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AERI-bago Daily Summary
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Date: 18 May 2002 CST (Saturday)
Location: Homestead Site (near Balko, Oklahoma), IHOP field campaign
Operator: Wayne Feltz

Weather Conditions:

Warm and windy, very dry dewpoints, high ~72, high clouds to west from mountain thunderstorm activity

Instrument Status:

AERI ran well all day, stirling cooler problems have settled down, instrument was running in automated mode when I arrived onsite at ~5:30 pm local time

Science:

Boundary layer mission was called off for today due to aircraft problems.  The mission will be flown tomorrow (Sunday) and will include overpasses of the Falcon, P3, and King Air over the homestead site.

Miscellaneous:

I took over for Dave Tobin at the Bago today. All systems were running like a charm when I arrived.

The University of Alabama - Huntsville MIPS portable profiling system parked next to the Bago last night and ran Sodar, MWR, and 915 mHz wind profiler. Scanning Raman Lidar is still down and will not be fixed at least until Wednesday (a specialist will be sent out).  Dave Whiteman indicated that the SRL will now be able to do aerosol optical depth, daytime moisture, and possibly temperature.