NAWDEX - North Atlantic Waveguide and Downstream Impact Experiment

h1. IOP Overview

h2. *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|
| 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 || | |||
| 9 | 06/10/2016 | | || RF07 | TPV structure near Newfoundland New Foundland |||

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h2. *Dropsondes*

|*RF*| Number of dropped sondes (losses)|
|01|11 (1)|
|02|14|
|03|21|
|04|27 (2)|
|05|22 (2)|
|Total|95|
|Remaining|109|