AATS-14/ UW CV-580:
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1) All times are in UTC, UTC = local+4
2) All AODs are stated at 500 nm
Ames Airborne Sunphotometer (AATS-14) Operations aboard the UW CV-580 during CLAMS, 2001 |
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Table updated August 22, 2003 by Jens Redemann ( jredemann@mail.arc.nasa.gov ) |
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Date (2001) |
Flt # |
AATS-14 |
Regular Data |
Profile Data |
Ground Data |
Plots of Regular Data |
Locations Plots: blue- CV-580 flight tracks magenta- good AATS-14 AOD measurement green- good AATS14 AOD measurement below 80m AC altitude |
Angstrom-alpha frequency distibution plots |
Raw Data File |
General Comments |
Notes |
Potential comparisons with other platforms |
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Unpark |
Park |
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10-Jul |
1870 |
17:39 |
22:14 |
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R10Jul01.AA |
Flight delayed until after TERRA OP. 2 x 15 min. 100 ft. legs at ~18:30, AOD 0.2-0.3. Spirale ascent to 12,000 ft at 19:00. |
Window cleaned before transit flight and not unparked during transit. |
COVE instrumentation, 18:00-18:01 |
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12-Jul |
1871 |
11:16 |
16:30 |
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R12Jul01.AB |
Clouds during first 4 hrs. TERRA OP 15:54, found clear spot at 15:45-15:55. AOD: 0.075-0.01 with small gradient. |
No window cleaning. |
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14-Jul |
1872 |
14:56 |
17:47 |
R14Jul01.AD |
Vertical profile (spirale descent) at 15:03 near COVE AOD=0.01 (clouds) to 0.1 Low- level runs 15:29 - 15:53. Clouds after 17:00 |
Window cleaned. |
COVE instrumentation. Pre-flight comparison to Cimel and Microtops on runway at ~ 14:37. |
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16-Jul |
1873 |
16:35 |
19:40 |
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R16Jul01.AD |
Clouds throughout most of the flight. Vertical profile (spirale descent) at 19:06. |
No window cleaning |
Pre-flight comparison to Cimel and Microtops on runway at ~16:25. |
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17-Jul |
1874 |
12:52 |
18:08 |
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R17Jul01.AE |
Golden day. AATS-14 data recording rate set to 0.33 Hz (0.5 Hz max). Spirale ascent profile over COVE at 13:05 up to 11,000 ft. TERRA OP at 16:14. Low- level run through COVE from 16:00- 16:15. |
No window cleaning. |
COVE instrumentation at 13:06 and 16:13:13 and 16:20. Other aircraft at COVE at ~16:14. |
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21-Jul |
none |
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23-Jul |
1875 |
14:13 |
16:41 |
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R23Jul01.AA |
AATS-14 data recording rate set to 0.5 Hz (max) for rest of the experiment. Extremely low AOD's again. TERRA OP at 15:35. Low level runs at 100 ft from 15:26- 15:54. Ascent spirale profile at 15:54 (38.0N, 74.0W), completed to 12000 ft for water vapor. |
Window cleaned on July 21. |
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25-Jul |
1876 |
13:25 |
15:42 |
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R25Jul01.AA |
Flight aborted on Wallops runway. Recorded 174kB of ground data. |
Window cleaned before flight. Window cleaning test in R25Jul01.AA. |
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26-Jul |
1877 |
12:11 |
12:14 |
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R26Jul01.AA |
Flight aborted after take-off (UW data system) |
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26-Jul |
1878 |
15:44 |
18:35 |
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R26Jul01.ALL |
TERRA OP at 16:07. Low level runs at 120 ft from 15:57 - 16:13. Ascent spirale profile at 16:13 (36.6N, 74.8W), completed to 11000 ft. |
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30-Jul |
1879 |
16:29 |
19:40 |
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R30Jul01.AA |
Low lwvel runs at 120 ft. near COVE from 16:34 - 16:39. Ascent spirale profile at 17:06 (due S of COVE), with considerable cloud contamination. AOD's at around 0.1 again. |
Window cleaned. |
COVE instrumentation. ER-2 underflight. |
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31-Jul |
1880 |
14:28 |
19:58 |
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R31Jul01.AB |
Flight to buoy 44004 (Northern Deep Water). TERRA OP at 16:26. Low lwvel runs at 100 ft from 16:02 - 16:26. AOD at OP time ~0.08. Ascent spirale profile at 17:07 (36.6N, 74.8W), completed to 10000 ft. |
Window cleaned before flight. Window cleaning test in R31Jul01.AA |
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2-Aug |
1881 |
15:42:0 |
18:52 |
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R02Aug01.ALL |
TERRA OP at 16:13. Low lwvel runs at 100 ft. from 16:05 - 16:27. AOD's between 0.1 and 0.12. Slow ascent spirale profile from 16:27 - 16:56 (at COVE), completed to 10000 ft. 2nd ascent spirale profile from 19:36 - 19:47 (at COVE), completed to 10000 ft. |
Window cleaned before flight. Window cleaning test in R01Aug01.AB |
Comparison with OV-10 en route to COVE. COVE instrumentation at 16:13 and 19:33. Considerable AOD changes in BRDF circles starting at 19:58. |
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2-Aug |
1882 |
19:27 |
20:38 |
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R02Aug01.ALL |
Ascent spirale profile from 19:36 - 19:47 (at COVE), completed to 10000 ft. |
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Considerable AOD changes in BRDF circles starting at 19:58. |
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