TAMDAR AERI-bago Validation Experiment (TAVE) Daily Summary ----------------------- Date: 08 March 2005 CST (Tuesday) 0000-2400 UTC Location: Tennessee Air National Guard at MEM Airport Operators: S. Cultice, John Short http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/tamdar/ Weather Conditions: Sunny, but much cooler then yesterday. Lows around 32 degrees this morning with afternoon highs in the lower 50s. Brisk NW winds 10-18 mph. Wind chill readings this morning in the mid 20s. Instrument Status: * Surface pressure, RH, and temperature sensors working and archiving. Anemometer is still malfunctioning UW-CIMSS crew has decided to examine the anemometer when the AERIbago is taken back to UW-Madison. Therefore, the wind data contained in the surface data files is invalid. Using MEM Asos for local wind data. * Ceilometer working and archiving. * GPS system working and archiving * AERI working and archiving. * Radiosonde system is working and archiving. 1430 Normal Launch. 1615 Normal Launch 2015 Normal Launch. 2300 Normal Launch. 09/0100 ABORT BAD RH. Science/Miscellaneous: Some of you may already know this, but we noticed today that the Memphis branch of the NWS has a description of the TAMDAR GLFE off of their page... it even has a picture of John Short holding a weather balloon. You can view it at http://www.srh.noaa.gov/zme/TAMDAR.htm. Also, we noticed a couple of days ago that profiles from the AERIbago were referenced in one of their discussions. It's great to know that people are using this data! Last day!! Have already started to box things away. Will shut down GPS, After last archive at 09/0000z. Will meet back at the AERIbago one last time at 7 AM tomorrow morning before leaving, for the last final check. AERIBago contact number: 608-219-0565 Cheers, Scott Cultice