P-3 Orion 05/14/14
From: | BGTL | To: | BGTL | ||
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Start: | 05/14/14 11:05 Z | Finish: | 05/14/14 18:44 Z | ||
Flight Time: | 7.7 hours | ||||
Log Number: | 14P008 | PI: | Michael Studinger | ||
Funding Source: | Bruce Tagg - NASA - SMD - ESD Airborne Science Program | ||||
Purpose of Flight: | Science | ||||
Comments: | Northeast Grid 01 mission completed out of Thule for OIB today |
14P008 | |
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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 05/14/14 Science Report
F41 Northeast Grid 01
Accomplishments
- Low-altitude survey (1,500 ft AGL) over northeast Greenland.
- ATM, albedo, KT-19, snow, Ku-band, accumulation, MCoRDS and DMS were operated on the survey lines.
- Ramp pass at Thule at 1,000 ft AGL for instrument calibration.
- Pitch maneuvers over sea ice/water in the North Star Bay for instrument calibration.
- Satellite tracks: ICESat 1334, 0099.
- Repeat Mission: new mission but partial repeats going back to the 1990s.
Instrument | Operated | Data Volume | Instrument Issues/Comments |
ATM | yes | 65 GB | None. |
DMS | yes | 106 GB | None. |
Snow Radar | yes | 416 GB | None. |
Ku-band Radar | yes | 416 GB | None. |
Accumulation Radar | yes | 145 GB | None. |
MCoRDS | yes | 1.9 TB | None. |
KT-19 | yes | 9 MB | None. |
Albedo | yes | 6 GB | None. |
Mission Report (Michael Studinger, Mission Scientist)
This flight is a new mission, one of a suite of six flights intended to thoroughly sample the bedrock topography of northeast Greenland along a series of nearly coast-parallel ICESat lines. At the same time we obtained altimetry measurements along the ICESat tracks which will enable the calculation of dh/dt over a broad area and a significant time span. This particular mission focused on the easternmost of the coast-parallel lines, and we also sampled a pair of 1990s ATM altimetry tracks over north central Greenland, which should yield an even longer dh/dt record over ice which may be thickening in the central part of the ice sheet.
The crew did an excellent job in completing a required pressurization test this morning, which allowed us to complete the entire science mission as planned. LiDAR data collection started 05/14/2014 11:12 UTC and ended at 18:38 UTC. In total we collected 7.4 hours of science data. The weather was perfect. We only encountered a solid layer of low clouds for 15 minutes after takeoff, which prevented us from descending onto the survey line to Camp Century.