NAWDEX - North Atlantic Waveguide and Downstream Impact Experiment

h1. 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 questions please contact: *andreas.schaefler[at]dlr.de*

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h2. NAWDEX daily campaign schedule 

_[latest change: 17 Sep, 2016, 16:30 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. Monday, Sept 19, 2016 

*Meetings*

* **08:30** --- Campaign Kick-off meeting (Operations Center)

 Agenda:

 * de-briefing of Saturday’s flights

 * scientific introduction into the campaign

 * logistics/safety at Keflavik airport

 * regulations for work at both aircraft

 * typical daily schedule 

* **11:00** --- General flight planning meeting at Operations Center (scientists)

* **12:30** --- Flight planning meeting at Operations Center (pilots/ops/mission scientist only)

*Aircraft*

* Falcon 

>approx. 10:30-18:00 --- Access to aircraft / power on the aircraft

* HALO

>approx. 10:30-18:00 --- Access to aircraft / power on the aircraft

>10:45 Planning briefing at the aircraft

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h3. Sunday, Sept 18, 2016 

* *Day-off*, no access to aircraft 

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h3. Saturday, Sept 17, 2016 (Ferry flights)

_Update: Both aircraft will be fueled on Friday, so no fueling needed on Saturday. Time on the apron with APU power is shortened._

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

>06:15 --- Power on the aircraft (Nico)

>06:45 --- Luggage of flight team to aircraft (at latest), stowing of luggage (contact David)

>07:25 --- Power off

>07:30 --- Leave hangar / APU power / only flight team boards aircraft

>08:00 --- Take-Off

>Refueling stop in Prestwick

>ETA Keflavik: 13:40 UTC (= LT in Iceland)

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

>06:15 --- Power on the aircraft (Nico)

>08:00 --- Luggage of flight team to aircraft (at latest), stowing of luggage (contact Tommy)

>08:40 --- Power off

>08:45 --- Leave hangar / APU power / only flight team boards aircraft

>09:15 --- Take-Off

>ETA Keflavik: 13:50 UTC (= LT in Iceland)

* *FLIGHT PLANNING MEETING*, 11 UTC in the Operation Center at Asbru, Iceland and via Adobe Connect

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h3. *Friday, Sept 16, 2016*

* *Falcon* 

>all day until 15:00 --- power on the aircraft for instrument work (Engelbert, Benni, Christian, Oliver)

* *HALO*

>all day until 15:00 --- power on the aircraft (service on SpecMacs and WALES)

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h3. *Thursday, Sept 15, 2016*

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

  ** *HALO:* test flight at 11 LT --> done

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h2. 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 | Frank Probst | X | X |

| 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 XX Sep 2016, XX:XX UTC)

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h2. Instrument Status Matrix (from XX Sep 2016, XX:XX UTC)

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

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