Convair Non-Kwajex Aerosol Flight
August 8, 1999
Peter Hobbs, Convair 580 Chief Scientist
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UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FLIGHT FOR KWAJEX
DATE: 8 August 1999
UW FLIGHT : 1790
Goals of Flight: Calibration of state parameters and gases against tethered balloon and
10 m tower on Meck Is.
Accomplishments : Goals achieved
Period of flight: 1511-1645 LT
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Approx: Local Time (UTC=local time minus 12 hours) |
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1518 |
Take-off |
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1531-1545 |
Several runs just offshore of 10m tower on Eck for gas comparisons. (Verbal tape on CV-580 stuck). At 1528 LT Larry Sutherland estimated winds of 084 deg true at 10 knots at 800 ft (near height of tethered balloon being ramped up?) |
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1547-1605 (?) |
Several runs at 1000 ft by tethered balloon (verbal tape records exact times when CV-580 was alongside instrument package on tether). |
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1607-1621 |
Repeated runs at 300 ft for comparisons with 10m tower. |
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1624-1627 |
Larry Sutherland estimated winds at 1000 ft to be 050 deg true at 9 knots |
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1628-1632 |
Climb to 3000 ft |
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1633 |
Head back to Kwajalein |
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Instrument mulfunctions: 1) Absolute humidity oscillating about central value
2) Verbal tape recording stuck for first ~15 mins of flight
KWAJEX hours remaining: 70.58
Peter Hobbs
Univ. of Wash.