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

*** Please check e-mail or TC4 web site later today for possible update to ER-2 schedule ***

DC-8 schedule - Tuesday, 8 August 2007

3:45a Power on/access
4:30a Pre-flight brief (in the ER-2 hangar conference room on the second floor)
5:15a Doors close
5:45a Take off
1:45p Land
2:05p Post-flight brief (in the ER-2 hangar conference room on the second floor)
2:45p Power off

ER-2 schedule - Tuesday, 8 August 2007 (subject to change)

2:00a Power on/hands on
3:00a Hands off
6:00a Take off
12:30p Land
1:00p Post-flight brief (in the ER-2 hangar conference room on the second floor, approximately 30 minutes after landing)

WB-57F schedule - Tuesday, 8 August 2007

12:15a Upload/hands on
3:15a Hands off
6:15a Take off
10:15a Land

Bus schedule - Tuesday, 8 August 2007

The bus will leave the Melia Cariari every 30 minutes on the hour and half hour beginning at 11:00p **Tuesday evening** (e.g., 11:00p, 11:30p, 12:00m, …). 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 11:30p **Tuesday evening** (e.g., 11:30p, 12:00m, 12:30a, …). The last bus of the day to the Melia Cariari will leave the TC4 operations site at 5:30p.

The bus will leave the Marriott every hour on the hour beginning at 11:00p **Tuesday evening** (e.g., 11:00p, 12:00m, 1:00a, …). The last bus of the day will leave the Marriott at 5:00p.

The bus to the Marriott will leave the TC4 operations site every hour on the half hour beginning at 11:30p **Tuesday evening** (e.g., 11:30p, 12:30a, 1:30a, …). The last bus of the day to the Marriott will leave the TC4 operations site at 5:30p.

Subject: TC4 schedule_20070807 Date: 08/06/07 Time: 3:30 PM
DC-8 schedule - Tuesday, 7 August 2007

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

ER-2 schedule - Tuesday, 7 August 2007

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

WB-57F schedule - Tuesday, 7 August 2007

Power on/hands on 8:00a - 2:00p

Bus schedule - Tuesday, 7 August 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.

The bus will leave the Marriott every hour on the hour beginning at 6:00a (e.g., 6:00a, 7:00a, 8:00a, …). The last bus of the day will leave the Marriott at 5:00p.

The bus to the Marriott will leave the TC4 operations site every hour on the half hour beginning at 6:30a (e.g., 6:30a, 7:30a, 8:30a, …). The last bus of the day to the Marriott will leave the TC4 operations site at 5:30p.

* There will be a Science Team meeting at 9:30a on Tuesday, 7 August. It will be held in the conference room on the second floor of the ER-2 hangar.

*** Note revised ER-2 schedule for Monday, 6 August 2007 - land and post-flight brief times have changed ***

ER-2 schedule - Monday, 6 August 2007

2:00a Power on/hands on
3:00a Hands off
6:15a Take off
12:30p Land
1:00p Post-flight brief (in the ER-2 hangar conference room on the second floor, approximately 30 minutes after landing)

DC-8 schedule - Monday, 6 August 2007

3:30a Power on/access
4:30a Pre-flight brief (in the ER-2 hangar conference room on the second floor)
5:15a Doors close (or until WB-57F has taken off)
5:45a Take off
1:15p Land
1:35p Post-flight brief (in the ER-2 hangar conference room on the second floor)
2:15p Power off

ER-2 schedule - Monday, 6 August 2007

2:00a Power on/hands on
3:00a Hands off
6:15a Take off
11:30a Land
12:00n Post-flight brief (in the ER-2 hangar conference room on the second floor, approximately 30 minutes after landing)

WB-57F schedule - Monday, 6 August 2007

12:30a Upload/hands on
3:30a Hands off
6:30a Take off
11:00a Land

Bus schedule - Monday, 6 August 2007

The bus will leave the Melia Cariari every 30 minutes on the hour and half hour beginning at 12:00a (e.g., 12:00a, 12:30a, 1:00a, …). 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 12:30a (e.g., 12:30a, 1:00a, 1:30a, …). The last bus of the day to the Melia Cariari will leave the TC4 operations site at 5:30p.

The bus will leave the Marriott every hour on the hour beginning at 12:00a (e.g., 12:00a, 1:00a, 2:00a, …). The last bus of the day will leave the Marriott at 5:00p.

The bus to the Marriott will leave the TC4 operations site every hour on the half hour beginning at 12:30a (e.g., 12:30a, 1:30a, 2:30a, …). The last bus of the day to the Marriott will leave the TC4 operations site at 5:30p.

Bus schedule for the ‘Symposium’ at the Ambassador’s Residence - Monday, 6 August 2007

Buses will depart the Melia Cariari between 6p and 6:30p. The buses also will bring attendees back to the Mellia Cariari after the gathering.

* 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:

- Sunday, 5 August -2:30p
- Monday, 6 August - 9:00a and 2:30p
- Tuesday, 7 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.

DC-8 schedule - Sunday, 5 August 2007

3:30a Power on/access
4:15a Pre-flight brief (in the ER-2 hangar conference room on the second floor)
5:00a Doors close (or until WB-57F has taken off)
5:45a Take off
1:15p Land
1:35p Post-flight brief (in the ER-2 hangar conference room on the second floor)
2:15p Power off

ER-2 schedule - Sunday, 5 August 2007

2:00a Power on/hands on
3:00a Hands off
6:15a Take off
11:30a Land
12:00n Post-flight brief (in the ER-2 hangar conference room on the second floor, approximately 30 minutes after landing)

WB-57F schedule - Sunday, 5 August 2007

12:30a Upload/hands on
3:30a Hands off
6:30a Take off
11:00a Land

Bus schedule - Sunday, 5 August 2007

The bus will leave the Melia Cariari every 30 minutes on the hour and half hour beginning at 12:00a (e.g., 12:00a, 12:30a, 1:00a, …). 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 12:30a (e.g., 12:30a, 1:00a, 1:30a, …). The last bus of the day to the Melia Cariari will leave the TC4 operations site at 5:30p.

The bus will leave the Marriott every hour on the hour beginning at 12:00a (e.g., 12:00a, 1:00a, 2:00a, …). The last bus of the day will leave the Marriott at 5:00p.

The bus to the Marriott will leave the TC4 operations site every hour on the half hour beginning at 12:30a (e.g., 12:30a, 1:30a, 2:30a, …). The last bus of the day to the Marriott 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:

- Sunday, 5 August - 9:00a and 2:30p
- Monday, 6 August - 9:00a and 2:30p
- Tuesday, 7 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

Subject: TC4 schedule_20070804 Date: 08/03/07 Time: 4:05 PM
DC-8 schedule - Saturday, 4 August 2007

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

ER-2 schedule - Saturday, 4 August 2007

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

WB-57F schedule - Saturday, 4 August 2007

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

Bus schedule - Saturday, 4 August 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.

The bus will leave the Marriott every hour on the hour beginning at 6:00a (e.g., 6:00a, 7:00a, 8:00a, …). The last bus of the day will leave the Marriott at 6:00p.

The bus to the Marriott will leave the TC4 operations site every hour on the half hour beginning at 6:30a (e.g., 6:30a, 7:30a, 8:30a, …). The last bus of the day to the Marriott will leave the TC4 operations site at 6:30p.

* There will be a Science Team meeting at 9:30a on Saturday, 4 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:

- Saturday, 4 August - 9:00a and 2:30p
- Sunday, 5 August - 9:00a and 2:30p
- Monday, 6 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 changes in ER-2 and Melia Cariari bus schedules. All other schedules remain the same. !!!

DC-8 schedule - Friday, 3 August 2007

4:45a Power on/access
5:15a Pre-flight brief (in the ‘clamshell’ hangar)
6:15a Doors close (or until WB-57F has taken off)
7:00a 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 - Friday, 3 August 2007

3:30a Power on/hands on
4:30a Hands off
7:30a Take off
12:15p Land
12:45p Post-flight brief (in the ER-2 hangar conference room on the second floor, approximately 30 minutes after landing)

WB-57F schedule - Friday, 3 August 2007

1:00a CDT Upload/hands on
4:00a CDT Hands off
7:00a CDT Take off
10:00a CST Land at San Jose (approximate time)

C-9 schedule - Friday, 3 August 2007

12:30p CST Land at San Jose (approximate time)

Bus schedule - Friday, 3 August 2007

The bus will leave the Melia Cariari 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 will leave the Melia Cariari at 6:00p.

The bus to the Melia Cariari will leave the TC4 operations site every 30 minutes on the hour and half hour beginning at 3:00a (e.g., 3:00a, 3:30a, 4:00a, …). The last bus of the day to the Melia Cariari will leave the TC4 operations site at 6:30p.

The bus will leave the Marriott every hour on the hour beginning at 8:00a (e.g., 8:00a, 9:00a, 10:00a, …). The last bus of the day will leave the Marriott at 6:00p.

The bus to the Marriott will leave the TC4 operations site every hour on the half hour beginning at 8:30a (e.g., 8:30a, 9:30a, 10:30a, …). The last bus of the day to the Marriott will leave the TC4 operations site at 6:30p.

* 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:

- Thursday, 2 August - 2:30p
- Friday, 3 August - 9:00a and 2:30p
- Saturday, 4 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.

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/

!!! 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/