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Andreas Schäfler, 10/06/2016 12:07 PM
IOP Overview¶
Overview IOPs, Research Flights¶
| IOP | Date | RF Falcon | Falcon Aims | RF HALO | HALO Aims | Coordination | ||
| 1 | 17/09/2016 | RF01, RF02 | Waveguide near WCB outflow, Overflight South Uist | RF01 | Waveguide near WCB outflow, Overflight Chilbolton, Smart Calibration Pattern, Radar Calibration Pattern at 2 FLs | HALO & Falcon south and east of Icleand | ||
| 2 | 21/09/2016 | RF03 | Waveguide near WCB outflow | RF02 | Waveguide near WCB outflow northwest of Iceland, WCB ascent south of Icleand related to cyclone Ursula | HALO & Falcon northwest of Iceland | ||
| 3 | 23/09/2016 | RF04 | Waveguide near WCB outflow | RF03 | Waveguide near WCB outflow, WCB ascent over easter North Atlantic related to cyclone Vladiana | HALO & Falcon southeast of Iceland HALO & FAAM BAE-146 North of Ireland |
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| 4 | 26/09/2016 | --- | --- | RF04 | WCB acent, tropopause fold, intensifying Ex-TC Karl | |||
| 5 | 27/09/2016 | RF 05 | Strong jetstream with cut-off and the remnants of Karl above, | RF05 | Strong moisture Transport upstream of HIW predicted to Impact UK and Southern Scandinavia, PV Cut-off, Tropopause fold and remnants of Ex-Karl closer to Iceland | flight with FAAM-BAE 146 North of Scotland(low-level, dropsonde leg) | ||
| 28/09/2016 | RF06 | Calibration flight | ||||||
| 6 | 01/10/2016 | RF06 | Flight cancelled after 1 hour due to technical problems | |||||
| 7 | 02/10/2016 | RF07 | WCB outflow near Iceland: Box flight with tropopause Jet stream crossing | German Falcon and French Falcon (3/4 of the Box + dropsondes) | ||||
| 8 | 04/10/2016 | RF08, RF09 | Jetstream crossing east and south of Iceland |
Dropsondes¶
| RF | Number of dropped sondes (losses) |
| 01 | 11 (1) |
| 02 | 14 |
| 03 | 21 |
| 04 | 27 (2) |
| 05 | 22 (2) |
| Total | 95 |
| Remaining | 109 |