23 May 2003 – Flight 802
Research Flight from OUN
Pilot: Tom Warner
T.O. 15:32 UT
T.D. 16:43 UT
Remnant of an MCS moves into range of the LMA. New cells are
popping up ~90 nmi NW of KTLX as of 14:30. Eventually decide to launch on a more
nearby storm NW of KTLX. The aircraft arrives at the storm near 15:55 at a time when the cloud is in a
dissipating stage. Several passes are made along a northwest-southeast line,
with what is left of the active convection on the southeast end of the storm.
NO analyzer tests with a calibration mixture of 50 ppbv are made at 16:14:50 in-cloud,
and at 16:24:55 in the clear. The
last pass is to the NW, ending at 16:24:55,
after which the aircraft returns to base.
HVPS images are OK in the upper portions of the image
buffers. 2D-C images are fine. No hail was recorded by the hail spectrometer.
The NMIMT-OU X-ray sensor package was carried for the first time. No events
were recorded. Cloud water data from FSSP and DMT look good.