Project #2003-303 BAMEX

Bow Echo and MCV Experiment

Christopher Davis, et al.

U.S. Naval Research Laboratory P-3 Orion

Aircraft In-situ Instrumentation

  1. Airborne Data System
    1. Acquisition
      • ADS2 (Motorola 68040 based)
      • NCAR Distributed Sampling Modules (1 unit)
      • Analog, digital and serial recording available at adjustable rates (1, 5, 25, 250 sps)
    2. Operator Station
      • Intel L440GX+ Motherboard with 2 Pentium III-500 CPUs, 512 MB Memory, Redhat Linux 7.2 OS
      • 9GB Disk Storage with RAID-1
      • General Digital 17 inch 1280x1024 TFT Flat Panel Color Monitor
      • IBM-DRHS36D 36GB Removable Disk Drives In Kingston Carriers (2 units)
      • UPS
    3. Data Display/Distribution
      • NCAR/RAF "WINDS" real-time display package
      • ASCII serial data feed available to Users via network link

  2. Aircraft Position, Velocity and Attitude
    1. Honeywell Model HG1095-AC03 Laseref SM Inertial Reference System (Research): LATITUDE, LONGITUDE, PITCH, ROLL, TRUE HEADING, VERTICAL VELOCITY, VERTICAL ACCELERATION, N-S GROUND SPEED COMPONENT, E-W GROUND SPEED COMPONENT, ALTITUDE (MSL)
    2. Garmin GPS16 Global Positioning System (GPS):   LATITUDE, LONGITUDE, N-S GROUND SPEED COMPONENT, E-W GROUND SPEED COMPONENT, ALTITUDE (MSL)

  3. Static Pressures
    1. Rosemount Model 1201F1 Pressure Transducer - Fuselage Pitot/Static, SN: 1516 (PSF, PSFC, PSXC)

  4. Dynamic Pressures
    1. Rosemount Model 1221F1VL - Radome Gust Probe, SN: 148 (QCR, QCRC)
    2. Rosemount Model 1221F1VL - Fuselage Pitot, SN: 659 (QCF, QCFC)

  5. Temperatures
    1. Rosemount Type 102 Non-deiced Sensor - Rosemount Model 510BF Amplifier - Starboard Fuselage Mount, SN: 3183 (TTRR)
    2. Rosemount Type 102 Non-deiced Sensor - Rosemount Model 510BF Amplifier - Port Fuselage Mount, SN: 3245 (TTRL)

  6. Dew Point and Humidity
    1. General Eastern, Model 1011B Dew Point Hygrometer - Starboard Fuselage Mount, SN: 1991293 (DPT, DPTC)

  7. Flow Angle Sensors, Radome Gust Probe
    1. Attack - Rosemount Model 1221F1VL Differential Pressure Transducer, SN: 1177 (AKRD)
    2. Sideslip - Rosemount Model 1221F1VL Differential Pressure Transducer, SN: 1176 (SSRD)
    3-D Wind Field: WIND SPEED, WIND DIRECTION, VERTICAL WIND SPEED, N-S WIND COMPONENT, E-W WIND COMPONENT.

  8. Geometric Altitude
    1. NAVCOM Model APN-232 Radar Altimeter. Fuselage Mount, 0 to 15,000 m AGL (HGM232)

Last update: Thu Jul 15 11:16:31 MDT 2004