Oct-2000	05 UTC, 2300 LTC, IOP6, Sounding #36	UMBS	Tian
52	Wed 18-Oct-2000	03 UTC, 2100 LTC, IOP6, Sounding #35	UMBS	Tian
51	Wed 18-Oct-2000	Start time series collection for IOP6	vtmx	Tian
50	Tue 17-Oct-2000	00 UTC, 1800 LTC, IOP6, Sounding #34	UMBS	Tian
49	Tue 17-Oct-2000	Flies	vtmx	Mike
48	Tue 17-Oct-2000	Changing tape and cleaning window, etc.	vtmx	Mike
47	Tue 17-Oct-2000	End time series collection and return to vtmx mode, also do a backup	vtmx	Mike
46	Tue 17-Oct-2000	15 UTC, 0900 LTC, IOP5, Sounding #33	UMBS	iss
45	Tue 17-Oct-2000	GLASS and the surface station data	vtmx	Mike
44	Tue 17-Oct-2000	12 UTC, 0600 LTC, IOP5, Sounding #32	UMBS	iss
43	Tue 17-Oct-2000	MAPR Data backup, IOP5, end 0900 UTC	vtmx	Tian
42	Tue 17-Oct-2000	Important infor about soundings! Flights tonight at taking both the yagi and omni.	vtmx	Mike
41	Tue 17-Oct-2000	"Lazer" Weak	vtmx	Mike
40	Tue 17-Oct-2000	09 UTC, 0300 LTC, IOP5, Sounding #31	UMBS	iss
39	Tue 17-Oct-2000	07 UTC, 0100 LTC, IOP5, Sounding #30	UMBS	iss
38	Tue 17-Oct-2000	05 UTC, 2300 LTC, IOP5, Sounding #29	UMBS	iss
37	Tue 17-Oct-2000	03 UTC, 2100 LTC, IOP5, Sounding #28	UMBS	iss
36	Mon 16-Oct-2000	00 UTC, 0600 LTC, IOP5, Sounding #27	UMBS	iss
34	Sun 15-Oct-2000	15 UTC, 0900 LTC, IOP4, Sounding #26	UMBS	iss
33	Sun 15-Oct-2000	1200 UTC, 0600LTC, IOP4, Sounding #25	vtmx	Mike
32	Sun 15-Oct-2000	MAPR time series for IOP3 turned on late	vtmx	Mike
31	Sun 15-Oct-2000	0900 UTC, 0300LTC, IOP4, Sounding # 24	UMBS	Mike
30	Sun 15-Oct-2000	15 Oct 0700 UTC #23	UMBS	iss
29	Sun 15-Oct-2000	15 Oct 0500 UTC #22	UMBS	iss
28	Sun 15-Oct-2000	15 Oct 0300 UTC #21	UMBS	iss
27	Sat 14-Oct-2000	15 OCT 0000 UTC Sounding #20	UMBS	iss
26	Mon 09-Oct-2000	001009 IOP3 Sounding # 19 15-Z	vtmx	Mike
25	Mon 09-Oct-2000	001009 IOP3 Sounding # 18 12-Z a little early	vtmx	Mike
24	Mon 09-Oct-2000	001009 IOP3 Sounding # 17 9-Z	vtmx	Mike
23	Mon 09-Oct-2000	Sounding Launch 9 Oct 0700 UTC #16	UMBS	iss
22	Mon 09-Oct-2000	Sounding IOP3 0500 UTC #15	UMBS	iss
21	Mon 09-Oct-2000	Sounding Launch 9 Oct 0300 UTC #14	UMBS	iss
20	Sun 08-Oct-2000	Sounding Launch 9 Oct 0000 UTC #13	UMBS	iss
19	Sun 08-Oct-2000	8 Oct 0500 UTC	UMBS	iss
18	Sun 08-Oct-2000	Sounding Launch 10-08 03 utc #12	UMBS	iss
17	Sat 07-Oct-2000	Sounding #11 IOP 2 00 UTC	UMBS	iss
16	Sat 07-Oct-2000	sabl tape and flash bulb changed.	vtmx	Mike
15	Sat 07-Oct-2000	MAPR TMS collection off and back on	vtmx	Mike
14	Sat 07-Oct-2000	Sounding #10 IOP2	UMBS	charlie
13	Sat 07-Oct-2000	Sounding #9 IOP2	UMBS	iss
12	Sat 07-Oct-2000	Sounding #8 IOP2	UMBS	iss
11	Sat 07-Oct-2000	Sounding #7 IOP2	vtmx	Lou
10	Sat 07-Oct-2000	Sounding #6 IOP2	vtmx	Lou
9	Wed 04-Oct-2000	Temp aspirator	vtmx	Lou
8	Tue 03-Oct-2000	sounding system	vtmx	Lou
7	Tue 03-Oct-2000	Sounding #5 vtmx	vtmx	Lou
6	Tue 03-Oct-2000	Sounding #4 vtmx	vtmx	Lou
5	Tue 03-Oct-2000	Sounding #3 vtmx	vtmx	Lou
4	Tue 03-Oct-2000	tklog fixed	vtmx	charlie
3	Tue 03-Oct-2000	Sounding #2 vtmx	vtmx	Lou
2	Tue 27-Jun-2000	Sounding Launch Log Template	UMBS	iss
1	Tue 11-Apr-2000	Logbook created	none	iss

95: RADAR, Site vtmx, Thu 26-Oct-2000 23:20:54 GMT, MAPR Status 26 October 2000
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Generator change required all systems to be shut down.

All systems back up and running by 1PM local (19Z)

Ran vtmx2mode collecting time series and correlations
until 2324Z. (Sodar also running)

Switched to vtmx2mode only collecting correlations as 
per conversations with Bill Brown.

94: SABL, Site vtmx, Thu 26-Oct-2000 17:12:00 GMT, sabl data computer fixed.
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Ran fsck and got the SABL data computer going again.

93: IMPORTANT IMPORTANT, Site vtmx, Thu 26-Oct-2000 17:10:55 GMT, Shuttin things down to change the generator.
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System down for about a 1/5 hour or so to change gen and see 
if the bad voltage goes away.

92: SOUNDING, Site vtmx, Thu 26-Oct-2000 14:46:00 GMT, 12 UTC, 0600 LTC, IOP8 Sounding #52
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=====================
CLASS LAUNCH LOG						 version:951116
=====================
=========>> Enter data after all colons (:)  <<===========

1. Clone the original sounding log file.
2. Enter information before launch.
3. Enter post-termination data.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Use arrows to navigate, NO CARRIAGE RET, except in comments + wx descriptions!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SITE INFO
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Site Name: VTMX MAPR
date yymmdd: 001026
launch time UTC: 1500
Sonde Tape #: 010560810

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MET INFO
--------        For Sonde
Pressure mb	: 860.2
Temp C		: 9.65
RH %		: 61.2

		For Surface Data
Pressure mb	: 859.76
Temp C		: 9.7
RH%		: 68.8
Wind Spd m/s	: 4.3
Wind Dir deg	: 135.2

Pre-Launch		Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description	( visibility, sea state, cloud coverage and cloud type, 
		          rain, virga, etc. )

Calm, 99% clouds, not much sun. Taos down and packed.
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POST TERMINATION
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Termination Pressure mb	: 26.6
Termination Altitude km	: 24.535
Reason for Termination	: Burst the lifting device

Post-Termination Weather Description: 
Sun is up, cloud cover is pretty heavy verying between 75-99% range. 

For Surface Data
		Pressure mb	: 859.64
     		Temp C		: 13
		RH %		: 57
		Wspd m/s 	: 2.5
		Wdir deg	: 126.8

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COMMENTS (data quality, unusual meteorolical features, launch problems, etc.)
-------
Whew Whew Whew, record flt. All the way up to 26.6 mb! YEAH! I'm duh baddest!

91: RADAR, Site vtmx, Thu 26-Oct-2000 12:19:51 GMT, MAPR tape backup failed
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Tested the tape for files properly copied and it reported too many errors. Cleaned the tape drive and copied the files back into the /data/mapr/ directory and restarted the backup.

90: SOUNDING, Site vtmx, Thu 26-Oct-2000 11:47:50 GMT, 12 UTC, 0600 LTC, IOP8 Sounding #51
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CLASS LAUNCH LOG						 version:951116
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=========>> Enter data after all colons (:)  <<===========

1. Clone the original sounding log file.
2. Enter information before launch.
3. Enter post-termination data.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Use arrows to navigate, NO CARRIAGE RET, except in comments + wx descriptions!
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SITE INFO
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Site Name: VTMX MAPR
date yymmdd: 001026
launch time UTC: 1200
Sonde Tape #: 010560815

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MET INFO
--------        For Sonde
Pressure mb	: 859.73
Temp C		: 7.73
RH %		: 69.1

		For Surface Data
Pressure mb	: 859.38
Temp C		: 7.53
RH%		: 76.84
Wind Spd m/s	: 3.6
Wind Dir deg	: 128.6

Pre-Launch		Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description	( visibility, sea state, cloud coverage and cloud type, 
		          rain, virga, etc. )

Calm, 50% thin clouds, TAOS still flying, but over the ISS.
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POST TERMINATION
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Termination Pressure mb	: 36.3
Termination Altitude km	: 22.535
Reason for Termination	: Burst the lifting device

Post-Termination Weather Description: 
Sun is coming up and clouds are getting heavier.

For Surface Data
		Pressure mb	: 859.55
     		Temp C		: 7.8
		RH %		: 77.8
		Wspd m/s 	: 2.5
		Wdir deg	: 115.7

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COMMENTS (data quality, unusual meteorolical features, launch problems, etc.)-------
10 sec data in the GLASS s/w gave out in the 600mb region, but the raw is still coming in loud an clear? definitely loud.

89: SOUNDING, Site vtmx, Thu 26-Oct-2000 08:35:32 GMT, 09 UTC Sounding IOP8 #50
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CLASS LAUNCH LOG						 version:951116
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=========>> Enter data after all colons (:)  <<===========

1. Clone the original sounding log file.
2. Enter information before launch.
3. Enter post-termination data.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Use arrows to navigate, NO CARRIAGE RET, except in comments + wx descriptions!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SITE INFO
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Site Name: VTMX MAPR
date yymmdd: 001026
launch time UTC: 0900
Sonde Tape #: 010560903

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MET INFO
--------        For Sonde
Pressure mb	: 860.9
Temp C		: 8.5
RH %		: 68.9

		For Surface Data
Pressure mb	: 860.8
Temp C		: 9.2
RH%		: 72.4
Wind Spd m/s	: 3.0
Wind Dir deg	: 158.0

Pre-Launch		Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description	( visibility, sea state, cloud coverage and cloud type, 
		          rain, virga, etc. )


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POST TERMINATION
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Termination Pressure mb	: 38.1
Termination Altitude km	: 22.257
Reason for Termination	: Burst

Post-Termination Weather Description: 
A few clouds, maybe 50 percent and thin

For Surface Data
		Pressure mb	: 859.4
     		Temp C		: 7.15
		RH %		: 79.5
		Wspd m/s 	: 3.1
		Wdir deg	: 145

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COMMENTS (data quality, unusual meteorolical features, launch problems, etc.)-------
good flight, no wrapping.

88: SOUNDING, Site vtmx, Thu 26-Oct-2000 07:04:03 GMT, 07 UTC Sounding IOP8 #49
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CLASS LAUNCH LOG						 version:951116
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=========>> Enter data after all colons (:)  <<===========

1. Clone the original sounding log file.
2. Enter information before launch.
3. Enter post-termination data.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Use arrows to navigate, NO CARRIAGE RET, except in comments + wx descriptions!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SITE INFO
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Site Name: VTMX MAPR
date yymmdd: 001026
launch time UTC: 0700
Sonde Tape #: 010560814

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MET INFO
--------        For Sonde
Pressure mb	: 860.5
Temp C		: 8.5
RH %		: 69.7

		For Surface Data
Pressure mb	: 860.5
Temp C		: 8.6
RH%		: 71.1
Wind Spd m/s	: 3.6
Wind Dir deg	: 157.0

Pre-Launch		Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description	( visibility, sea state, cloud coverage and cloud type, 
		          rain, virga, etc. )

Clear skies.
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POST TERMINATION
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Termination Pressure mb	: 50
Termination Altitude km	: 21
Reason for Termination	: get ready for the next sounding

Post-Termination Weather Description: 
A few clouds. 

For Surface Data
		Pressure mb	: 860.8
     		Temp C		: 9.4
		RH %		: 70.8
		Wspd m/s 	: 3.9
		Wdir deg	: 158.8

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COMMENTS (data quality, unusual meteorolical features, launch problems, etc.)-------
very good flight.

87: SOUNDING, Site vtmx, Thu 26-Oct-2000 07:00:00 GMT, 05 UTC Sounding IOP8 #48
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CLASS LAUNCH LOG						 version:951116
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=========>> Enter data after all colons (:)  <<===========

1. Clone the original sounding log file.
2. Enter information before launch.
3. Enter post-termination data.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Use arrows to navigate, NO CARRIAGE RET, except in comments + wx descriptions!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SITE INFO
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Site Name: VTMX MAPR
date yymmdd: 001026
launch time UTC: 0500
Sonde Tape #: 010560901

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MET INFO
--------        For Sonde
Pressure mb	: 860.5
Temp C		: 8.5
RH %		: 71.4

		For Surface Data
Pressure mb	: 860.6
Temp C		: 8.6
RH%		: 74.4
Wind Spd m/s	: 2.9
Wind Dir deg	: 123.0

Pre-Launch		Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description	( visibility, sea state, cloud coverage and cloud type, 
		          rain, virga, etc. )

Clear skies.
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POST TERMINATION
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Termination Pressure mb	: 47mb
Termination Altitude km	: 
Reason for Termination	: get ready for the next sounding

Post-Termination Weather Description: 


For Surface Data
		Pressure mb	: 
     		Temp C		: 
		RH %		: 
		Wspd m/s 	: 
		Wdir deg	: 

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COMMENTS (data quality, unusual meteorolical features, launch problems, etc.)-------
very good flight

86: SOUNDING, Site vtmx, Thu 26-Oct-2000 04:26:58 GMT, 26 oct 03Z Sounding
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IOP #8

03Z sounding. It hit the tether sonde and caught on the
second sonde (from bottom). Pulled in the tether and freed it.
After that lost wind updates but still was receiving satelites.
NO WINDS. Talked about re-lauch with Bill Brown - we were going
to but then decided not to.

The signal strength was still high and we were concened about
signal interference with a second launch (assuming the same 
freq) and in addition interference with the subsequent 5Z launch.

Good PTU data from the 3Z flight.



Low level southerlies giving way to westerlies higher up.

Terminated sounding at roughly 100mb.

Sfc obs @ launch:

860.5mb, 9.1 deg C, 68.1% RH, 3.0 m/s @ 109.6 deg

85: SOUNDING, Site vtmx, Thu 26-Oct-2000 02:08:33 GMT, 26 oct 00Z Sounding #47 IOP 8
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IOP #8

00Z sounding went very well.

Low level southerlies giving way to westerlies higher up.

Terminated sounding at roughly 50mb.

Sfc obs @ launch:

861.33mb, 14.2 deg C, 44.8% RH, 4.2 m/s @ 148 deg

84: RADAR, Site vtmx, Wed 25-Oct-2000 20:48:54 GMT, Russian Data, starting the regular sampling mode now and comments about the over sampling
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starting the 30 gate mode at 20:55 25 Oct 

Stopped the Praskov mode at 23:32, had a crash in the
middle.

From Charlie,
Yep, it looks like the Praskov configuration will generate
about 2 GB/hour. For the 40 gate mode, it is
2.3 GB/hour. For the 30 gate mode, it would be
1.7 GB/hour. All other computing in ATD will have
to stop while they analyze this.

I didn't see the problem with the schedule not
working. Your mode vtmxwind1 has 30 gates
and vtmxwind2 has 40 gates. Looking at
the tms files, I see the following:

24-oct  21_45    30 gates
24-oct  22_00    40
24-oct  22_15    40
24-oct  22_30    40
24-oct  22_45    40
24-oct  23_00    40
24-oct  23_15    40
24-oct  23_30    40
24-oct  23_45    40
25-oct  00_00    30
25-oct  00_15    30

So I think that the tms files show a two hour cycling of the mode. Maybe

the mode label in mapr display is not working.

I think they were looking for nci =66 for both test cases. It  looks
like
vtmxwind1 has nci=200.

The NCI is now changed.

83: RADAR, Site vtmx, Wed 25-Oct-2000 19:14:55 GMT, RASS enabled and disabled
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RASS has been enabled for 25 minutes of wind and 5 minutes of RASS 
through the scheduler at 25 Oct 19:15. Using ARMISS to generate the 
sound and MAPR to collect the data.

RASS ran sucessfully for a few dwells and then crashed. Disabling
now at 20:46 25 oct.

82: SABL, Site vtmx, Wed 25-Oct-2000 17:26:07 GMT, Leak fixed on SABL
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So far changing the couplings has fixed the leak of
coolant for SABL. Pulse seems really weak. Room got
pretty warm last night.

81: RADAR, Site vtmx, Wed 25-Oct-2000 17:22:47 GMT, A-E test has to be redone with NCI set to 200
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NCI set to 200 for set one and it needs to be reset to 66, set 2
was set to 66..... Will rerun test for mode one again today, mode 
2 done.

80: RADAR, Site vtmx, Tue 24-Oct-2000 19:39:40 GMT, testing for SNR line in the middle alt
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Set the codes from 2 to 1 at 19:30 to run for an hour and then
look to see if the signal plot shows a middle line. Ending test at 
20:34 and looking at the signal plot. It does appear that the line
in the middle has dissapeared from the signal level time graph.

79: RADAR, Site vtmx, Tue 24-Oct-2000 18:05:42 GMT, RASS enabled, A & E data, now started till tomorrow, NOT! huge amounts of data here!!! ouch! stopped at 0:53 25 Oct
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I have attached a cord from the sun-ws head phone jack to the 
audio amp and RASS should be ready to run.	

If there is no IOP I will start up Alex and Elenores data taking
experiment in the multimode format. I have replaced lo and hi 
with 1 and 2 for the 2 modes. If there is an IOP I still might
take an hour of the data.

Started the AE stuff at 21:18 24 Oct 2000, currently looks like
really good data from 700 m to 900 m. in the spectra. Holy shite,
every 15 minutes its collecting 555M in .tms files!!! holy bad 
dung!!!!

Stopped taking data because it is just to large. Stopped at 0:53








   

      
          
      
      
          
          
      

   



   

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78: SABL, Site vtmx, Tue 24-Oct-2000 17:42:23 GMT, SABL weirdness
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Scope exhibiting weird things in the scope, but they seem
to have cleared up. The pulse in the scope is down from yesterday.
Will continue to monitor its with the scope. Data display looks good.

Replaced the couplings in the back of the pump to try and slow down
the leak of coolant. Wish us luck.

77: RADAR, Site vtmx, Tue 24-Oct-2000 17:40:39 GMT, Min Pulse Width 200ns
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Min pulse width for the final amp is 200 ns or 10 counts.

PIRAQ has been run at 4 counts spacing w/o finding a problem
at this point.

76: SOUNDING, Site vtmx, Tue 24-Oct-2000 17:06:59 GMT, 23 oct 21:33
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A sonde was sent up this afternoon on taos as part of antenna testing

75: RADAR, Site vtmx, Mon 23-Oct-2000 20:57:45 GMT, Starting MAPR range cal w/ Taos soon
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Time now 23 Oct 20:58 UTC

stoppped at 23 Oct 23:30ish UTC

74: DAILY, Site vtmx, Sun 22-Oct-2000 22:04:44 GMT, HST
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start closing in, the only cure is to load up on heinous chemicals and
then drive like a bastard from Hollywood to Las Vegas ... with the
music at top volume and at least a pint of ether.
                -- H.S. Thompson, "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"

73: SOUNDING, Site vtmx, Sun 22-Oct-2000 22:00:14 GMT, Sounding procedure and more
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Hello Mike-

As I told Tim I am just looking at the real time plots here and I can not tell 
if there is actually good data or not. I suspect that there is more good data 
then appears on the web site. Perhaps Tim or Erik, when he arrives can advise. I 
am looking at the web page at

http://www.atd.ucar.edu/sssf/projects/VTMX/realtime/summary/summary-class.html

There are a lot of soundings that Bill and I thought looked bad, kind of as ugly 
as Gary Barnett saying his team is the best 1 win team in the country. 

Ok first questions first. When to relaunch..........

The 0000 UTC sounding is the most crucial not to miss. I note as an example the 
2350 UTC launch on 17 October goes only to about 700 mb. The 16 Oct launch at 
23:24 UTC is kind of strange looking, but probably contains some usable 
information. Thus, I would say if the data for wind and thermodynamics is not 
usable for large layers below 500 mb. It deserves a relaunch. Keep track as you 
know of the raw data and see if it is usable as the 10 s processor seems to have 
real problems in putting 9999's up when the raw data looks good. The skewt's on 
the web are quick look processed so watching the raw data is the key. 

500 mb is ok for the 0000 UTC as I do not think that there is a turnaround 
problem with the 0000 UTC launch falling into other launches. My gut feeling is 
to relaunch any of the other times if the data contains large layers of 
non-usable data below 650 or 700 mb even if it means that another launch might 
be a little late say up to 30 mins after the hour. 

Under these procedures, you should do a relaunch on the gif image you sent. I 
should have inquired about the general procedure at SSSF for a sonde relaunch 
and given some criteria. I should be out there for the whole time, but I can not 
get away because of IHOP. Also about sonde procedures, please inform all passing 
through to call Tim at the tether site when there is such a problem as Tian had 
the other night that way only one sonde will have problems not a few. 

The only reason I brought it up is that all it takes is a couple of bad sondes 
to make an integrated look at that IOP nearly useless leading to the typical 
situation of a few IOPs studied in a big expensive experiment. Also it was 
either Ned or Tim that claims that the battery package should not go into the 
sonde compartment for GPS sondes as it might cause some problems. 

So I guess the bottom line is those are the criteria for relaunch and pay 
attention to the raw data and not the plots here or the 10 s. I know that you 
know this later fact. I am sure that you give a good briefing and teaching a 
sonde launch, but just make sure that folks know to call Tim if there are 
problems. Having him down the road there is a real bonus. I somehow trashed the 
config file one night and if it was not for him I would not have known what to 
try. I know that the VTMX shuffle express that has developed is not good for 
data but is partly the result of Bill, James and Steve's situation. If it was 
not for the babies of there than we would not be in this shuffling business. 

As for the last sonde. You should keep including it. There seems to be a strange 
transition in the PBL that occurs near 10 am or so. The tether operations will 
change for a closer look by delaying their battery exchange. how is our sonde 
count? If we have 12 IOPs and launch the last sonde for all of them, than will 
we have enough sondes. Do we need to ship out a few more?

So is that all?

Best regards and thank you-

Dave

p.s. Please cut and attach the following to post
and the second one for Tian. Also Erik, note Tian's tasks.

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The 0000 UTC sounding is the most crucial not to miss. I would say if the data 
for wind and thermodynamics is not usable for large layers below 500 mb,than it 
deserves a relaunch. Keep track of the raw data and see if it is usable as the 
10 s processor seems to have real problems in putting 9999's up when the raw 
data looks good. The skewt's on the web are quick look processed so watching the 
raw data is the key. 500 mb is ok for the 0000 UTC as I do not think that there 
is a turnaround problem with the 0000 UTC launch falling into other launches. 

My gut feeling is to relaunch any of the other times if the data contains large 
layers of non-usable data below 650 or 700 mb even if it means that another 
launch might be a little late say up to 30 mins after the hour. 

>If I see the raw data still coming in, but no ten S
>data on the screen and no 10 S data passed to the
>Sun I don't know if I can assume the flight didn't work.

I guess ask Tim. I think looking at the raw data frequently, especially for the 
0000 UTC flight is the best. There are strange occassions when the raw data is 
getting winds, but they are constant and really bogus, but in general I think 
that watching the raw data is the key. I guess if we are down for a while 
perhaps Tim could work on figuring why the 10 s data is 9999's even when the raw 
data looks great. However, when I asked Ned about this problem, I recall getting 
"a we will look at it later in Boulder, it has been a problem for a while" 
response. He also noted that the 10 s data can be improved greatly with 
reprocessing.


>If I wait till it gets passed to the sun, that is usually 1.5
>hours later because I've been flying to burst. I can cut
>them sooner. Are the real time transfered soundigs
>that important?
>

No not if the raw data looks good. The real time data is mostly there so 
scientists can alternate between excited and depressed.

>Is the 15UTC sounding ALWAYS important? I'm pretty
>sure that the soundings you speak of are from Tian's
>first night and unfortunately I didn't stay out there and
>Taos didn't fly, so those guys weren't around to help
>him.
>

TAOS will be changing their operations to go later, but have a longer gap when 
they go down for their battery change. I would say for these last few IOPS if 
TAOS stays up until a little later than they have been, we should try to get 
that sounding.


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Hello Tian-

Thank you for coming out and I hope that you are learning somethings about MAPR 
and field work. Please go up to the meetings at the university if you have not 
done so to meet the other participants, Chris Doran and the other profiling 
groups. The briefings are mildly informative.

Some tasks for you in the remaining time there.

1. After Tim puts the tether data on the glass pc please plot the tether data 
and send it back to NCAR. There is an option at the end of the program to do so.
The instructions are in the log book. Call me or James Pinto if you have a 
problem.

2. It is crucial to check the SODAR for bad data. The bad data seems to come 
about from low SNR in one channel and/or very high winds in more than one 
channel. There are reset instructions on the sodar electronics box. Please check 
this data during the start of the IOP and at several times during it. Check all 
three components and leave one wind up all the time with the wind barbs plotted. 
Perhaps you can help with the archiving too. The sigmas run under a separate 
program (graphik diffusion I think).

3. Plot up the SABL data and watch performance. Be sure that the data is stored 
after backup according to its tape name as the backup procedure always uses the 
same name and not moving it to a subdirectory with tape name will cause an 
overwrite and a need to repeat the plotting. There are instructions in a folder 
by the SABL display.

4. Help Mike as much as you can by taking long shifts when possible as he is 
over worked.

5. If there are problems with the launch of the sondes and data quality please 
call Tim down at the tether site and ask for advice.

6. Keep an eye on MAPR, of course, and watch for when TAOS is in the beam. Ask 
them to lower TAOS when there is continuous interference. When I was there, 
lowering it by 100 m helped a lot. Also watch for clutter and you may want to 
change the pulse coding to two when if the ground clutter is really bad. Talk to 
Bill and or Mike if you think the current settings are not so good.

6. Take notes on the weather situation and instrument performance in the log.
Pass the log book to the next person (Erik) and help with the training. You may 
want to post this information or tape it into the log book.

thanks and best regards-

Dave

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date yymmdd: 001020
launch time UTC: 0900
Sonde Tape #: 010560805

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Pressure mb	: 866
Temp C		: 7.94
RH %		: 60.1

		For Surface Data
Pressure mb	: 865.6
Temp C		: 7
RH%		: 71.5
Wind Spd m/s	: 6.8
Wind Dir deg	: 122.1

Pre-Launch		Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description	( visibility, sea state, cloud coverage and cloud type, 
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Termination Pressure mb	: 179.7
Termination Altitude km	: 12.798
Reason for Termination	: Generator service

Post-Termination Weather Description: 
SUn up, windy and clear.

For Surface Data
		Pressure mb	: 866
     		Temp C		: 10.6
		RH %		: 53.5
		Wspd m/s 	: 8.1
		Wdir deg	: 177.73

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All winds and data should be good. Lost a little lock up to 855mb.
Sun up and taos long down. Flight shortend to service generator.

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date yymmdd: 001020
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Sonde Tape #: 010560809

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Pressure mb	: 865.96
Temp C		: 5.63
RH %		: 68.7

		For Surface Data
Pressure mb	: 865.7
Temp C		: 5.7
RH%		: 72.8
Wind Spd m/s	: 4.4
Wind Dir deg	: 123.6

Pre-Launch		Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description	( visibility, sea state, cloud coverage and cloud type, 
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Pretty windy, taos coming down and went back up!
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Termination Pressure mb	: 44
Termination Altitude km	: 21.287
Reason for Termination	: balloon burst

Post-Termination Weather Description: 
day break

For Surface Data
		Pressure mb	: 865.74
     		Temp C		: 6.9
		RH %		: 68.4
		Wspd m/s 	: 4.6
		Wdir deg	: 123.7

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All winds and data should be good. Lost a little lock at launch.

70: SOUNDING, Site vtmx, Fri 20-Oct-2000 11:57:01 GMT, 0Z 19 Oct sounding time is 22, why? software problem?
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0Z sounding shows up at 22:18, it looks as though 
most sounding times need to be investigated. The
sonde number definitely needs to be added permanently
to the sounding log.

69: RADAR, Site vtmx, Fri 20-Oct-2000 10:17:27 GMT, A & E meas, pulse length is only rated down to 200 ns
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> > I talked with Alex about the sample data
> > sets that he and Eleanor would like to get from
> > Mapr. There are two scenarios that they
> > are interested in. The first is basically the
> > same sample mode that the system
> > is currently running in, except with a higher
> > sample frequency, obtained by decreasing NCI:
> >
> > prf               30uSec
> > ncib             66
> > points           512
> > nspec            12
> > space           32 (100m)
> > width            32 (100m)
> > gates             30
> >
> > The second scheme then decreases the gate
> > spacing to 25m:
> >
> > prf              30 uSec
> > nci               66
> > points           512
> > nspec          12
> > space           8 (25m)
> > width           8 (25m)
> > gates            40
> >
> > They would like two hours of data for each scheme. They
> > are aware that this measurement will need to be made on a
> > non-IOP day. I suggested that you start the measurements
> > in the afternoon after you have gotten a good profile that
> > indicates that a good run of Mapr observations is
> > starting (as its normal afternoon behavior), and
> > run for 4 hours, doing the first test followed by the
> > second one.

addnl:
Alex grabbed me today and refined his request for
the mapr data that they would like. In particular,
he wants to oversample on the second test, so we
leave the xmit pulse at 100m, and set the gate width
as small as possible (here 12.5m)

We have never tested a 12.m gate width, so
don't be surprised if something funny seems to
happen - it would be related to the MAC
unit on piraq being switched that quickly.

Also, since the gate spacing is going to be so
fine, I would move the first gate up so
it is is in the region where we seem to
have been getting reasonable winds, say
600m. Otherwise most of their data will be
in that suspicious 100m-400m region.
One other thing - Alex requested that pulse coding
be turned off for this data - i.e. code = 1

68: SOUNDING, Site vtmx, Fri 20-Oct-2000 09:20:42 GMT, 0Z 19 Oct sounding time is 22, why? software problem?
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0Z sounding shows up at 22:18, it looks as though 
most sounding times need to be investigated. The
sonde number definitely needs to be added permanently
to the sounding log.

67: SOUNDING, Site vtmx, Fri 20-Oct-2000 08:52:05 GMT, 09 UTC, 0300 LTC, IOP7 Sounding #44
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Pressure mb	: 866.8
Temp C		: 7.6
RH %		: 64

		For Surface Data
Pressure mb	: 866.8
Temp C		: 7.6
RH%		: 67.3
Wind Spd m/s	: 4.1
Wind Dir deg	: 127

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Termination Pressure mb	: 62
Termination Altitude km	: not available
Reason for Termination	: balloon burst

Post-Termination Weather Description: 
Windy, no Taos

For Surface Data
		Pressure mb	: 865.74
     		Temp C		: 6.9
		RH %		: 68.4
		Wspd m/s 	: 4.6
		Wdir deg	: 123.7

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Completely lost satellites at launch and so far not coming back
and never regained them.

66: RADAR, Site vtmx, Fri 20-Oct-2000 07:08:44 GMT, MAPR Data backup, IOP7, start 0700 UTC
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Data backup of IOP7 starts at 0700 UTC

65: SOUNDING, Site vtmx, Fri 20-Oct-2000 06:31:39 GMT, 07 UTC, 0100 LTC, IOP7 Sounding #43
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Pressure mb	: 866.8
Temp C		: 3.0
RH %		: 83.4

		For Surface Data
Pressure mb	: 863.2
Temp C		: 9.7
RH%		: 49.1
Wind Spd m/s	: 2.5
Wind Dir deg	: 131.4

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Clear skies.
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Termination Pressure mb	: 88.0
Termination Altitude km	: 16.9
Reason for Termination	: enough data

Post-Termination Weather Description: 
Clear sky, 

For Surface Data
		Pressure mb	: 865.7
     		Temp C		: 7.2
		RH %		: 67.5
		Wspd m/s 	: 3.5
		Wdir deg	: 125

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Ten second wind (U and V) and position (Lon, Lat, Rng, and Az) data always show 999, but raw MET and WIND data look OK.

64: SOUNDING, Site vtmx, Fri 20-Oct-2000 04:32:46 GMT, 05 UTC, 2300 LTC, IOP7 Sounding #42
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date yymmdd: 001020
launch time UTC: 0500
Sonde Tape #: 010560807

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Pressure mb	: 865.9
Temp C		: 5.0
RH %		: 78.5

		For Surface Data
Pressure mb	: 862.8
Temp C		: 8.9
RH%		: 61.3
Wind Spd m/s	: 1.6
Wind Dir deg	: 150.4

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Clear skies.
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Termination Pressure mb	: 92.2
Termination Altitude km	: 16.7
Reason for Termination	: get ready for the next sounding

Post-Termination Weather Description: 
Clear sky, 

For Surface Data
		Pressure mb	: 863.1
     		Temp C		: 9.8
		RH %		: 49.2
		Wspd m/s 	: 3.4
		Wdir deg	: 167

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Lost satellite track for the first few minutes.

63: SOUNDING, Site vtmx, Fri 20-Oct-2000 02:31:26 GMT, 03 UTC, 2100 LTC, IOP7 Sounding #41
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date yymmdd: 001020
launch time UTC: 0300
Sonde Tape #: 010560615

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Pressure mb	: 866.6
Temp C		: 9.0
RH %		: 58.6

		For Surface Data
Pressure mb	: 862.6
Temp C		: 12.7
RH%		: 47.3
Wind Spd m/s	: 2.1
Wind Dir deg	: 9.6

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Clear skies.
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Termination Pressure mb	: 71.7
Termination Altitude km	: 18.2
Reason for Termination	: get ready for the next sounding

Post-Termination Weather Description: 
Clear sky, 

For Surface Data
		Pressure mb	: 862.9
     		Temp C		: 9.2
		RH %		: 61.8
		Wspd m/s 	: 0.001
		Wdir deg	: 316.2

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Good flight

62: SOUNDING, Site vtmx, Fri 20-Oct-2000 00:31:20 GMT, 00 UTC, 1800 LTC, IOP7 Sounding #40
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Pressure mb	: 
Temp C		: 
RH %		: .

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Pressure mb	: 
Temp C		: 
RH%		: 
Wind Spd m/s	: 
Wind Dir deg	: 

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Clear skies.
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Termination Pressure mb	: 42.4
Termination Altitude km	: 21
Reason for Termination	: enough data

Post-Termination Weather Description: 
Clear sky, 

For Surface Data
		Pressure mb	: 862.3
     		Temp C		: 13.7
		RH %		: 43.4
		Wspd m/s 	: 4.6
		Wdir deg	: 317.7

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Good flight

61: RADAR, Site vtmx, Thu 19-Oct-2000 22:04:34 GMT, started tms collection
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Started time series saving at 22:03 gmt

60: RADAR, Site vtmx, Thu 19-Oct-2000 21:18:18 GMT, MAPR computer completely locked up while unattended
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Radar pc had locked up at 1:18 local 10-19-2000
Rebooted at approx 3:20 local on the 19th
Had to do a reset on the computer to reboot it

59: RADAR, Site vtmx, Wed 18-Oct-2000 20:44:29 GMT, Lookin for the middle line
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Because there is a pretty solid line in the signal plots
at about the halfway point I have changed the PW to 50m and
the number of gates to 40. This should put the line at 1
km if it is related to the fact that the gates are split
in processing. SABL has a problem when it comes to 2 DSPs
in that they don't read exactly the same power level so they
produce some banding. The software written to the DSPs may
be perfect, but they might read a little dif and that makes
the line. 

The change happened at about 20:15 and will change back in a 
couple of hours.

58: SOUNDING, Site vtmx, Wed 18-Oct-2000 14:11:35 GMT, 15Z sounding for IOP6 skipped due to uninteresting weather.
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Tether sonde down and wind has picked up quite a bit. Atmosphere 
above here really dry, so there aren't much in returns from the
profiler.

57: SOUNDING, Site vtmx, Wed 18-Oct-2000 11:57:47 GMT, 12 UTC, 0006 LTC, IOP6, Sounding #39
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date yymmdd: 001018
launch time UTC: 1200
Sonde Tape #: 010560613

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Pressure mb	: 868.65
Temp C		: 6.18
RH %		: 72.8

		For Surface Data
Pressure mb	: 868.4
Temp C		: 6
RH%		: 80.9
Wind Spd m/s	: 5.4
Wind Dir deg	: 120.87

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Termination Pressure mb	: 37.7
Termination Altitude km	: 22.439
Reason for Termination	: Busted the balloon

Post-Termination Weather Description: 
Clear sky, day break right now. Brown cloud to the north and south.

For Surface Data
		Pressure mb	: 868.4
     		Temp C		: 9.9
		RH %		: 66.5
		Wspd m/s 	: 8.6
		Wdir deg	: 149.8

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Good flight

56: SOUNDING, Site vtmx, Wed 18-Oct-2000 08:46:28 GMT, 09 UTC, 0003 LTC, IOP6, Sounding #38
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date yymmdd: 001018
launch time UTC: 0900
Sonde Tape #: 010560800

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Pressure mb	: 868
Temp C		: 6.6
RH %		: 69

		For Surface Data
Pressure mb	: 868.8
Temp C		: 7.0
RH%		: 75.6
Wind Spd m/s	: 4.9
Wind Dir deg	: 131.5

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Termination Pressure mb	: 76.9
Termination Altitude km	: 17.884
Reason for Termination	: data getting noisy

Post-Termination Weather Description: 
Clear sky, a little haze when looking at the moon.

For Surface Data
		Pressure mb	: 868.4
     		Temp C		: 9.9
		RH %		: 66.5
		Wspd m/s 	: 8.6
		Wdir deg	: 149.8

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Lost a little GPS at beginning and later it also dropped out.

55: RADAR, Site vtmx, Wed 18-Oct-2000 07:04:59 GMT, MAPR Data backup, IOP6, start 0700 UTC
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Data backup of IOP6 starts at 0700 UTC

54: SOUNDING, Site UMBS, Wed 18-Oct-2000 06:30:12 GMT, 07 UTC, 0001 LTC, IOP6, Sounding #37
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date yymmdd: 001018
launch time UTC: 0700
Sonde Tape #: 010560614

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MET INFO
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Pressure mb	: 870
Temp C		: 8.4
RH %		: 60.8

		For Surface Data
Pressure mb	: 868.5
Temp C		: 8.6
RH%		: 68.5
Wind Spd m/s	: 4.2
Wind Dir deg	: 120

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Clear skies but the wind has increasesd a bit.
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Termination Pressure mb	: 98.5
Termination Altitude km	: 16.4
Reason for Termination	: end of flight

Post-Termination Weather Description: 
Clear sky.

For Surface Data
		Pressure mb	: 868.8
     		Temp C		: 7.3
		RH %		: 73.6
		Wspd m/s 	: 4.8
		Wdir deg	: 125.5

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Good flight.

53: SOUNDING, Site UMBS, Wed 18-Oct-2000 04:30:55 GMT, 05 UTC, 2300 LTC, IOP6, Sounding #36
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Site Name: VTMX MAPR
date yymmdd: 001018
launch time UTC: 0500
Sonde Tape #: 010560611

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Pressure mb	: 870
Temp C		: 3.1
RH %		: 79

		For Surface Data
Pressure mb	: 868.3
Temp C		: 4.9
RH%		: 91.7
Wind Spd m/s	: 0.5
Wind Dir deg	: 142.9

Pre-Launch		Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
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Clear skies .
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Termination Pressure mb	: 103.4
Termination Altitude km	: 16
Reason for Termination	: get ready for the next sonde

Post-Termination Weather Description: 
Clear sky.

For Surface Data
		Pressure mb	: 868.3
     		Temp C		: 10.1
		RH %		: 62.0
		Wspd m/s 	: 4.5
		Wdir deg	: 121.6

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Good flight.

52: SOUNDING, Site UMBS, Wed 18-Oct-2000 02:34:28 GMT, 03 UTC, 2100 LTC, IOP6, Sounding #35
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date yymmdd: 001018
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Sonde Tape #: 010560610

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Pressure mb	: 869.3
Temp C		: 8.8
RH %		: 62.5

		For Surface Data
Pressure mb	: 868.6
Temp C		: 10.0
RH%		: 63.5
Wind Spd m/s	: 1.0
Wind Dir deg	: 355.5

Pre-Launch		Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
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Clear skies .
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Termination Pressure mb	: 78.1
Termination Altitude km	: 17.7
Reason for Termination	: enough data

Post-Termination Weather Description: 
Clear sky.

For Surface Data
		Pressure mb	: 868.46
     		Temp C		: 5.3
		RH %		: 92.7
		Wspd m/s 	: 1.3
		Wdir deg	: 123.7
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Good flight.

51: RADAR, Site vtmx, Wed 18-Oct-2000 01:46:42 GMT, Start time series collection for IOP6
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Start vtmx2mode and time series collection at approximately 2300 UTC
and switch to vtmx at approximately 2320 UTC

50: SOUNDING, Site UMBS, Tue 17-Oct-2000 23:15:28 GMT, 00 UTC, 1800 LTC, IOP6, Sounding #34
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Site Name: VTMX MAPR
date yymmdd: 001018
launch time UTC: 00 00
Sonde Tape #: 010560801

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Pressure mb	: 868.5
Temp C		: 17.3
RH %		: 41.4

		For Surface Data
Pressure mb	: 868.8
Temp C		: 17.2
RH%		: 45.6
Wind Spd m/s	: 3.4
Wind Dir deg	: 132.4

Pre-Launch		Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
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Clear skies .
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Termination Pressure mb	: 64.1
Termination Altitude km	: 99999.9
Reason for Termination	: enough data

Post-Termination Weather Description: 
Clear sky.

For Surface Data
		Pressure mb	: 868.79
     		Temp C		: 10.7
		RH %		: 65.3
		Wspd m/s 	: 2.0
		Wdir deg	: 126.4
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Good flight.

49: DAILY, Site vtmx, Tue 17-Oct-2000 17:14:52 GMT, Flies
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They are coming in with the door open. We seem to be
collecting many of them, but it is great fun taking the
vacuum cleaner and sucking them into it. Fun for the 
whole family should yours be out here.

48: SABL, Site vtmx, Tue 17-Oct-2000 17:13:50 GMT, Changing tape and cleaning window, etc.
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Changing tape, making copy, checking drip pan and cleaning window.

47: RADAR, Site vtmx, Tue 17-Oct-2000 17:10:16 GMT, End time series collection and return to vtmx mode, also do a backup
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Ended vtmx2mode and time series collection, started just vtmx
because the signal and SNR plots are confusing. Want to check 
signal level with extra amp in blue(3) channel. 

Backup started 15:17 UTC 17 Oct 00

It appears as though the lower gates are getting shifted to 
middle of the screen. Symetric spurs are in the middle gates.
Called Charlie and emailed Bill.

46: SOUNDING, Site UMBS, Tue 17-Oct-2000 14:51:05 GMT, 15 UTC, 0900 LTC, IOP5, Sounding #33
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Site Name: VTMX MAPR
date yymmdd: 001017
launch time UTC: 1500
Sonde Tape #: 010560609

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Pressure mb	: 871.3
Temp C		: 6.06
RH %		: 69.6

		For Surface Data
Pressure mb	: 871.2
Temp C		: 5.7
RH%		: 78.9
Wind Spd m/s	: 5.2
Wind Dir deg	: 120.9

Pre-Launch		Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
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Clear skies, but the wind has picked up some, completely broken into the day.
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Termination Pressure mb	: 27.9
Termination Altitude km	: 24.311
Reason for Termination	: Burst the bubble

Post-Termination Weather Description: 
Clear and daylight. End of IOP5

For Surface Data
		Pressure mb	: 871.8
     		Temp C		: 11.8
		RH %		: 56.34
		Wspd m/s 	: 6
		Wdir deg	: 134.24
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Sun has risen, skies are clear.

45: SOFTWARE, Site vtmx, Tue 17-Oct-2000 12:24:42 GMT, GLASS and the surface station data
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It appears as though the GLASS software gets the same surface
station data for every flight from the first one done. I think it
is a problem with a buffer in the networked drive. It was 
first encounted during SCSMEX on the Murai when the surface
station laptops looked to the work station for GPS time? The 
solution was to copy the desired file onto the laptop and access
it there. I don't know why this works...

44: SOUNDING, Site UMBS, Tue 17-Oct-2000 11:45:33 GMT, 12 UTC, 0600 LTC, IOP5, Sounding #32
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Site Name: VTMX MAPR
date yymmdd: 001017
launch time UTC: 01200
Sonde Tape #: 01560802

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Pressure mb	: 869.4
Temp C		: 5.1
RH %		: 68.4

		For Surface Data
Pressure mb	: 869.9
Temp C		: 5.2
RH%		: 77.5
Wind Spd m/s	: 5.3
Wind Dir deg	: 114.5

Pre-Launch		Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
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Clear skies, but the wind has picked up some. 
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Termination Pressure mb	: 43.3
Termination Altitude km	: 21.491
Reason for Termination	: High enough

Post-Termination Weather Description: 
Clear

For Surface Data
		Pressure mb	: 870.5
     		Temp C		: 4
		RH %		: 82.4
		Wspd m/s 	: 5.2
		Wdir deg	: 120.2
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Sun has risen, skies are clear. Winds calmed.

43: RADAR, Site vtmx, Tue 17-Oct-2000 11:23:20 GMT, MAPR Data backup, IOP5, end 0900 UTC
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Data backup of IOP5, first tape, tape ends 0900UTC, also cleaned the 
exabyte tape drive.

42: IMPORTANT IMPORTANT, Site vtmx, Tue 17-Oct-2000 10:40:20 GMT, Important infor about soundings! Flights tonight at taking both the yagi and omni.
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The balloon flights seem to be just going straight over
head for a period of time and the need to switch to Omni
for a short period of the flight is an absolute 
necessity and as the balloon gets into the jet the need
to switch back to the yagi is also important.

41: SABL, Site vtmx, Tue 17-Oct-2000 10:10:15 GMT, "Lazer" Weak
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	SABL lazer got really weak. It appears to be a temperature 
problem. I added coolant (1/2 glyc, 1/2 h20) and cranked the AC and
that fixed things.

40: SOUNDING, Site UMBS, Tue 17-Oct-2000 08:41:20 GMT, 09 UTC, 0300 LTC, IOP5, Sounding #31
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Site Name: VTMX MAPR
date yymmdd: 001017
launch time UTC: 0900
Sonde Tape #: 010560803

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Pressure mb	: 870
Temp C		: 7.03
RH %		: 60

		For Surface Data
Pressure mb	: 869.8
Temp C		: 7.8
RH%		:64.3
Wind Spd m/s	:4.2
Wind Dir deg	: 117.9

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Clear skies.
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Termination Pressure mb	: 41.4
Termination Altitude km	: 21.751
Reason for Termination	: balloon burst

Post-Termination Weather Description: 
Clear

For Surface Data
		Pressure mb	: 869.9
     		Temp C		: 6
		RH %		: 78
		Wspd m/s 	: 4.75
		Wdir deg	: 124.99
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This one got a little more He and the dz is much higher. Sondes
are flying pretty much just right over head. Switching between
omni and yagi is a must.

39: SOUNDING, Site UMBS, Tue 17-Oct-2000 06:35:59 GMT, 07 UTC, 0100 LTC, IOP5, Sounding #30
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Site Name: VTMX MAPR
date yymmdd: 001017
launch time UTC: 0700
Sonde Tape #: 010560808

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Pressure mb	: 869.3
Temp C		: 3.3
RH %		: 97.0

		For Surface Data
Pressure mb	: 869.3
Temp C		: 3.3
RH%		:97.0
Wind Spd m/s	:0.5
Wind Dir deg	: 153

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Clear skies.
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Termination Pressure mb	: 69.9
Termination Altitude km	: 
Reason for Termination	: enough data

Post-Termination Weather Description: 
Clear and beautimus morning

For Surface Data
		Pressure mb	: 869.7
     		Temp C		:7.65
		RH %		: 68.8
		Wspd m/s 	: 3.4
		Wdir deg	: 107.4
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Good flight.

38: SOUNDING, Site UMBS, Tue 17-Oct-2000 04:36:39 GMT, 05 UTC, 2300 LTC, IOP5, Sounding #29
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Site Name: VTMX MAPR
date yymmdd: 001017
launch time UTC: 0500
Sonde Tape #: 011267510

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Pressure mb	: 869.1
Temp C		: 4.8
RH %		: 90

		For Surface Data
Pressure mb	: 869.1
Temp C		: 4.8
RH%		:90
Wind Spd m/s	:0.5
Wind Dir deg	: 131

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Clear skies.
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Termination Pressure mb	: 79.9
Termination Altitude km	: 99999.9
Reason for Termination	: prepare for the next sounding

Post-Termination Weather Description: 
Clear and beautimus morning

For Surface Data
		Pressure mb	: 869.3
     		Temp C		:2.9
		RH %		: 97.1
		Wspd m/s 	: 0.36
		Wdir deg	: 149.1
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Good flight but the altitude information is missing.

37: SOUNDING, Site UMBS, Tue 17-Oct-2000 02:25:26 GMT, 03 UTC, 2100 LTC, IOP5, Sounding #28
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Site Name: VTMX MAPR
date yymmdd: 001017
launch time UTC: 0300
Sonde Tape #: 010560804

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Pressure mb	: 869.2
Temp C		: 8.9
RH %		: 63.6

		For Surface Data
Pressure mb	: 869.2
Temp C		: 8.9
RH%		:63.6
Wind Spd m/s	:1.7
Wind Dir deg	: 320

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Clear skies.
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Termination Pressure mb	: 102.1
Termination Altitude km	: 99999.9
Reason for Termination	: prepare for the next sounding

Post-Termination Weather Description: 
Clear and beautimus morning

For Surface Data
		Pressure mb	: 869.1
     		Temp C		:5.7
		RH %		: 85.0
		Wspd m/s 	: 0.09
		Wdir deg	: 332
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The launch was delayed about 10 min due to the nunber of satelittes available 
and sondes frequency. The altitude information is missing.

36: SOUNDING, Site UMBS, Mon 16-Oct-2000 23:42:21 GMT, 00 UTC, 0600 LTC, IOP5, Sounding #27
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Site Name: VTMX MAPR
date yymmdd: 001016
launch time UTC: 0000
Sonde Tape #: 035357903

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Pressure mb	: 865.1
Temp C		: 14
RH %		: 42

		For Surface Data
Pressure mb	: 865.1
Temp C		: 14
RH%		: 42
Wind Spd m/s	: 3
Wind Dir deg	: 294

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Clear skies.
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Termination Pressure mb	: 59.8
Termination Altitude km	: 19410
Reason for Termination	: enough data

Post-Termination Weather Description: 
Clear and beautimus morning

For Surface Data
		Pressure mb	: 869.0
     		Temp C		:11.3
		RH %		: 60.6
		Wspd m/s 	: 2.6 
		Wdir deg	: 274
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This sounding actually looks like it intercepted another sonde? The 
upper air PTH are shifted way over.

34: SOUNDING, Site UMBS, Sun 15-Oct-2000 14:46:58 GMT, 15 UTC, 0900 LTC, IOP4, Sounding #26
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Site Name: VTMX MAPR
date yymmdd: 001015
launch time UTC: 1500
Sonde Tape #: 035357905

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Pressure mb	: 866.5
Temp C		: 4.83
RH %		: 80.9

		For Surface Data
Pressure mb	: 866.42
Temp C		: 4.97
RH%		: 83.4
Wind Spd m/s	: 4.2
Wind Dir deg	: 110.76

Pre-Launch		Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
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Clear skies, just the morning low level brown cloud.
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Termination Pressure mb	: 45.5
Termination Altitude km	: 21217
Reason for Termination	: enough data

Post-Termination Weather Description: 
Clear and beautimus morning

For Surface Data
		Pressure mb	: 866.52
     		Temp C		: 9
		RH %		: 68
		Wspd m/s 	: 4.9 
		Wdir deg	: 131
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Good flight, graphs showed some weirdness about 3km

33: SOUNDING, Site vtmx, Sun 15-Oct-2000 11:48:33 GMT, 1200 UTC, 0600LTC, IOP4, Sounding #25
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date yymmdd: 001015
launch time UTC: 1200

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Pressure mb	: 866.1
Temp C		: .9
RH %		: 90

		For Surface Data
Pressure mb	: 865.89
Temp C		: 1.35
RH%		: 99.89
Wind Spd m/s	: 2.15
Wind Dir deg	: 119.77

Pre-Launch		Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description	( visibility, sea state, cloud coverage and cloud type, 
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Cold, mostly clear and a thin layer of stratus, in waves passing over.

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Termination Pressure mb	: 76
Termination Altitude km	: 17995
Reason for Termination	: well through the boundry layer	

Post-Termination Weather Description: 

For Surface Data
		Pressure mb	: 865.87
     		Temp C		: 3.53
		RH %		: 87.87
		Wspd m/s 	: 4.1
		Wdir deg	: 124.98
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Night has turned to day.

32: RADAR, Site vtmx, Sun 15-Oct-2000 10:32:19 GMT, MAPR time series for IOP3 turned on late
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The time series were forgotten till about 8pm LTC.

31: SOUNDING, Site UMBS, Sun 15-Oct-2000 08:41:28 GMT, 0900 UTC, 0300LTC, IOP4, Sounding # 24
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date yymmdd: 001015
launch time UTC: 0900

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Pressure mb	: 865.75
Temp C		: 4.77
RH %		: 82

		For Surface Data
Pressure mb	: 865.97
Temp C		: 5.26
RH%		: 80.83
Wind Spd m/s	: 3.57
Wind Dir deg	: 123.08

Pre-Launch		Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description	( visibility, sea state, cloud coverage and cloud type, 
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Calm, really clear skies. Balloon went straight up and
lost sats at launch, but returned a minute later.

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Termination Pressure mb	: 55
Termination Altitude km	: 19979
Reason for Termination	: high enough!		

Post-Termination Weather Description: 

For Surface Data
		Pressure mb	: 865.79
     		Temp C		: 1.24
		RH %		: 101.93
		Wspd m/s 	: .042
		Wdir deg	: 140.38			
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Lost lock for a really short period at launch, but all else went
well. A little colder and wind speed has decreased. Still clear out
and TAOS slowly moves over head.

30: SOUNDING, Site UMBS, Sun 15-Oct-2000 06:49:23 GMT, 15 Oct 0700 UTC #23
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Site Name: VTMX
date yymmdd:001015 
launch time UTC: 0700

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Pressure mb	: 866.7
Temp C		: 4.6
RH %		: 81.0

		For Surface Data
Pressure mb	: 866.4
Temp C		: 6.1
RH%		: 80.0
Wind speed      : 3.3
Wind Dir deg	: 133.5

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Clear weather, no clouds visible, temperature holding flat

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Termination Pressure mb	: 150.
Termination Altitude km	: 13.8
Reason for Termination	: End of flight into trop.

Post-Termination Weather Description: Still clear 

For Surface Data
		Pressure mb	: 866.3
     		Temp C		: 5.0
		RH %		: 86.1
		Wspd m/s 	: 3.6
		Wdir deg	: 113.9
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Winds might have problems, looks too constant. Will check.

29: SOUNDING, Site UMBS, Sun 15-Oct-2000 04:31:33 GMT, 15 Oct 0500 UTC #22
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Site Name: VTMX
date yymmdd: 001015
launch time UTC: 0500 UTC

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Pressure mb	: 866.5
Temp C		: 2.9
RH %		: 79

		For Surface Data
Pressure mb	: 866.6
Temp C		: 2.8
RH%		: 98.7
Wind Spd m/s	: 1.0
Wind Dir deg	: 132.7

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Termination Pressure mb	: 
Termination Altitude km	: 
Reason for Termination	: 

Post-Termination Weather Description: Clear `, wind had picked up from south

For Surface Data
		Pressure mb	: 866.5
     		Temp C		: 6.3
		RH %		: 75.6
		Wspd m/s 	: 2.2
		Wdir deg	: 115.6
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Signal drop relative sudden

28: SOUNDING, Site UMBS, Sun 15-Oct-2000 02:48:18 GMT, 15 Oct 0300 UTC #21
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Site Name: VTMX
date yymmdd: 001015
launch time UTC:0300 

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Pressure mb	: 866.7
Temp C		: 7.0
RH %		: 82.0

		For Surface Data
Pressure mb	: 866.8
Temp C		: 5.7
RH%		: 83.4
Wind Spd m/s	: 1.3
Wind Dir deg	: 300.5

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Clear, and mostly calm, lots of birds in MAPR

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Termination Pressure mb	: 114
Termination Altitude km	: 15.5
Reason for Termination	: Prepare for next sonde

Post-Termination Weather Description:Clear and nearly calm 

For Surface Data
		Pressure mb	: 866.7
     		Temp C		: 2.3
		RH %		: 98.0
		Wspd m/s 	: 1.1
		Wdir deg	:119.3 
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27: SOUNDING, Site UMBS, Sat 14-Oct-2000 23:59:57 GMT, 15 OCT 0000 UTC Sounding #20
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Site Name:VTMX 
date yymmdd: 001014
launch time UTC: 0000

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Pressure mb	: 
Temp C		: 
RH %		: 

		For Surface Data
Pressure mb	: 866.7
Temp C		: 11.6
RH%		:54.4 
Wind Spd m/s	: 3.4
Wind Dir deg	: 300.3

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Termination Pressure mb	: 143.7
Termination Altitude km	: 12.5
Reason for Termination	: LOW SIGNAL

Post-Termination Weather Description: Clear

For Surface Data
		Pressure mb	: 866.7
     		Temp C		: 8.4
		RH %		: 67.7
		Wspd m/s 	: 2.2
		Wdir deg	: 251.1
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Low signal aloft, we will see if it is noisy. A little late on launch
due to work on MAPR and SABL

26: SOUNDING, Site vtmx, Mon 09-Oct-2000 14:58:45 GMT, 001009 IOP3 Sounding # 19 15-Z
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Site Name: vtmx
date yymmdd: 001009
launch time UTC: 1500

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Pressure mb	: 863.8
Temp C		: 13.2
RH %		: 53.5

		For Surface Data
Pressure mb	: 864.11
Temp C		: 12.28
RH%		: 59.2
Wind Spd m/s	: 6.5
Wind Dir deg	: 127

Pre-Launch		Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
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Surface wind speed sustained, slowly incr. Clear skies, sun up now.
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Termination Pressure mb	: 59
Termination Altitude km	: ~17.700
Reason for Termination	: high enough

Post-Termination Weather Description: 

For Surface Data
		Pressure mb	: 863.7
     		Temp C		: 16.3
		RH %		: 50.6
		Wspd m/s 	: 6.9
		Wdir deg	: 123.38
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This is the last flight of IOP 3. Sun is up and the weather is 
supose to change the rest of the week. Good flight.

25: SOUNDING, Site vtmx, Mon 09-Oct-2000 10:52:56 GMT, 001009 IOP3 Sounding # 18 12-Z a little early
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Site Name: vtmx
date yymmdd: 001009
launch time UTC: 1100

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Pressure mb	: 863.8
Temp C		: 8.3
RH %		: 60

		For Surface Data
Pressure mb	: 863.7
Temp C		: 8.4
RH%		: 62
Wind Spd m/s	: 7
Wind Dir deg	: 150

Pre-Launch		Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
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Surface wind speed sustained. Clear skies, dark out. 
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Termination Pressure mb	: 38			
Termination Altitude km	:
Reason for Termination	:

Post-Termination Weather Description: 

For Surface Data
		Pressure mb	: 863
     		Temp C		: 10.83
		RH %		: 62.9
		Wspd m/s 	: 6.7
		Wdir deg	: 154
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Flight is an hour early. This was the 12Z flight. Sun starting to
rise in the distance.

24: SOUNDING, Site vtmx, Mon 09-Oct-2000 08:56:57 GMT, 001009 IOP3 Sounding # 17 9-Z
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Site Name: vtmx
date yymmdd: 001009
launch time UTC: 0900

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Pressure mb	: 864
Temp C		: 8.1
RH %		: 64

		For Surface Data
Pressure mb	: 864
Temp C		: 8.5
RH%		: 67
Wind Spd m/s	: 6
Wind Dir deg	: 160

Pre-Launch		Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
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Surface wind speed recently increased substantially. TAOS 
pulled down. Skies look clear. 
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Termination Pressure mb	: 54.9			
Termination Altitude km	:20271
Reason for Termination	: 50mb

Post-Termination Weather Description: 

For Surface Data
		Pressure mb	: 863
     		Temp C		: 9
		RH %		: 55
		Wspd m/s 	: 6.5
		Wdir deg	:160
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Seemed like a good flight

23: SOUNDING, Site UMBS, Mon 09-Oct-2000 06:33:57 GMT, Sounding Launch 9 Oct 0700 UTC #16
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Site Name: VTMX
date yymmdd:001009
launch time UTC: 0700

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Pressure mb	:864.4
Temp C		:10.1
RH %		:58.3

		For Surface Data
Pressure mb	:864.3
Temp C		:10.6
RH%		:57.2
Wind Spd m/s	:3.9
Wind Dir deg	:120.3

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Clear 
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Termination Pressure mb	:98.5			
Termination Altitude km	:16.5
Reason for Termination	:End of flight

Post-Termination Weather Description: Gusty

For Surface Data
		Pressure mb	  864.4
     		Temp C		:8.9
		RH %		:61.4
		Wspd m/s 	:5.3
		Wdir deg	:134.2
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Tether came down with high winds.

22: SOUNDING, Site UMBS, Mon 09-Oct-2000 04:23:10 GMT, Sounding IOP3 0500 UTC #15
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Site Name: vtmx
date yymmdd: 001009
launch time UTC: 0500 

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Pressure mb	:864.6
Temp C		:6.6
RH %		:74

		For Surface Data
Pressure mb	:864.5
Temp C		:6.6
RH%		:81.6
Wind Spd m/s	:.6
Wind Dir deg	:58.9

Pre-Launch		Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
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Clear and calm

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Termination Pressure mb	:189			
Termination Altitude km	:
Reason for Termination	:signal lost

Post-Termination Weather Description: 

For Surface Data
		Pressure mb	864
     		Temp C		:11.7
		RH %		:54.3
		Wspd m/s 	:3.3
		Wdir deg	:
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Wind changing from north with temperature rise and wind increase
interesting night for mixing

21: SOUNDING, Site UMBS, Mon 09-Oct-2000 02:28:09 GMT, Sounding Launch 9 Oct 0300 UTC #14
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Site Name: VTMX
date yymmdd: 001009
launch time UTC: 0300

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Pressure mb	:864.3
Temp C		:10.4
RH %		:54

		For Surface Data
Pressure mb	:864.5
Temp C		:10.8
RH%		:50.8
Wind Spd m/s	:2.9
Wind Dir deg	:338.6

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Seems clear from stars, gun shots from hunters have stopped
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Termination Pressure mb	:95			
Termination Altitude km	:16.7
Reason for Termination	:End of flight to get ready for next flight

Post-Termination Weather Description: 

For Surface Data
		Pressure mb	  864.5
     		Temp C		:8.0
		RH %		:70.8
		Wspd m/s 	:.5
		Wdir deg	:342
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Looks like a weak jet profile was in the previous sounding. Will see if it is in
this profile.

20: SOUNDING, Site UMBS, Sun 08-Oct-2000 23:35:11 GMT, Sounding Launch 9 Oct 0000 UTC #13
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Site Name: VTMX
date yymmdd: 001009
launch time UTC: 0000

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Pressure mb	:865.
Temp C		:19.6
RH %		:27.8

		For Surface Data
Pressure mb	:864.6
Temp C		:20.1
RH%		:25.6
Wind Spd m/s	:4.8
Wind Dir deg	:322.6

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Clear
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Termination Pressure mb	:85.4			
Termination Altitude km	:15.7
Reason for Termination	:End of flight

Post-Termination Weather Description: 

For Surface Data
		Pressure mb	  864.2
     		Temp C		:13.5
		RH %		:39.5
		Wspd m/s 	:2.02
		Wdir deg	:309.74
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Tether reports different than last ops of theirs with inversion slow to build in 
and not much shear

19: SOUNDING, Site UMBS, Sun 08-Oct-2000 04:33:20 GMT, 8 Oct 0500 UTC
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Site Name: vtmx
date yymmdd: 001008
launch time UTC: 0500

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Pressure mb	:
Temp C		:
RH %		:

		For Surface Data
Pressure mb	:865.8
Temp C		:11.6
RH%		:33.4
Wind Spd m/s	:1.0
Wind Dir deg	:347.7

Pre-Launch		Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
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Clear and light winds. No clouds observed

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Termination Pressure mb	:520		
Termination Altitude km	:5.5
Reason for Termination	:IOP cancelled launched anyway but to save sondes
we will leave after this one is part way up

Post-Termination Weather Description: Clear with train, very strange impact on
MAPR

For Surface Data
		Pressure mb	865.9
     		Temp C		:9.9
		RH %		:39.2
		Wspd m/s 	:.3
		Wdir deg	:313
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18: SOUNDING, Site UMBS, Sun 08-Oct-2000 02:25:43 GMT, Sounding Launch 10-08 03 utc #12
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Site Name: VTMX
date yymmdd: 001008
launch time UTC: 0300

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Pressure mb	:865
Temp C		:12.6
RH %		:34.4

		For Surface Data
Pressure mb	:865
Temp C		:14.7
RH%		:30.4
Wind Spd m/s	:2.7
Wind Dir deg	:292

Pre-Launch		Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description	Clear and calm, slight wind pick up and then die down
just before launch
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Termination Pressure mb	:114			
Termination Altitude km	:15.7
Reason for Termination	:Get ready for next sounding

Post-Termination Weather Description: 

For Surface Data
		Pressure mb	
     		Temp C		:865.8
		RH %		:31.
		Wspd m/s 	:1.9
		Wdir deg	:338
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Lost GPS upon launch, good winds soon. Clear and calm. Large sounding owl
nearby at launch

17: SOUNDING, Site UMBS, Sat 07-Oct-2000 23:34:30 GMT, Sounding #11 IOP 2 00 UTC
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Site Name: vtmx
date yymmdd: 001008
launch time UTC: 00

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Pressure mb	:865
Temp C		:18.8
RH %		:30

		For Surface Data
Pressure mb	:865
Temp C		:19.9
RH%		:25
Wind Spd m/s	:5.7
Wind Dir deg	:313

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Termination Pressure mb	:			
Termination Altitude km	:
Reason for Termination	:

Post-Termination Weather Description: 

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		Pressure mb	
     		Temp C		:
		RH %		:
		Wspd m/s 	:
		Wdir deg	:
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16: SABL, Site vtmx, Sat 07-Oct-2000 21:40:13 GMT, sabl tape and flash bulb changed.
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Changed the tape on SABL 

Changed the flash bulb because the pulse was getting
very weak. Took 3 hours.

Cleaned window.

Restarted SABL and the display didn't start, had to 
shut SABL program down and restart it. That fixed everything.

15: RADAR, Site vtmx, Sat 07-Oct-2000 17:26:04 GMT, MAPR TMS collection off and back on
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TMS collection terminated at 17;26 GMT FOR MAPR. 

Back on for IOP 3 at 22:00 GMT

14: SOUNDING, Site UMBS, Sat 07-Oct-2000 08:37:53 GMT, Sounding #10 IOP2
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Site Name: vtmx
date yymmdd: 001007
launch time UTC: 09

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Pressure mb	:866.4
Temp C		:7.2
RH %		:51

		For Surface Data
Pressure mb	:866.42
Temp C		:5.2513
RH%		:74.839
Wind Spd m/s	:3.155
Wind Dir deg	:119.87

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clear
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Termination Pressure mb	:96.4			
Termination Altitude km	:16.5km
Reason for Termination	:normal

Post-Termination Weather Description: 

For Surface Data
		Pressure mb	866.49
     		Temp C		:3.53
		RH %		:81.816
		Wspd m/s 	:.5694
		Wdir deg	:328.47
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13: SOUNDING, Site UMBS, Sat 07-Oct-2000 06:42:06 GMT, Sounding #9 IOP2
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Site Name: vtmx
date yymmdd: 001007
launch time UTC: 07

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Pressure mb	:866.8
Temp C		:3.56
RH %		:77.90

		For Surface Data
Pressure mb	:865.95
Temp C		:3.9052
RH%		:79.194
Wind Spd m/s	:0.589
Wind Dir deg	:151.93

Pre-Launch		Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
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clear and chilly

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Termination Pressure mb	:494			
Termination Altitude km	:5.8 km
Reason for Termination	:I pushed the wrong button

Post-Termination Weather Description: 

For Surface Data
		Pressure mb	866.17
     		Temp C		:3.7836
		RH %		:88.466
		Wspd m/s 	:2.3187
		Wdir deg	:129.4
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Automatic surface met data on GLASS
screen did not match the current observation - 
it was showing 18 degC, wind speed too high,
etc. Entered the observation manually.

12: SOUNDING, Site UMBS, Sat 07-Oct-2000 04:52:49 GMT, Sounding #8 IOP2
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Site Name: vtmx
date yymmdd: 001007
launch time UTC: 0500

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Pressure mb	:866
Temp C		:7.8
RH %		:64.7

		For Surface Data
Pressure mb	:866
Temp C		:6.2
RH%		:64
Wind Spd m/s	:.8
Wind Dir deg	:320

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dark
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Termination Pressure mb	:71			
Termination Altitude km	:
Reason for Termination	:need to launch the next one.

Post-Termination Weather Description: 

For Surface Data
		Pressure mb	865.96
     		Temp C		:3.8385
		RH %		:79.547
		Wspd m/s 	:.73927
		Wdir deg	:141.26
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11: SOUNDING, Site vtmx, Sat 07-Oct-2000 02:41:20 GMT, Sounding #7 IOP2
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2. Enter information before launch.
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SITE INFO
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Site Name: vtmx
date yymmdd: 001007
launch time UTC: 0300

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MET INFO
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Pressure mb	:865.9
Temp C		:7.98
RH %		:51.5

		For Surface Data
Pressure mb	:865.7
Temp C		:9.0
RH%		:49.5
Wind Spd m/s	:2.6
Wind Dir deg	:343

Pre-Launch		Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description	( visibility, sea state, cloud coverage and cloud type, 
		          rain, virga, etc. )

dark
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Termination Pressure mb	:200			
Termination Altitude km	:12
Reason for Termination	:

Post-Termination Weather Description: 

For Surface Data
		Pressure mb	856.8
     		Temp C		:8
		RH %		:49.9
		Wspd m/s 	:2
		Wdir deg	:347
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good flight

10: SOUNDING, Site vtmx, Sat 07-Oct-2000 00:45:22 GMT, Sounding #6 IOP2
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SITE INFO
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Site Name: vtmx
date yymmdd: 001006
launch time UTC: 0000

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MET INFO
--------        For Sonde
Pressure mb	:865
Temp C		:17.6
RH %		:29

		For Surface Data
Pressure mb	:865.4
Temp C		:16.6
RH%		:30
Wind Spd m/s	:2.6
Wind Dir deg	:295

Pre-Launch		Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description	( visibility, sea state, cloud coverage and cloud type, 
		          rain, virga, etc. )

clear
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Termination Pressure mb	:300			
Termination Altitude km	:
Reason for Termination	:To work on antenna system before dark

Post-Termination Weather Description: 

For Surface Data
		Pressure mb	865.4
     		Temp C		:14.8
		RH %		:35.8
		Wspd m/s 	:2.6
		Wdir deg	:288
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Good sounding with new yagi antenna installed

9: SURFACE, Site vtmx, Wed 04-Oct-2000 17:03:51 GMT, Temp aspirator
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Oct-4-2000 Turned surface met aspirator fan off at 17:04 z to see effects on the sodar system.
turned back on at 18:11z

8: SOUNDING, Site vtmx, Tue 03-Oct-2000 19:32:29 GMT, sounding system
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There is a problem with the telemetry system . The strongest signal is seen approx 100 degrees off what the az reading in the glass software is.

7: SOUNDING, Site vtmx, Tue 03-Oct-2000 19:27:45 GMT, Sounding #5 vtmx
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SITE INFO
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Site Name: vtmx
date yymmdd: 001003
launch time UTC: 0900

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MET INFO
--------        For Sonde
Pressure mb	:857.8
Temp C		:9.6
RH %		:75.6

		For Surface Data
Pressure mb	:860
Temp C		:11
RH%		:75.4
Wind Spd m/s	:1.8
Wind Dir deg	:316

Pre-Launch		Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description	( visibility, sea state, cloud coverage and cloud type, 
		          rain, virga, etc. )


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Termination Pressure mb	:236			
Termination Altitude km	:
Reason for Termination	:

Post-Termination Weather Description: 

For Surface Data
		Pressure mb	
     		Temp C		:
		RH %		:
		Wspd m/s 	:
		Wdir deg	:
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lost winds at410 mb

6: SOUNDING, Site vtmx, Tue 03-Oct-2000 19:17:45 GMT, Sounding #4 vtmx
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SITE INFO
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Site Name: vtmx
date yymmdd: 001003
launch time UTC: 0700

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MET INFO
--------        For Sonde
Pressure mb	:859.7
Temp C		:13.2
RH %		:67.4

		For Surface Data
Pressure mb	:859.3
Temp C		:12
RH%		:69
Wind Spd` m/s	:1.2
Wind Dir deg	:329

Pre-Launch		Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description	( visibility, sea state, cloud coverage and cloud type, 
		          rain, virga, etc. )


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Termination Pressure mb	:400mb			
Termination Altitude km	:
Reason for Termination	:

Post-Termination Weather Description: 

For Surface Data
		Pressure mb	
     		Temp C		:
		RH %		:
		Wspd m/s 	:
		Wdir deg	:
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COMMENTS (data quality, unusual meteorolical features, launch problems, etc.)
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signal started to be washed out at 400mb

5: SOUNDING, Site vtmx, Tue 03-Oct-2000 19:13:09 GMT, Sounding #3 vtmx
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SITE INFO
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Site Name: vtmx
date yymmdd: 001003
launch time UTC: 0500

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MET INFO
--------        For Sonde
Pressure mb	:
Temp C		:
RH %		:

		For Surface Data
Pressure mb	:
Temp C		:
RH%		:
Wind Spd m/s	:
Wind Dir deg	:

Pre-Launch		Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description	( visibility, sea state, cloud coverage and cloud type, 
		          rain, virga, etc. )


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Termination Pressure mb	:410 approx			
Termination Altitude km	:
Reason for Termination	:

Post-Termination Weather Description: 

For Surface Data
		Pressure mb	
     		Temp C		:
		RH %		:
		Wspd m/s 	:
		Wdir deg	:
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COMMENTS (data quality, unusual meteorolical features, launch problems, etc.)
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lots of noise

4: SOFTWARE, Site vtmx, Tue 03-Oct-2000 17:05:59 GMT, tklog fixed
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Lou reported a broken tklog; wouldn't run. Error message in the
Zebra window showed that spmething was wrong with the log file;
it looks like the file got corrupted when it was being saved.
The last log entry was empty; fixed it by
copying tklog.log.auto over tklog.log.

The diff between tklog.log and tklog.log.auto was 

159,160d158
< 4
< {author {}} {type {}} {site {}} {title {}} {graphics {}} {text {}}

3: SOUNDING, Site vtmx, Tue 03-Oct-2000 05:08:54 GMT, Sounding #2 vtmx
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SITE INFO
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Site Name: vtmx
date yymmdd: 001003
launch time UTC: 0300

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MET INFO
--------        For Sonde
Pressure mb	:
Temp C		:
RH %		:

		For Surface Data
Pressure mb	:
Temp C		:
RH%		:
Wind Spd m/s	:
Wind Dir deg	:

Pre-Launch		Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description	( visibility, sea state, cloud coverage and cloud type, 
		          rain, virga, etc. )


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Termination Pressure mb	:417			
Termination Altitude km	:
Reason for Termination	:

Post-Termination Weather Description: 

For Surface Data
		Pressure mb	
     		Temp C		:
		RH %		:
		Wspd m/s 	:
		Wdir deg	:
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COMMENTS (data quality, unusual meteorolical features, launch problems, etc.)
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lots of rf interference

2: SOUNDING, Site UMBS, Tue 27-Jun-2000 13:01:25 GMT, Sounding Launch Log Template
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Site Name: 
date yymmdd: 
launch time UTC: 
Sonde coef tape #:

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MET INFO
--------        For Sonde
Pressure mb	: 
Temp C		: 
RH %		: 

		For Surface Data
Pressure mb	: 
Temp C		: 
RH%		: 
Wind Spd m/s	: 
Wind Dir deg	: 

Pre-Launch		Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description	( visibility, sea state, cloud coverage and cloud type, 
		          rain, virga, etc. )


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Termination Pressure mb	: 
Termination Altitude km	: 
Reason for Termination	: 

Post-Termination Weather Description: 

For Surface Data
		Pressure mb	: 
     		Temp C		: 
		RH %		: 
		Wspd m/s 	: 
		Wdir deg	: 
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1: LOG, Site none, Tue 11-Apr-2000 15:53:29 GMT, Logbook created
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initial log file /iss/home/iss/tklog.log created by USER iss