Blog for the 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 question before the campaign starts, please contact: andreas.schaefler[at]dlr.de

This page is under construction ...

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Schedule for aircraft (latest Change: 15 Sep, 2016, 19:00 UT))¶

Saturday, Sept 17, 2016 (Ferry flights)¶

• DLR Falcon, Oberpfaffenhofen (Times given below are LT Germany = UTC + 2 h)

06:00 --- Power on the aircraft (Nico)
07:00 --- Power off
07:05 --- Leave hangar / APU power / refueling (if not done already Thu or Fri)
07:30 --- everyone not flying leaves aircraft
08:00 --- Take-Off

• HALO, Oberpfaffenhofen (Times given below are LT Germany = UTC + 2 h)

06:15 --- Power on the aircraft (Nico)
07:00 (tbc) --- arrival of of flight crew, stowing of luggage
07:40 --- Power off
07:45 --- Leave hangar / APU power / refueling
08:45 --- everyone not flying leaves aircraft
09:15 --- Take-Off

Friday, Sept 16, 2016¶

• Falcon

all day --- power on the aircraft for instrument work (Engelbert, Benni, Christian, Oliver)

• HALO

afternoon (until 17:00 at latest) --- power on the aircraft (service on SpecMacs and WALES)

Thursday, Sept 15, 2016:*¶

• Falcon: test flight at 14 LT --> done

• HALO: test flight at 11 LT --> done

First days in Iceland:¶

• Mon, 12 Sep: beginning of the planning meetings (daily meetings at 8:30 UTC until Thu, 15 Sep, then 11 UTC from Iceland)

• Fri, 16 Sep: setup of the operation center and offices at the airport, flight planning with an announcement of first plans for Mon 19 Sep

• Sat, 17 Sep: HALO and Falcon transfer

• Sun, 18 Sep: day-off

• Mon, 19 Sep: flight planning

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Responsibilities¶

Position	Name	Contact (Email)	mobile phone
HALO/Falcon Campaign Steering Group:	X	X	X
Scientific Manager:	X	X	X
Technical Manager:	X	X	X
Chief Forecaster:	X	X	X
Instrument Manager:	X	X	X
Coordinator Ground-Based Observations:	X	X	X
Mission Scientist XX. Sep	X	X	X
Mission Scientist XX. Sep	X	X	X
DLR-FX Operations	X	X	X
DLR-FX Project manager in Keflavik (until Sep 30)	Andreas Minikin	andreas.minikin@dlr.de	+49 174 951 1618
DLR-FX Project manager in Keflavik (from Sep 30)	Katrin Witte	katrin.witte@dlr.de	+49 172 741 3066

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Planning Summary Matrix (from XX Sep 2016, XX:XX UTC)¶

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Instrument Status Matrix (from XX Sep 2016, XX:XX UTC)¶

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