TAMDAR AERI-bago Validation Experiment (TAVE) Daily
Summary
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Date: 01 March 2005 CST (Sunday) 0000-2400 UTC
Location: Tennessee Air National Guard at MEM Airport
Operators: K. Bedka, T. Wagner, S. Bedka
http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/tamdar/

Weather Conditions:

Mostly clear skies, early morning temps near freezing, rising to the low 40's in the afternoon, gusty northwest winds at 15-20 mph.

Instrument Status:

*  Surface pressure, RH, and tmeperature sensors working
and archiving. Anemometer is still malfunctioning.
*  Ceilometer working and archiving.
*  GPS system working and archiving
*  AERI working and archiving.
*  Radiosonde system is working and archiving.

As of 2015 UTC on 022804, ASOS surface wind data from KMEM
is included as the lowest observation level within the
radiosonde data.  Surface pressure, temperature, and
humidity observations will still come from the AERIbago's
instrument tower.

0100  Launch normal, data good.
1430  Launch normal, data good.
1615  Launch normal, data good.
2015  Launch normal, data good.
2300  Launch normal, data good.

Science/Miscellaneous:
Tim Wagner has departed and was replaced by Sarah Bedka. Not too much scientifically speaking as the weather conditions were fairly homogeneous throughout the day.

The operators have 22 sondes remaining within the AERIbago.

AERIBago contact number:  608-219-0565