Joint Airborne IASI Validation Experiment (tc4) at UW-Madison SSEC/CIMSS

Dear All,

Here is a revised flight report for the DC-8 science flight conducted from Costa Rica on 31 July 2007.

This report also will be posted on the TC4 web site - http://www.espo.nasa.gov/tc4/

Regards,

Kathy
on behalf of Mark and Paul

DC-8 Flight Report 2007-07-31

Dear All,

Here is a(nother) corrected flight report for the DC-8 science flight conducted from Costa Rica on 28 July 2007.

This report also will be posted on the TC4 web site - http://www.espo.nasa.gov/tc4/

Regards,

Kathy
on behalf of Mark, Paul, Eric, and Jay

DC-8 Flight Report 2007-07-28

Subject: TC4 schedule_20070802 Date: 07/31/07 Time: 2:13 PM
DC-8 schedule - Thursday, 2 August 2007

Power on/access 8:00a - 4:00p

ER-2 schedule - Thursday, 2 August 2007

Power on/hands on 7:00a - 2:00p

Bus schedule - Monday, 30 July 2007

The bus will leave the Melia Cariari every 30 minutes on the hour and half hour beginning at 6:30a (e.g., 6:30a, 7:00a, 7:30a, …). The last bus of the day will leave the Melia Cariari at 5:00p.

The bus to the Melia Cariari will leave the TC4 operations site every 30 minutes on the hour and half hour beginning at 7:00a (e.g., 7:00a, 7:30a, 8:00a, …). The last bus of the day to the Melia Cariari will leave the TC4 operations site at 5:30p.

* There will be a Science Team meeting at 9:30a on Thursday, 2 August. It will be held in the conference room on the second floor of the ER-2 hangar.

* Orientation schedule for folks arriving in Costa Rica:

- Wednesday, 1 August - 9:00a and 2:30p
- Thursday, 2 August - 9:00a and 2:30p
- Friday, 3 August - 9:00a and 2:30p

All orientation sessions conducted in Kathy Thompson’s office (Office 1, WB-57F hangar). The training takes approximately 15 minutes. The schedule for training beyond Saturday will be provided at a later date.

* !!!!! Note new schedule for Alterra test on badging and foreign object debris (FOD): !!!!!

- Thursday, 2 August, 11:30a

The test will be given in the second-floor conference room in the Base Dos Presidential Hangar (aka the ER-2 hangar). You can retrieve a copy of the Alterra briefing information from the following secure web site:

http://www.espo.nasa.gov/tc4/training/

Subject: TC4 schedule_20070801 Date: 07/31/07 Time: 12:01 PM
DC-8 schedule - Wednesday, 1 August 2007

Hard down day - no aircraft access.

ER-2 Schedule - Wednesday, 1 August 2007

Hard down day - no aircraft access.

* There will be no shuttle bus between the Melia Cariari and the TC4 operations site on Wednesday, 1 August. Investigators wanting to come out to the base are encouraged to carpool or take a taxi. If you take a taxi, ask the driver to take you to ‘Base Dos, Puerta Nueve’ (Bah-zeh Dohs, Pu-wear-ta Nu-eh-veh).

* Thursday, 2 August will be a no-fly day. Aircraft access schedules will be provided once they have been defined.

* The next Science Team meeting is scheduled for 9:30a on Thursday, 2 August. It will be held in the conference room on the second floor

* Current plans are to fly the DC-8 and ER-2 on Friday, 3 August. Schedules will be provided once they have been defined.

* Orientation schedule for folks arriving in Costa Rica:

- Tuesday, 31 July - 2:30p
- Wednesday, 1 August - 9:00a and 2:30p
- Thursday, 2 August - 9:00a and 2:30p

All orientation sessions conducted in Kathy Thompson’s office (Office 1, WB-57F hangar). The training takes approximately 15 minutes. The schedule for training beyond Saturday will be provided at a later date.

* !!!!! Note new schedule for Alterra test on badging and foreign object debris (FOD): !!!!!

- Thursday, 2 August, 11:30a

The test will be given in the second-floor conference room in the Base Dos Presidential Hangar (aka the ER-2 hangar). You can retrieve a copy of the Alterra briefing information from the following secure web site:

http://www.espo.nasa.gov/tc4/training/

Dear All,

Here is the flight report for the DC-8 science flight conducted from Costa Rica on 22 July 2007.

This report also will be posted on the TC4 web site - http://www.espo.nasa.gov/tc4/

Regards,

Kathy

DC-8 Flight Report 2007-07-22

Attached is the ER-2 flight report for Tuesday, 24 July.

ER-2 Flight Report 2007-07-24

Attached is the ER-2 flight report for Sunday, 29 July.

ER-2 Flight Report: 2007-07-29

!!! Note new schedule for Alterra test below !!!

DC-8 schedule - Tuesday, 31 July 2007

4:15a Power on
4:45a Pre-flight brief (in the ‘clamshell’ hangar)
5:45a Doors close
6:30a Take off
2:30p Land
2:50p Post-flight brief (in the ‘clamshell’ hangar 20 minutes after landing)
3:30p Power off

ER-2 schedule - Tuesday, 31 July 2007

3:00a Power on/hands on
4:00a Hands off
7:00a Take off
12:00n Land
12:30p Post-flight brief (in the ER-2 hangar conference room on the second floor, approximately 30 minutes after landing)

Bus schedule - Tuesday, 31 July 2007

The bus will leave the Melia Cariari every 30 minutes on the hour and half hour beginning at 2:00a (e.g., 2:00a, 2:30a, 3:00a, …). The last bus of the day will leave the Melia Cariari at 5:00p.

The bus to the Melia Cariari will leave the TC4 operations site every 30 minutes on the hour and half hour beginning at 2:30a (e.g., 2:30a, 3:00a, 3:30a, …). The last bus of the day to the Melia Cariari will leave the TC4 operations site at 5:30p.

* The schedule for the next Science Team meeting will be announced at a later date. The meeting will be held in the conference room on the second floor of the ER-2 hangar.

* Orientation schedule for folks arriving in Costa Rica:

- Tuesday, 31 July - 9:00a and 2:30p
- Wednesday, 1 August - 9:00a and 2:30p
- Thursday, 2 August - 9:00a and 2:30p

All orientation sessions conducted in Kathy Thompson’s office (Office 1, WB-57F hangar). The training takes approximately 15 minutes. The schedule for training beyond Sunday will be provided at a later date.

* !!!!! Note new schedule for Alterra test on badging and foreign object debris (FOD): !!!!!

- Thursday, 2 August, 11:30a

The test will be given in the second-floor conference room in the Base Dos Presidential Hangar (aka the ER-2 hangar). You can retrieve a copy of the Alterra briefing information from the following secure web site:

http://www.espo.nasa.gov/tc4/training/

Attached are the ER-2 flight reports for Tuesday, 17 July, and Thursday, 19 July.

Thanks, Paul

ER-2 Flight Report 2007-07-19

ER-2 Flight Report 2007-07-17

Dear All,

Here is the flight report for the DC-8 science flight conducted from Costa Rica on 24 July 2007.

This report also will be posted on the TC4 web site - http://www.espo.nasa.gov/tc4/

Regards,

Kathy

DC8 Flight Report 2007-07-24