AFWEX Status, 28 November 2000

Recap:
No-fly day for DC-8 and Proteus. The tenatively scheduled flight was cancelled beacuse of expectation of thick cirrus. Set-up efforts continue at Tinker. Developed a new flight pattern for the DC-8 (flown on 11/29) and a daily schedule for weather briefing (11am), site coordination and go/no-go decision (11:30 to noon), science telecon (2pm), and late weather briefing (5pm). Ted Cress made visits to each of the sites today.

Weather:
Patchy cirrus in mid-morning, with a forecast of persistent cloudiness into the evening. Scattered light cirrus at night.

Instrument Status/Comments
CART site:
   CART Raman Lidar Normal operation.
   GSFC Raman Lidar No science operations.
   MPI DIAL Not operational. Waiting on parts.
   WFF Chilled Mirror Sondes No science operations. 22 sensors left.
   Other
DC-8:
   LASE No science operations.
   DLH No science operations.
   Cryo frost-point/chilled-mirror No science operations.
   SHIS No science operations.
   COAST No science operations.
   AeroSapient No science operations.
Proteus:
   NAST-I No science operations.
   NAST-M No science operations.
   FIRSC No science operations.

Dave Tobin, University of Wisconsin
dave.tobin@ssec.wisc.edu