Joint Airborne IASI Validation Experiment (JAIVEx) at UW-Madison SSEC/CIMSS

From Bob Wells:

The aircraft was dirty with oil and insects after Saturday’s flight but had a good clean before Sunday’s sortie (except for the forward facing camera which could not be reached until Sunday evening).

Flight B289 on Sunday over the Gulf of Mexico was very successful. The WB 57 flew directly over the 146 during the METOP overpass in clear skies and all instruments worked well.  There was insufficient fuel available to stay on station for the AQUA overpass but measurements were made just a few minutes in advance of this.

Doug Anderson broke the FAAM sondes/flight record by dropping a grand total of 21.
This brings the number of sondes dropped during JAIVEX to 82  and the number of hours flown from Houston to 48.5.

An early start is needed for Monday’s flight in the Eastern Gulf (with a refuelling stop at New Orleans).  Power on at 3:30am, Take-Off 7:30am.

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