Flight Plans – in development Mission type Mission details Aircraft and roles Cross Section Missions (see also Figs. X.3) 5 – 6 flights for C-130 (~50 research hours) 9 hour duration (C-130) 10 min legs (below, in and above clouds, approx. 12 each) Profiles up to 4km Night missions: Take–off: 3-4 am; Land: noon-1pm (local time) Flight track: along 20°S (transit from Arica to 72W, 20S then along 20S to 82-85W) Each C-130 flight to include RHB Co-sampling (30-40 minutes) C-130 alone BAe-146 alone C-130 and BAe-146 together Dornier may cosample (overfly) during start or end of missions G-1 may cosample during end of mission POC-Drift Missions (see also Fig. X.4) 5 – 6 flights for C-130 (~50 research hours) 9 hour duration (C-130) Take-off: 10 am; Land: 7 pm (local time) Flight track: variable depending upon POC location Chiefly C-130 alone Occasionally BAe-146 or G-1 but separately Stacked cloud/radiation Missions (see also Fig. X.5) Daytime flights only. Flight track: near-coastal zone, horizontal legs between fixed points Chiefly BAe-146 and Dornier 228 G-1 may also participate Coastal zone cloud sampling Missions (see also Figs. X.6) Single-aircraft missions Mostly daytime flights Flight track: Typically horizontal legs and some profiles sampling subcloud, cloud and FT Chiefly G-1 and Twin Otter Some BAe-146 Multi-flight quasi- Lagrangian Mission (see also Fig. X.7) Multi-aircraft (sequentially) Flight track: as for POC-drift mission Aircraft flights spaced by 6-12 hours (requires intense planning) One crossing POC boundary; a possible second mission in polluted near-coastal airmass Twin Otter/G-1 (Flight 1); BAe-146 (Flight 2); C-130 (Flight 3) Test/Inter- comparisons (see also Fig. X.8) 3 – 4 flights (<20 research hours) 4 hour duration Flight track: In near-coastal region, subcloud (side-by-side), in-cloud (sequential), and FT (side- by-side) intercomparison legs Two or more aircraft Cosampling between C- 130 and RHB (as part of Cross-Section Missions)
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Flight Plans – in development
Mission type Mission details Aircraft and roles
Cross Section Missions(see also Figs. X.3)
5 – 6 flights for C-130 (~50 research hours)9 hour duration (C-130)10 min legs (below, in and above clouds, approx. 12 each)Profiles up to 4kmNight missions: Take–off: 3-4 am; Land: noon-1pm (local time)Flight track: along 20°S (transit from Arica to 72W, 20S then along 20S to 82-85W)Each C-130 flight to include RHB Co-sampling (30-40 minutes)
C-130 aloneBAe-146 aloneC-130 and BAe-146 togetherDornier may cosample (overfly) during start or end of missionsG-1 may cosample during end of mission
POC-Drift Missions(see also Fig. X.4)
5 – 6 flights for C-130 (~50 research hours)9 hour duration (C-130)Take-off: 10 am; Land: 7 pm (local time) Flight track: variable depending upon POC location
Chiefly C-130 aloneOccasionally BAe-146 or G-1 but separately
Stacked cloud/radiation
Missions(see also Fig. X.5)
Daytime flights only.Flight track: near-coastal zone, horizontal legs between fixed points
Chiefly BAe-146 and Dornier 228G-1 may also participate
Coastal zone cloud sampling Missions(see also Figs. X.6)
Single-aircraft missionsMostly daytime flightsFlight track: Typically horizontal legs and some profiles sampling subcloud, cloud and FT
Chiefly G-1 and Twin OtterSome BAe-146
Multi-flight quasi-Lagrangian Mission
(see also Fig. X.7)
Multi-aircraft (sequentially)Flight track: as for POC-drift missionAircraft flights spaced by 6-12 hours (requires intense planning)One crossing POC boundary; a possible second mission in polluted near-coastal airmass
Twin Otter/G-1 (Flight 1); BAe-146 (Flight 2); C-130 (Flight 3)
Test/Inter- comparisons
(see also Fig. X.8)
3 – 4 flights (<20 research hours)4 hour durationFlight track: In near-coastal region, subcloud (side-by-side), in-cloud (sequential), and FT (side-by-side) intercomparison legs
Two or more aircraftCosampling between C-130 and RHB (as part of Cross-Section Missions)
Flight Plans – Cross Section
Flight Plans – Cross Section
Flight Plans – POC lagrangian and polluted lagrangian
Flight Plans – Pocket of Open Cells Drift Mission
Flight Plans –polluted lagrangian
Flight Plans – Multi Aircraft sampling
Flight Plans – Comparison Flights
Schedule
Daytime Flight Planning Day Time (local) Activity D-1 15:30 Flight plans to pilots for review
06:30 Last minute flight plan updates as needed 06:30 All crew depart for airport 07:00 – 09:00 Research instrumentation warm up & pilot flight
prep 09:00 Go / No-go decision – Access by telephone 09:00-09:45 Taxi to fueling pit & fuel loading 10:00 Take off 19:00 Landing 19:00 – 20:00 flight power for wrap up activities
D (Research Day)
20:30 End duty day
Nighttime Flight Planning Day Time (local) Activity D-1 08:00 Flight plans to pilots for review 15:30 Go / No-go decision 23:30 Last minute flight plan updates as needed / Ops
center 23:30 All crew depart for airport
00:00-02:00 Research instrumentation warm up & pilot flight
prep 02:00 – 02:45 Taxi to fueling pit & fuel loading 093:00 Take off 12:00 Landing 12:00-13:00 flight power for wrap up activities
D (Research Day)
13:30 End duty day
Schedule
People – Rooming List
Web Links and electronic communications
VOCALS-UK listserv (contact me if you are not on it)Main VOCALS listserv (contact the EOL mission support team: Jose Meitin, Brigitte Baeuerle and Vidal Salazar)
NCAR EOL Website for VOCALS Science and logisticshttp://www.eol.ucar.edu/projects/vocals/
HOTEL: http://www.hotelelpaso.cl
FAAM Project Website
http://www.faam.ac.uk/public/campaigns/vocals/index.html
VOCALS-UK Project Website
http://data.cas.manchester.ac.uk/vocals/index.htm
VOCALS-UK Wiki
http://wiki.manchester.ac.uk/vocals-uk/index.php/Main_Page
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