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Project # 2006-146 INTEX-B2

INtercontinental Chemical Transport EXperiment, Phase B2

Principal Investigator(s):  Bill Brune, et al.

NSF/NCAR C-130Q Hercules (N130AR)

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Go to RAF Bulletin No. 3   Flight Summary Information Matrix

RAF
Flight
No.		 Start Date Flight Times (UTC) Mission Instrument
Anomalies
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RF01 04/17/2006 14:06:00
20:42:30
6.61 hours		 Ferry to Seattle;
intercomparison with NASA DC-8		   SPP-200, SPP-300 netCDF
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Mpeg4 Movie 		Temp/Dew Point GPS Altitude X-Y Track X-Y-Z Track
RF02 04/21/2006 17:04:30
00:49:01
7.74 hours		 Sample Asian outflow plumes off US coast;
Aircraft maneuvers		   SPP-200, SPP-300, RSTT netCDF
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Mpeg4 Movie 		Temp/Dew Point GPS Altitude X-Y Track X-Y-Z Track
RF03 04/24/2006 17:59:00
23:15:00
5.27 hours		 Fly by Mt. Bachelor;
sample Seattle pollution;
sample Asian pollution at higher altitudes>		   SPP-100, SPP-300 netCDF
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Mpeg4 Movie 		Temp/Dew Point GPS Altitude X-Y Track X-Y-Z Track
RF04 04/26/2006 17:19:30
00:58:01
7.64 hours		 Sample northern part of Asian pollution plume   ADS, Position, DPBC, DTB, STB, IRBC netCDF
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Mpeg4 Movie 		Temp/Dew Point GPS Altitude X-Y Track X-Y-Z Track
RF05 04/28/2006 17:01:30
00:59:01
7.96 hours		 Sample northern part of Asian plume;
sample older pollution farther north;
spiral under OMI satellite overpass		   DPBC, DPTC/DPXC, DTB, STB, IRBC netCDF
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Mpeg4 Movie 		Temp/Dew Point GPS Altitude X-Y Track X-Y-Z Track
RF06 05/01/2006 18:37:30
01:54:31
7.28 hours		 Spiral under Terra (MISR, MOPITT) overpass;
sample mid level Asian pollution		   ADS netCDF
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Mpeg4 Movie 		Temp/Dew Point GPS Altitude X-Y Track X-Y-Z Track
RF07 05/03/2006 17:05:00
01:35:01
8.50 hours		 Intercomparison with Cessna and ground site at Whistler Peak;
sample large-scale subsidence/entrainment over central California;
OMI validation spiral over Fresno;
BL sampling between Fresno and Bakersfield		   DPBC, DPTC netCDF
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Mpeg4 Movie 		Temp/Dew Point GPS Altitude X-Y Track X-Y-Z Track
RF08 05/05/2006 17:30:30
01:57:01
8.44 hours		 spiral over Trinidad Head (Terra overpass);
quasi-lagrangian sampling of DC-8 observations from Thursday, 4 May;
sample aged and subsiding pollution over eastern Pacific		   DPBC, DPTC, DTB, STB, IRBC netCDF
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Mpeg4 Movie 		Temp/Dew Point GPS Altitude X-Y Track X-Y-Z Track
RF09 05/08/2006 16:07:30
00:21:31
8.23 hours		 Two fly-by comparisons with Mt. Bachelor;
sample Sacramento pollution;
sample Asian pollution;
look for diurnal changes through the Central Valley and over ocean		   DPTC, ADS, DTB, STB, IRBC netCDF
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RF10 05/09/2006 17:29:30
01:03:31
7.57 hours		 Intercomparison with UW Duchess aircraft;
spiral over the NATIVE site (Terra overpass);
sample subsiding Asian pollution over high terrain;
sample offshore Asian inflow upstream of Mt. Bachelor		   DTB, STB, IRBC netCDF
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RF11 05/11/2006 16:35:00
00:20:07
7.75 hours		 Sample low altitude Asian inflow;
spiral under two OMI and one SCIAMACHY overpass		   QCRC, ADIFR, ATTACK, BDIFR, SSLIP netCDF
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Mpeg4 Movie 		Temp/Dew Point GPS Altitude X-Y Track X-Y-Z Track
RF12 05/15/2006 16:47:40
23:38:00
6.84 hours		 Ferry from Seattle to JeffCo;
intercomparison with NASA DC-8;
sample old Asian pollution over Colorado		 none reported netCDF
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Mpeg4 Movie 		Temp/Dew Point GPS Altitude X-Y Track X-Y-Z Track
*   Note: The "Instrument Anomalies" column is set up to display a measurement's description in your browser's status bar when the cursor is dragged over a measurement's variable name in this column. (You may need to adjust your browser settings for this to work.) A left click will take you to a detailed description of the anomalies.
Last update: Wed Oct 25 23:26:33 GMT 2006