TAMDAR AERI-bago Validation Experiment (TAVE) Daily Summary
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    Date: 25 May 2005
    Location: Tennessee Air National Guard at MEM Airport
    Operators: E. Olson, S. Bedka
    http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/tamdar/

    Weather Conditions:

General condition of the day:  Partly cloudy due to mostly scattered cirrus, high of 83.  Winds out of the NNE and increasing throughout the local daytime.  Definitely not a bad day to be in the field.

    Instrument Status:

* Surface pressure, RH, and temperature sensors working
and archiving. Anemometer has completely failed.

* Ceilometer working and archiving

* GPS system working and archiving

* AERI working and archiving
Fewer yellow condition warnings today.  Most likely due to a more stable bago temperature.

* Radiosonde system is working and archiving
 4 launches were completed today

    Science/Miscellaneous:

0000 UTC launch   mostly cloudy with multiple cloud layers
1505 UTC launch   broken cloud cover with 50% cirrus and contrail coverage.
1915 UTC launch   similar conditions to previous
2220 UTC launch   similar conditions to previous

AC status:  Units continue to work off and on throughout the day.  Enough to keep the inside temperature reasonable.

Discussed pack up and storage plans with both Capt. Hawkins and Lt. Adkins.

AERIBago contact number: 608-219-0565

Two full balloon launching days remaining in TAVE II.

Erik Olson