Photo courtesty of Vanda Grubisic, DRI
University of Wyoming
CuPIDO 2006
July 18 - August 17 2006
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Photo courtesty of Vanda Grubisic, DRI |
University of Wyoming
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| Date | Flight Number | Status | Times (UTC) | Hours | Notes |
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| August 17 | Flt 16 | cu congestus transitioning to cb, two data system 'glitches'; 1rst aroun 1607, GPS did not recover and data system was rebooted at 1636; 2nd glitch at 1704, data looked OK, but recieved 'failure' error for LV event and HV event. | 1552-1944 | 4.0 | jfrench |
| August 13 | Flt 15 | Deep convection formed very early in flight. Subsequent pulses grew very rapidly and became electrified early, making cloud penetrations difficult to near impossible. DMT Liquid water probe not turned on, PVM fogs up on final descent | 1558-1818 | 2.4 | jfrench |
| August 11 | Flt 14 | Deep convection at take-off time. Focused on environmental study around clouds from BL to 23,000 MSL. Licor turned on late (operator error), PVM fogs up on final descent | 1625-1830 | 2.1 | jfrench |
| August 10 | Flt 13 | two growth cycles from small cu to cb, second growth cycle had extremely vigorous clouds, no known problems with data or radar. | 1656-2039 | 4.9 | jfrench |
| August 9 | Flt 12 | captured transition from small/moderate cu to cb; entire evolution on order of couple of hours; flew to 25,000 ft MSL; left early due to reports of lightning in area | 1628-2016 | 3.9 | jfrench |
| August 8 | Flt 11 | focused on cu over Bigelow/Lemmon ridge; altitudes 140, 170, 200, many repeated passes, not much ice first 2-2.5 hours (weaker echoes), PVM fogged up on final descent | 1559-2032 | 4.6 | jfrench |
| August 7 | Flt 10 | abort flight early because of rapid transition of clouds to cb and onset of lightning (reported through NLDN); no known problems with data system/instruments | 1729-1901 | 1.7 | jfrench |
| August 6 | Flt 9 | relatively strong, isolated cu; Data system glitch from 20:01:20 through 20:02:35, no data during this time; GPS does not recover after glitch; PVM has apparent fogging from 21:07:09 through 21:13:00 | 1755-2207 | 4.3 | jfrench |
| August 2 | Flt 8 | moderate cumulus activity, primarily 250 ns radar pulse, no known problems | 1636-2059 | 4.5 | jfrench |
| August 1 | Flt 7 | Used 250 ns pulse width entirely, radar temperature remained cool. | 1705-2012 | 3.2 | |
| July 31 | Flt 6 | Used predominantly 250 ns pulse width. Radar temperature remained within limits until the final circumnavigation pattern during which a 500 ns pulse was used. | 2010-0042 | 4.5 | |
| July 26 | Flt 5 | Radar stats - shut down for heat: 4, faults: 1, power drops: 0 | 1625-2008 | 3.8 | |
| July 25 | Flt 4 | Calibration maneuvers 1651-1703.
Radar stats - shut down for heat: 2, faults: 0, power drops: 0 Climbed to 23,000 feet to cool data system. | 1556-2020 | 4.5 | |
| July 24 | Flt 3 | Radar stats - shut down for heat: 2, faults: 2, power drops: 2 | 1600-2021 | 4.5 | |
| July 19 | Flt 2 | Clouds didn't form until late in flight. | 1600-2007 | 4.2 | |
| July 18 | Flt 1 | Sat phone down
Radar stats - shut down for heat: 1, faults: 1, power drops: 1 | 1610-1944 | 3.7 | |
| Total Research Hours | 60.8 of 60.0 | ||||