P-3 Orion 05/09/14
| From: | BGTL | To: | BGTL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start: | 05/09/14 10:50 Z | Finish: | 05/09/14 17:46 Z | ||
| Flight Time: | 6.9 hours | ||||
| Log Number: | 14P008 | PI: | Michael Studinger | ||
| Funding Source: | Bruce Tagg - NASA - SMD - ESD Airborne Science Program | ||||
| Purpose of Flight: | Science | ||||
| Comments: | OIB completed the NW Coastal B mission today. No flights during the weekend. Next science flight scheduled for Monday, 12 May. | ||||
| 14P008 | |
|---|---|
| Flight Hours Approved in SOFRS | 369 |
| Total Used | 354.1 |
| Total Remaining | 14.9 |
| 14P008 Flight Reports | ||||||
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| Date | Flt # | Purpose of Flight | Duration | Running Total | Hours Remaining | Miles Flown |
| 03/06/14 | 1767 | Check | 1.3 | 1.3 | 367.7 | |
| 03/06/14 | 1768 | Check | 2.7 | 4 | 365 | |
| 03/07/14 | 1769 | Check | 5.7 | 9.7 | 359.3 | |
| 03/10/14 | WFF to Thule Transit | Transit | 8.1 | 17.8 | 351.2 | |
| 03/12/14 | Sea Ice - Nansen Gap | Science | 7.6 | 25.4 | 343.6 | |
| 03/13/14 | Sea Ice - Zig Zag East | Science | 7.7 | 33.1 | 335.9 | |
| 03/14/14 | Thule - Fairbanks Transit: Sea Ice - Laxon Line | Science | 8.8 | 41.9 | 327.1 | |
| 03/15/14 - 03/16/14 | Sea Ice - SIZRS ZigZag | Science | 8.1 | 50 | 319 | |
| 03/17/14 - 03/18/14 | Sea Ice - North Beaufort Loop - with Barrow | Science | 8.2 | 58.2 | 310.8 | |
| 03/18/14 - 03/19/14 | F06 Sea Ice - East Beaufort - with ONR/MIZ/CryoVEx camp | Science | 8.2 | 66.4 | 302.6 | |
| 03/19/14 - 03/20/14 | F07 Sea Ice - Beaufort -Chukchi Diamond | Science | 8.3 | 74.7 | 294.3 | |
| 03/21/14 | F08: Sea Ice – South Basin Transect | Science | 8.5 | 83.2 | 285.8 | |
| 03/24/14 | F09: Sea Ice – Giles Gateway | Science | 8 | 91.2 | 277.8 | |
| 03/25/14 | F10 - Axel Heiberg-Eureka | Science | 3 | 94.2 | 274.8 | |
| 03/26/14 | F11 - Zigzag West | Science | 7.9 | 102.1 | 266.9 | |
| 03/28/14 | Sea Ice – South Canada Basin | Science | 7 | 109.1 | 259.9 | |
| 03/31/14 | F13 Sea Ice – CryoVEx Nord | Science | 7.3 | 116.4 | 252.6 | |
| 04/03/14 | F15 Sea Ice - North Canada Basin | Science | 8.2 | 124.6 | 244.4 | |
| 04/04/14 | Transit from Thule to Kangerlussuaq | Transit | 2.8 | 127.4 | 241.6 | |
| 04/05/14 | Science Flight #16 - East Glaciers | Science | 7.8 | 135.2 | 233.8 | |
| 04/07/14 | Science Flight - Southwest Coastal A | Science | 7.7 | 142.9 | 226.1 | |
| 04/08/14 | Science Flight - Southeast Glacier 01 | Science | 7.6 | 150.5 | 218.5 | |
| 04/09/14 | Science Flight - Jakobshaven Glacier 01 | Science | 8 | 158.5 | 210.5 | |
| 04/10/14 | Science Flight - K-EGIG Summit Mission | Science | 7.9 | 166.4 | 202.6 | |
| 04/12/14 | Science Flight - OSU Clusters | Science | 6.6 | 173 | 196 | |
| 04/14/14 | Science Flight - Jakobshavn-Eqip-Store | Science | 7.7 | 180.7 | 188.3 | |
| 04/15/14 | Science Flight - Southwest Glacier 01 | Science | 7.3 | 188 | 181 | |
| 04/16/14 | Science Flight - IceSat 2 Central | Science | 8.4 | 196.4 | 172.6 | |
| 04/19/14 | Science Flight - Jakobshaven 02 | Science | 6.4 | 202.8 | 166.2 | |
| 04/21/14 | Science Flight - Geikie Glacier 01 | Science | 8.6 | 211.4 | 157.6 | |
| 04/23/14 | Science Flight - Baffin 02 | Science | 6 | 217.4 | 151.6 | |
| 04/24/14 | Science Flight - Helheim-Kangerd | Science | 8.2 | 225.6 | 143.4 | |
| 04/25/14 | Transit Flight - Kangerlussuaq to Thule | Transit | 2.6 | 228.2 | 140.8 | |
| 04/26/14 | Science Flight - NW Glacier 02 Mop-Up | Science | 5.6 | 233.8 | 135.2 | |
| 04/28/14 | Science Flight - North Pole Transect | Science | 7.3 | 241.1 | 127.9 | |
| 04/29/14 | Science Flight - Northeast Glaciers 01 | Science | 7.8 | 248.9 | 120.1 | |
| 04/30/14 | Science Flight - Northeast Grid 01 | Science | 2.6 | 251.5 | 117.5 | |
| 05/01/14 | Science Flight - Humboldt 01 | Science | 5.5 | 257 | 112 | |
| 05/02/14 | Science Flight - Cryosat Land | Science | 7 | 264 | 105 | |
| 05/05/14 | Science Flight - IceSat 2 - North | Science | 8 | 272 | 97 | |
| 05/07/14 | Science Flight - NW Glaciers 01 | Science | 8 | 280 | 89 | |
| 05/08/14 | Science Flight - North Central Gap 01 | Science | 8 | 288 | 81 | |
| 05/09/14 | Science Flight - NW Coastal B | Science | 6.9 | 294.9 | 74.1 | |
| 05/12/14 | Science Flight - Alexander-Petermann 01 | Science | 7 | 301.9 | 67.1 | |
| 05/14/14 | Science Flight - Northeast Grid 01 | Science | 7.7 | 309.6 | 59.4 | |
| 05/15/14 | Science Flight - Northeast Grid 06 | Science | 8 | 317.6 | 51.4 | |
| 05/16/14 | Science Flight - NW Coastal C | Science | 6.1 | 323.7 | 45.3 | |
| 05/19/14 | Science Flight - North Glaciers 02 Prime | Science | 8 | 331.7 | 37.3 | |
| 05/20/14 | Science Flight - Northwest Mopup | Science | 6.5 | 338.2 | 30.8 | |
| 05/21/14 | Science Flight - Northeast Grid 04 | Science | 7.9 | 346.1 | 22.9 | |
| 05/23/14 | Transit Flight - Thule to Wallops | Transit | 7.5 | 353.6 | 15.4 | |
| 05/23/14 | Transit Flight - Thule to Wallops | Transit | 0.5 | 354.1 | 14.9 | |
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OIB - P-3 Orion 05/09/14 Science Report
F39 Northwest Coastal B
Accomplishments
- Low-altitude survey (1,500 ft AGL) over northwest Greenland.
- ATM, albedo, KT-19, snow, Ku-band, accumulation, MCoRDS and DMS were operated on the survey lines.
- Ramp pass at Thule at 1,500 ft AGL for instrument calibration.
- Pitch maneuvers over sea ice/water in North Star Bay for instrument calibration.
- Satellite tracks: none.
- Repeat Mission: portions from 2010-2012.
| Instrument | Operated | Data Volume | Instrument Issues/Comments |
| ATM | yes | 57 GB | None. |
| DMS | yes | 97 GB | None. |
| Snow Radar | yes | 233 GB | None. |
| Ku-band Radar | yes | 233 GB | None. |
| Accumulation Radar | yes | 136 GB | None. |
| MCoRDS | yes | 1.7 TB | None. |
| KT-19 | yes | 11 MB | None. |
| Albedo | yes | 5 GB | None. |
Mission Report (Michael Studinger, Mission Scientist)
The primary candidate mission for today was again a sea ice mission (Connor Corridor) underflying the SARAL spacecraft, which uses the same orbit as Envisat and operates a Ka-band (35.75 GHz) radar altimeter called AltiKa. The plan was to fly the same line out and back, flying the out leg at the normal 1,500' altitude, and the return leg at ~15,000'. The orbit geometry today was suitable for the mission, however, bad weather prevented us from flying the mission (Fig. 2) and instead we selected a high-priority land ice mission that was completely clear except for a small area north of Thule.
The "Northwest Coastal B" mission that we flew is a new mission, created from the 2010-2012 “Northwest Coastal” suite of missions by sampling individual coast-parallel lines from those flights to form a grid spaced at 30-35 km from the coast to near the 2000 m contour line. This is one of three missions designed in this way, which together form a 10 km grid in the area. The others are Northwest Coastal A and C. This particular mission also overflies four PROMICE sites, two near Thule and two near Upernavik.
LiDAR data collection started 05/09/2014 10:58 UTC and ended at 17:06 UTC. In total we collected 6.1 hours of science data. We lost 12 minutes of data on the last line near waypoint N1101S due to low clouds (see infrared satellite image in Fig. 2).
