NAWDEX - North Atlantic Waveguide and Downstream Impact Experiment

h1. NAWDEX 2016 Campaign (HALO & Falcon)

This is the official blog for the NAWDEX campaign, a webpage that can be edited by all NAWDEX team members that are registered. The aim is to inform all NAWDEX participants and interested colleagues about the campaign and to share the planning material. If you need information about the international NAWDEX Project please refer to http://nawdex.org/ and for the HALO/Falcon Project please refer to http://www.pa.op.dlr.de/nawdex/

In case you should have any questions please contact: *andreas.schaefler[at]dlr.de*

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h2. NAWDEX daily campaign schedule 

_[last change: 21 Sep, 2016, 17:15 UT]_

If not stated otherwise, all timings given below after September 18 are referring to UT, which is LT in Iceland.

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h3. Thursday, Sept 22, 2016

*Aircraft*

* *Falcon*

> 09:00-17:00 --- Access to aircraft / power on the aircraft

* *HALO*

>09:00-17:00 --- Access to aircraft / power on the aircraft

>09:05 --- Briefing at the aircraft for planning of instrument work on the day

>

>17:00-18:30 --- check flight (no scientists on board, WALES cooling system to be operated)

*%{color:red}Meeting times for entry into the airport at silver gate%*

>%{color:red} 08:30 (FX)

>             08:45 (Scientists)

>             09:30 (whoever)% 

>

>%{color:red} - Please announce at what time you will come (contact Frank Probst) 

>             - Other times on request (contact Frank)%

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h3. Wednesday, Sept 21, 2016

*%{color:red}Aircraft schedule:%*

* *DLR Falcon*

>09:30 - 10:00 refueling on the apron

>10:30 --- Power on the aircraft (in the hangar)

>12:00 --- *Pre-flight briefing at HALO (go/no-go decision, HALO and Falcon)*

>13:05 --- Power off

>13:10 --- Leave hangar / APU power 

>13:40 --- *Take-Off*

>17:30 --- ETA Keflavik

>17:45 --- Power on the aircraft in the hangar

>

>coordination with HALO: see below

>

>_Flight crew:_

>_Philipp Weber, Stefan Grillenbeck, David Woudsma, Oliver Reitebuch, Christian Lemmerz_

>

>"Falcon flight plan":https://internal.wavestoweather.de/nawdex/attachments/download/94/01%20NAWDEX%20DCMETMap%20ATC%2021-09-2016.pdf

* *DLR HALO* 

>10:00 --- Power on the aircraft

>12:00 --- *Pre-flight briefing at the aircraft (go/no-go decision, HALO and Falcon)*

>12:25 --- Power off

>12:30 --- Leave hangar / APU power / refueling

>13:45 --- *Take-Off*

>19:15 --- ETA Keflavik (then 10 min APU power on the apron)

>19:30 --- De-briefing at the aircraft

>

>coordination with satellite: Overpass (GPM) at N 65°06' W 21°24' at 14:45 UTC 

>coordination with DLR Falcon: meeting point at N 67°18' W 22°06' at 15:20 UTC

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>_Flight crew:_

>_Roland Welser, Matthias Wiese, Tommy Leder, Florian Pantillion (mission scientist onboard), Axel Amediek, Friedhelm Jansen, Mario Mech, Kevin Wolf, Lucas Höppler_

>

>"HALO flight plan":https://internal.wavestoweather.de/nawdex/attachments/download/93/02%20%20NAWDEX%20D-ADLR%20-%20Map%20ATC%2021-09-2016_update.pdf

*%{color:red}Meeting times for entry into the airport at silver gate%*

>**09:00**

>**09:30**

>**10:00**

>**11:30**

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h3. Tuesday, Sept 20, 2016

*Aircraft*

* Falcon 

> 10:00-19:30 --- Access to aircraft / power on the aircraft

* HALO

>10:00-19:30 --- Access to aircraft / power on the aircraft

>10:15 Briefing at the aircraft for planning of instrument work on the day

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h2. Responsibilities

| *Position* | *Name* | *Contact (Email*) | *mobile phone* |

| HALO/Falcon Campaign Steering Group:|  X | X | X |

| Scientific Manager: | George Craig |  george.craig[at]lmu.de | X |

| Technical Manager: | X |  X | X |

| Chief Forecaster: | Hanin Binder |  hanin.binder[at]env.ethz.ch | X |

| Instrument Manager: | Manuel Gutleben |  manuel.gutleben[at]dlr.de | X |

| Coordinator Ground-Based Observations: | Ben Harvey |  b.j.harvey[at]reading.ac.uk | +44 7981 276126 |

| Mission Scientist (D-CMET) 21. Sep| Oliver Reitebuch| oliver.reitebuch[at]dlr.de | +354 8667413 |

| Mission Scientist (D-ADLR) 21. Sep| Florian Pantillon| florian.pantillon[at]kit.edu | +49 157 8686 6938 |

| Mission Scientist (ground) 21. Sep| Julian Quinting | julian.quinting[at]monash.edu | X |

| DLR-FX Operations | Frank Probst | frank.probst[at]dlr.de | +49 152 015 22 498 |

| DLR-FX Project manager in Keflavik (until Sep 30) | Andreas Minikin | andreas.minikin[at]dlr.de | +49 174 951 1618 |

| DLR-FX Project manager in Keflavik (from Sep 30) | Katrin Witte | katrin.witte[at]dlr.de | +49 172 741 3066 |

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h2. Planning Summary Matrix (from 19 Sep 2016, 23:25 UTC)

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h2. Instrument Status Matrix (from 20 Sep 2016, 08:00 UTC)

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h2. Observation Coordination Matrix( from XX Sep 2016, XX:XX UTC)

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