P-3 Orion - WFF 05/16/19
| From: | BGSF | To: | BGSF | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start: | 05/16/19 10:29 Z | Finish: | 05/16/19 16:49 Z | ||
| Flight Time: | 6.3 hours | ||||
| Log Number: | 19P017 | PI: | Joseph MacGregor | ||
| Funding Source: | Bruce Tagg - NASA - SMD - ESD Airborne Science Program | ||||
| Purpose of Flight: | Science | ||||
| 19P017 | |
|---|---|
| Flight Hours Approved in SOFRS | 250 |
| Total Used | 216.3 |
| Total Remaining | 33.7 |
| 19P017 Flight Reports | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Flt # | Purpose of Flight | Duration | Running Total | Hours Remaining | Miles Flown |
| 03/26/19 | #2053: 2019 OIB ATF | Check | 0.9 | 0.9 | 249.1 | 0 |
| 03/27/19 | #2059: 2019 OIB PTF-Laser | Check | 2.3 | 3.2 | 246.8 | 0 |
| 03/28/19 | #2061: 2019 OIB PTF-Radar | Check | 3.2 | 6.4 | 243.6 | 0 |
| 04/01/19 | #2068: 2019 OIB WFF-BGTL Transit Flight | Transit | 6.9 | 13.3 | 236.7 | 2458 |
| 04/03/19 | #2070: 2019 OIB Science Flight #1 | Science | 7.6 | 20.9 | 229.1 | 1938 |
| 04/05/19 | #2072: 2019 OIB Science Flight #2 | Science | 7.7 | 28.6 | 221.4 | 1910 |
| 04/06/19 | #2073: 2019 OIB Science Flight #3 | Science | 7.2 | 35.8 | 214.2 | 2000 |
| 04/08/19 | #2075: 2019 OIB Science Flight #4 | Science | 6.9 | 42.7 | 207.3 | 1780 |
| 04/09/19 | #2076: 2019 OIB Science Flight #5 | Science | 7.8 | 50.5 | 199.5 | 2045 |
| 04/10/19 | #2081: 2019 OIB Science Flight #6 | Science | 10.1 | 60.6 | 189.4 | 2702 |
| 04/11/19 | #2082: BGSF-BGTL Transit | Transit | 2.2 | 62.8 | 187.2 | 696 |
| 04/12/19 | #2083: 2019 OIB Science Flight #7 | Science | 7.2 | 70 | 180 | 2109 |
| 04/15/19 | #2086: 2019 OIB Science Flight #8 | Science | 4.8 | 74.8 | 175.2 | 1243 |
| 04/16/19 | #2087: 2019 OIB Science Flight #9 | Science | 7.6 | 82.4 | 167.6 | 2036 |
| 04/17/19 | #2088: 2019 OIB Science Flight #10 | Science | 7.7 | 90.1 | 159.9 | 1937 |
| 04/18/19 | #2090: 2019 OIB Science Flight #11 | Science | 7.8 | 97.9 | 152.1 | 2008 |
| 04/19/19 | #2091: 2019 OIB Science Flight #12 | Science | 7.6 | 105.5 | 144.5 | 2104 |
| 04/20/19 | #2092: 2019 OIB Science Flight #13 | Science | 6.9 | 112.4 | 137.6 | 0 |
| 04/22/19 | #2094: 2019 OIB Science Flight #14 | Science | 6.6 | 119 | 131 | 1867 |
| 04/23/19 | #2099: 2019 OIB Science Flight #15 | Science | 7.7 | 126.7 | 123.3 | 1979 |
| 04/25/19 | #2102: 2019 OIB BGTL-KBGR Transit Flight | Transit | 6.2 | 132.9 | 117.1 | 0 |
| 04/26/19 | KBGR to BGSF Transit | Transit | 5.7 | 138.6 | 111.4 | 0 |
| 05/05/19 | 2019 OIB Science Flight #16 | Science | 7.8 | 146.4 | 103.6 | 0 |
| 05/06/19 | 2019 OIB Science Flight #17 | Science | 8.4 | 154.8 | 95.2 | 0 |
| 05/07/19 | 2019 OIB Science Flight #18 | Science | 8.5 | 163.3 | 86.7 | 0 |
| 05/08/19 | 2019 OIB Science Flight #19 | Science | 8 | 171.3 | 78.7 | 0 |
| 05/12/19 | 2019 OIB Science Flight #20 | Science | 9 | 180.3 | 69.7 | 0 |
| 05/13/19 | 2019 OIB Science Flight #21 | Science | 7 | 187.3 | 62.7 | 0 |
| 05/14/19 | 2019 OIB Science Flight #22 | Science | 7.9 | 195.2 | 54.8 | 0 |
| 05/15/19 | 2019 OIB Science Flight #23 | Science | 8.3 | 203.5 | 46.5 | 0 |
| 05/16/19 | 2019 OIB Science Flight #24 | Science | 6.3 | 209.8 | 40.2 | 0 |
| 05/17/19 | 2019 OIB Transit | Transit | 6.2 | 216 | 34 | 0 |
| 05/17/19 | 2019 OIB Transit | Transit | 0.3 | 216.3 | 33.7 | 0 |
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OIB - P-3 Orion - WFF 05/16/19 Science Report
Mission: IceSat-2 South shortened (priority:high)
This mission is designed along IceSat-2 ground tracks to fill the gap between the southeastern and southwestern suites of missions. We sample a total of four IceSat-2 orbits, mixing left, nadir, and right beam pair overflights. We also overfly a firn compaction study site at point Saddle. For 2019 we replace three of the previously flown lines with lower-latency tracks (occupied by IS-2 on 15, 16 and 19 May 2019). We removed two of the originally-planned six IS-2 lines today, because today being our final science flight prior to our departure for the US tomorrow, we needed additional time this afternoon to load the aircraft for departure and still remain within our allowable crew duty hours.
The unsettled weather over all of southern Greenland improved somewhat this morning, leaving substantial clear areas but also many clouds. The clearest area among our high-priority areas roughly straddled the South Dome region, making this mission one for which we could expect a reasonable science return. Weather models also led us to expect slow clearing of the area during the day. Once airborne, we experienced mostly clear (and very calm) conditions, with a few patches of low cloud that prevented optical data collection from time to time.
Headwall SWIR did not operate today, but otherwise all instruments performed well. ATM estimates 90% altimetry data recovery today. We did not perform a ramp pass due to low ceilings at Kangerlussuaq upon arrival.
IceSat-2 RGT latencies (+/- indicates OIB surveyed after/before IceSat-2)
0780 -3 days
0742 -7 hours
0681 +4 days
0719 +1 day
Data volumes:
ATM: 93 Gb
CAMBOT: 128 Gb
FLIR: 12 Gb
KT19: 8 Mb
MCoRDS: 1.64 Tb
Narrow Swath ATM: 126 Gb green
Narrow Swath ATM: 91 Gb IR
VNIR 29 Gb
Snow Radar: 1.14 Tb
total data collection time: 5.6 hrs
