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: 06 Oct, 2016, 16:08 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. Friday, Oct 07, 2016 

*Aircraft schedule:* 

* *DLR Falcon* 

>

>11:55 --- Power on the aircraft

>14:55 --- Pulling the aircraft out of the hangar

>15:25 --- Take-Off (approx. Flight time 03:30h)

>19:00 --- Landing

>

>Scientific Flight Crew: B. Witschas, O. Lux

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

> 

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>%{color:green} **11:40** D. Woudsma, B. Witschas, O. Lux, E. Nagel%

>%{color:green} **14:25** R. Welser, S. Grillenbeck, M. Zöger%

>

* *DLR HALO* 

> 

>09:45 --- Power on the aircraft

>12:00 --- Pushing HALO out of the Hangar

>12:00 --- Pre-Flight Briefing in the Hangar

>13:05 --- Take-Off (approx. flight time: 5:30)

>18:35 --- Landing

>

>Scientific Flight Crew: C. Keil (Mission-PI), F. Ewald, D. Hellmann, M. Gutleben, T. Koelling, M. Klingebiel

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

> 

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>%{color:green} **09:30** C. Grad, K. Witte, S. Storhas, L. Hirsch, H. Konow, M. Jacob, M. Wirth, D. Ene%

>%{color:green} **11:05** T. Koelling, L. Höppler, K. Wolf, T. Carlsen%

>%{color:green} **11:45** C. Keil, F. Ewald, D. Hellmann,  M. Gutleben, M. Klingebiel, S. Gemsa, M. Grossrubatscher, T. Leder, C. Mallaun%

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h3. Thursday, Oct 06, 2016 

*Aircraft schedule:* 

* *DLR Falcon* 

>**no flight**

>No scientific work going on at the aircraft, just standard maintentance from DLR´s side.

>

* *DLR HALO* 

> 

>03:30 --- Power on the aircraft

>05:45 --- Pushing HALO out of the hangar, performing the aircraft test

>06:00 --- Pre-Flight Briefing in the hangar

>07:00 --- Take-Off (approx. flight time: 8:30)

>15:30 --- Landing

>

>Scientific Flight Crew: M. Bramberger (PI), S. Groß, H. Konow, M. Jacob, M. Gutleben, K. Wolf

*%{color:green}Meeting times for entry into the airport at Golden Gate%* 

> 

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>%{color:green} **02:45** C. Grad, K. Witte, M. Klingebiel, D. Hellmann, L. Hirsch, M. Wirth, D. Ene%

>%{color:green} **04:30** T. Koelling, L. Höppler%

>%{color:green} **05:00** R. Welser, S. Gemsa, T. Leder, C. Mallaun, S. Hempe, S. Storhas%

>%{color:green} **05:30** M. Bramberger, S. Groß, H. Konow, J. Jacob, M. Gutleben, K. Wolf, T. Carlsen%

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h3. Wednesday, Oct 05, 2016 

*Aircraft schedule:* 

* *DLR Falcon* 

>*Day-Off today* 

> 

* *DLR HALO* 

> 

>Technical problem is solved. Test inside the Hangar was successful.

>Test outside on the Apron is officially required before the next flight.

>No flight today.

>

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h3. Tuesday, Oct 04, 2016 

*Aircraft schedule:* 

* *DLR Falcon* 

>*2 Flights planned for Tuesday*

>

>05:00 --- Power on the aircraft

>07:00 --- Pulling the aircraft out of Hangar, Fueling

>08:00 --- Take-Off (approx. flight time: 3:30h)

>11:30 --- Landing

>

>12:00 --- Fueling

>13:10 --- Take-Off (approx. flight time: 2:30h)

>15:40 --- Landing

>

>Flight Crew: Philipp Weber, Stefan Grillenbeck, David Woudsma, Benjamin Witschas, Oliver Lux 

>

>

*%{color:green}Meeting times for entry into the airport at Golden Gate%* 

> 

> 

>%{color:green} **04:30** (Engelbert, Oliver, Olli, Benny, David); Gate -> Hangar: Engelbert, Olli%

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

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>%{color:red} **07:00** (Stefan  Grillenbeck, Philipp Weber); Gate -> Hangar: Katrin/Stefan%

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* *DLR HALO* 

> 

>Due to a technical problem with the aircraft, today´s flight had to be cancelled.

>There will definitely be no HALO flight today.

>We had to order a spare part and hope to get it to Keflavik tomorrow.

>

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h3. Monday, Oct 03, 2016 

*Aircraft schedule:* 

* *DLR Falcon* 

>**no flight**

>

>09:00 - 16:00 --- Power on the aircraft

>

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

> 

> 

>%{color:green} **08:30** (Engelbert, Oliver, Olli, Benny, Stephan, David); Gate -> Hangar: Engelbert, Olli%

>

* *DLR HALO* 

> tbd (due to repair)

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h3. Monday, Oct 03, 2016 

*Aircraft schedule:* 

* *DLR Falcon* 

>**no flight**

>

>09:00 - 16:00 --- Power on the aircraft

>

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

> 

> 

>%{color:green} **08:30** (Engelbert, Oliver, Olli, Benny, Stephan, David); Gate -> Hangar: Engelbert, Olli%

>

* *DLR HALO* 

> tbd (due to repair)

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h2. Responsibilities

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

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

| Scientific Manager: | John Methven | j.methven[at]reading.ac.uk | X |

| Technical Manager: | X |  X | X |

| Chief Forecaster: | Bas Crezee |  sebastiaan.crezee[at]env.ethz.ch | X |

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

| Coordinator Ground-Based Observations: | Jacob Maddison | j.maddison[at]pgr.reading.ac.uk | |

| Mission Scientist (D-CMET) | Benjamin Witschas| benjamin.witschas[at]dlr.de | +354 8668270 |

| Mission Scientist (D-ADLR) | Martina Bramberger | martina.bramberger[at]dlr.de | X |

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

| DLR-FX Operations | Stefan Hempe| stefan.hempe[at]dlr.de | +49 172 20 00 688 |

| DLR-FX Project manager in Keflavik | 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 and Aircraft Status Matrix (from 5 Okt 2016, 09:00 UTC)

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

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