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: 25 Sep, 2016, 14:06 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. Tuesday, Sept 27, 2016

*Aircraft schedule:*

* *DLR Falcon*

>06:45 --- Power on the aircraft (in the hangar)

>08:30 --- *Pre-flight briefing in the hangar (go/no-go decision Falcon)*

>08:45 --- Power off

>08:50 --- Leave hangar / APU power 

>09:20 --- *Take-Off* (approx. flight time: 3:30 h)

>12:50 --- ETA Keflavik

>          refueling

>13:30 --- Power on the aircraft in the hangar 

>

>_Flight crew:_

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

>

>"Falcon flight plan":

* *DLR HALO* 

>08:30 --- Power on the aircraft

>10:10 --- *Pre-flight briefing in the hangar (go/no-go decision HALO)*

>10:25 --- Power off

>10:30 --- Leave hangar / APU power

>11:30 --- *Take-Off* (approx. flight time: 9:15 h)

>20:45 --- ETA Keflavik (then 10 min APU power on the apron)

>21:05 --- De-briefing in the hangar

>

>_Flight crew:_

>_Roland Welser, Matthias Wiese, Tommy Leder, Hanin Binder(mission scientist onboard), Andreas Fix, Manfred Wendisch, Martin Hagen, Lucas Höppler, Christian Grams_

>

>"HALO flight plan":

*%{color:red}Meeting times for entry into the airport at Silver Gate%* 

>

>%{color:red} **06:30** (Falcon scientists, David);  Gate -> Hangar: Engelbert

>             **08:00** (Falcon pilots, Andreas M., Frank, first HALO team);  Gate -> Hangar: Frank, Andreas

>             **09:15** (HALO Crew,...);   Gate -> Hangar: Frank or Andreas

>             **09:45**  Gate -> Hangar: Frank or Andreas% 

h3. Monday, Sept 26, 2016

*Aircraft schedule:*

* *DLR Falcon*

> no flight

> 09:30 - 16:00 power on the aircraft

* *DLR HALO* 

>07:00 --- Power on the aircraft

>08:40 --- *Pre-flight briefing in the hangar (go/no-go decision HALO)*

>08:55 --- Power off

>09:00 --- Leave hangar / APU power

>10:00 --- *Take-Off* (approx. flight time: 9:15 h)

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

>19:35 --- De-briefing in the hangar

>

>_Flight crew:_

>_Roland Welser, Matthias Wiese, Tommy Leder, George Craig (mission scientist onboard), Axel Amediek, Manuel Gutleben, Kevin Wolf, Lisa Dirks, Mario Mech_

>

>"HALO flight plan":https://internal.wavestoweather.de/nawdex/attachments/download/163/NAWDEX%20D-ADLR%20-%20Map%20ATC%2026-09-2016.pdf

*%{color:red}Meeting times for entry into the airport at Silver Gate%* 

>

>%{color:red} **06:30** 

>             **07:30** 

>             **08:15** (Crew,...)

>             **09:15** (Falcon-Lidar,...)% 

h3. Sunday, Sept 25, 2016

*Aircraft schedule:*

* *DLR Falcon*

>10:30 --- fueling

>11:15 --- check flight (no instrument operation)

>12:15 --- fueling 

>Power on the aircraft: not requested 

* *DLR HALO* 

>11:00 --- fueling

>12:30 to ~16:00 Power on the aircraft (request by SMART and specMACS)

*%{color:red}Meeting times for entry into the airport at Silver Gate%* 

>

>%{color:red} **09:15** (David)

>             **09:45** (FX)

>             **12:15** (Falcon-Lidar, SMART)% 

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h3. Saturday, Sept 24, 2016

*Day-off*

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h3. Friday, Sept 23, 2016

*Aircraft schedule:*

* *DLR Falcon*

>04:15 --- Power on the aircraft (in the hangar)

>06:00 --- *Pre-flight briefing in the hangar (go/no-go decision Falcon)*

>06:15 --- Power off

>06:20 --- Leave hangar / APU power 

>06:50 --- *Take-Off* (approx. flight time: 3:10 h)

>10:00 --- ETA Keflavik

>10:15 --- Power on the aircraft in the hangar (if required)

>

>_Flight crew:_

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

>

>"Falcon flight plan":https://internal.wavestoweather.de/nawdex/attachments/download/116/02_NAWDEX_Map_ATC_NAWDEX_23-09-2016_DCMET_BIKF-BIKF.PDF 

* *DLR HALO* 

>04:15 --- Power on the aircraft

>06:40 --- *Pre-flight briefing in the hangar (go/no-go decision HALO)*

>06:55 --- Power off

>07:00 --- Leave hangar / APU power

>07:30 --- *Take-Off* (approx. flight time: 8:45 h)

>16:15 --- ETA Keflavik (then 10 min APU power on the apron)

>16:35 --- De-briefing in the hangar

>

>_Flight crew:_

>_Roland Welser, Matthias Wiese, Tommy Leder, Lotte Bierdel (mission scientist onboard), Andreas Fix, Friedhelm Jansen, Martin Hagen, Hans Grob, Manuel Gutleben_

>

>"HALO flight plan":https://internal.wavestoweather.de/nawdex/attachments/download/126/NAWDEX%20D-ADLR%20-%20Map%20ATC%2023-09-2016_V2.pdf

*%{color:red}Meeting times for entry into the airport at GOLDEN (!) Gate%* 

>%{color:red}Note: Silver Gate opens only 06:30!%

>"Map showing location of golden gate":https://internal.wavestoweather.de/nawdex/attachments/download/117/Map_Keflavik-Airport_Golden-Gate.pdf

>

>%{color:red} **03:45** (Flo + instrument teams starting early)

>             **04:30** (other instrument teams)

>             **05:30** (Falcon FX flight crew + remaining scientists)

>             **06:20 SILVER Gate** (HALO FX flight crew + Operators + Lotte, Marlene und Andreas S.)% 

>

>%{color:red} - Please be aware of possible queues at the golden gate in particular around 05:00-05:30 and that it takes longer for SouthAir to get you from there to our hangar.

> - Please announce at which time you will come to the gate (contact Frank Probst)% 

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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

*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

>

>_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

*Meeting times for entry into the airport at silver gate*

>**09:00**

>**09:30**

>**10:00**

>**11:30**

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h2. Responsibilities

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

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

| Scientific Manager: | Jim Doyle |  James.Doyle[at]nrlmry.navy.mil | X |

| Technical Manager: | X |  X | X |

| Chief Forecaster: | Julian Quinting |  julian.quinting[at]monash.edu | X |

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

| Coordinator Ground-Based Observations: | Leo Saffin |  l.saffin[at]pgr.reading.ac.uk | X |

| Mission Scientist (D-CMET) 26. Sep| Oliver Reitebuch| oliver.reitebuch[at]dlr.de | +354 8667413 |

| Mission Scientist (D-ADLR) 26. Sep| George Craig | george.craig[at]lmu.de | +354 625 1817 |

| Mission Scientist (ground) 26. Sep| Volkmar Wirth | vwirth[at]uni-mainz.de | 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 25 Sep 2016, 08:00 UTC)

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

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