23Sep2010 14Z Daily GRIP Telecon

23Sep2010 14Z Daily GRIP Telecon

Global Hawk Report

·      Aircraft – green

o   Thursday 23 Sept. 15Z takeoff (8:00 AM PST), maximum flight time of 26 hrs. Target is PGI46L.  9 hr. ferry both ways.

·      Droposonde – red

o   Have ordered another spring.  Doing more tests.  Can’t guarantee when the test flight will be but shooting for Tuesday.

o   May extend GH flights to Oct 7 with full support.

o   Potential science flight when dropsondes become available.

o   Decision on Friday whether to remove HIWRAP and LIP.

o   Still worthwhile to fly with dropsondes without other instruments available.

o   Re-fly of Low Altitude test flight and high altitude flights in one day. Must be a weekday and have a chase plane.

·      HAMSR – green

·      LIP – green

·      HIWRAP – green

WB-57 Report

·      Aircraft - green

·      HIRAD – green

o   HIRAD removed from NASA926– but this is standard procedure since no targets in range. N926 to be used this week for pilot procedure

o   Possible flight Sunday flown from Ellington Field if PGI46L/AL95 storm makes it into western Caribbean.

o   Hangar use available through 30 September.

o   WB-57 approved to extend flights until at least 30 September

·      NAST-I still delayed – probably will not take part.

DC8 Report

·      Aircraft– green

o   No fly day

o   Objectives achieved with PGI46L and Calipso and Cloudsat overpasses.

o   No plan to fly with GH on Friday.

o   Pack DC8 on Thursday and Friday.  Transit home Saturday.

·      LASE – green

·      LARGE – green

·      APR2 – green

·      DAWN – green

·      Microphysics – green

o   CSI cannot fly for the duration of GRIP

·      MMS – green

·      Dropsonde – green

Science

·      Work has begun on preparation of charts for NASA HQ briefing.

·      Need platform scientist reports for GH

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