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VOCALS-UK ARSF Status

VOCALS-UK ARSF Status. Grant Allen (grant.allen@manchester.ac.uk). VOCALS Planning Meeting, Manchester, 29 th July 2008. ARSF – Important Dates. 11 Aug – 18 Aug – Pylons onboard for PCASP test etc 19 August – Pylons shipped to Arica 29 Sep – 3 Oct – Instrument Fit, Kiddlington

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VOCALS-UK ARSF Status

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  1. VOCALS-UK ARSF Status Grant Allen (grant.allen@manchester.ac.uk) VOCALS Planning Meeting, Manchester, 29th July 2008

  2. ARSF – Important Dates 11 Aug – 18 Aug – Pylons onboard for PCASP test etc 19 August – Pylons shipped to Arica 29 Sep – 3 Oct – Instrument Fit, Kiddlington 6 – 10 Oct – ARSF leave / Contingency 10 Oct – Lidar Fit 16 – 24 Oct – Transit to Arica 26 Oct – 14 Nov – Science flying 16 Nov – 26 Nov – Transit to Kidlington and de-fit

  3. Instruments/Status • Eagle/Hawk – Hyperspectral imagers (Vis-NIR) – Approved, ARSF-operated • Aerosol Lidar – Leosphere. Approved, Hugo Ricketts • AIMMS-20 – Thermodynamics and turbulence, OK • Grimm 1.09 – OPC 3-25 um - OK • PCASP-100 – Approved. Shipped end of July, Need to get to ARSF quickly for test before pylons are shipped. • Aerosol Lidar, shipped by Leosphere. Fitted 10-13th Oct • FSSP-100 – Coarse mode aerosol/cloud • Polarimeter – Thomas Ruhtz

  4. Personnel / Crew Rotation • 4 Seats – Mission Scientist, Eagle/Hawk operator, Lidar Operator, Polarimeter operator • 3 pilots, 2 ARSF technical staff (Phil Goy + Gary Llewelyn) • No double-crewing of aircrew! 7/8th Nov hard down days due to switchover

  5. Data Flow • Eagle/Hawk – QA assessed in field, Calibrated images processed by PML (1 month turnaround). • Lidar – QA assessed in field. Possible quick-looks/images. • Thermodynamic and aerosol instruments – Assessed in field, quick-looks available. • All data backed up to a central hard-drive/server

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