Project #1999-803 MAP
Mesoscale Alpine Programme
Kuettner, et al.
NSF/NCAR L-188 Electra (N308D)
Summary of IRU Performance
| IRU Serial Number: 432 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DATE | FLIGHT NO. | FINAL POSITION ERROR IN LATITUDE (MINUTES) | FINAL POSITION ERROR IN LONGITUDE (MINUTES) | TIME IN NAVIGATE MODE (HOURS) | DESTINATION LATITUDE (DEGREES) | POSITION ERROR (NMI/H) |
| 09/15/1999 | RF01 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 47.26 | 0.68 |
| 09/19/1999 | RF02 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 3.3 | 47.26 | 0.22 |
| 09/20/1999 | RF03 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 5.7 | 47.26 | 0.12 |
| 09/20/1999 | RF04 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 4.3 | 47.26 | 0.16 |
| 09/25/1999 | RF05 | 4.5 | 1.2 | 3.5 | 47.26 | 1.29* |
| 09/29/1999 | RF06 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 3.2 | 47.26 | 0.11 |
| 09/30/1999 | RF07 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 6.4 | 47.26 | 0.53 |
| 10/01/1999 | RF08 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 6.4 | 47.26 | 0.02 |
| 10/02/1999 | RF09 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 3.7 | 47.26 | 0.27 |
| 10/04/1999 | RF10 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 6.2 | 47.26 | 0.23 |
| 10/13/1999 | RF11 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 4.5 | 47.26 | 0.33 |
| 10/18/1999 | RF12 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 6.0 | 47.26 | 0.19 |
| 10/20/1999 | RF13 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 3.2 | 47.26 | 0.06 |
| 10/21/1999 | RF14 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 6.1 | 47.26 | 0.29 |
| 10/23/1999 | RF15 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 7.2 | 47.26 | 0.19 |
| 10/24/1999 | RF16 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 3.1 | 47.26 | 0.05 |
| 10/30/1999 | RF17 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 3.4 | 47.26 | 0.36 |
| 10/30/1999 | RF18 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 5.2 | 47.26 | 0.42 |
| 11/01/1999 | RF19 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 3.3 | 47.26 | 0.29 |
| 11/02/1999 | RF20 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 4.9 | 47.26 | 0.41 |
| 11/03/1999 | RF21 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 47.26 | 0.81 |
| 11/04/1999 | RF22 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 6.0 | 47.26 | 0.15 |
| 11/06/1999 | RF23 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 3.2 | 47.26 | 0.29 |
| 11/06/1999 | RF24 | 4.2 | 1.3 | 5.0 | 47.26 | 0.86 |
| 11/07/1999 | RF25 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 5.5 | 47.26 | 0.28 |
| 11/08/1999 | RF26 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 5.0 | 47.26 | 0.36 |
| 11/11/1999 | RF27 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 5.7 | 47.26 | 0.34 |
| 11/12/1999 | RF28 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 4.3 | 47.26 | 0.22 |
| 11/13/1999 | RF29 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 4.5 | 47.26 | 0.13 |
| * Drift in IRU position data beyond acceptable RAF specifications. | ||||||