TAMDAR AERI-bago Validation Experiment (TAVE) Daily Summary
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    Date: 16 May 2005 CST (Monday) 0000-2400 UTC
    Location: Tennessee Air National Guard at MEM Airport
    Operators: K. Bedka, E. Olson, J. Short
    http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/tamdar/

    Weather Conditions:

Beautiful sunny skies with a few scattered cirrus.  Highs in the low 70's.  
Northeasterly winds from 5 to 10 kts..

    Instrument Status:

*  Surface pressure, RH, and temperature sensors working and archiving.  
Anemometer has completely failed, no plans as of yet for a new one for the
duration of TAVE-II.

*  Ceilometer working and archiving

*  GPS system working and archiving

*  AERI working and archiving

*  Radiosonde system is working and archiving

2 launches were completed today
1915 UTC  Launch normal, data good
2200 UTC  Launch normal, data good

    Science/Miscellaneous:

Through analysis of the Memphis TAMDAR takeoff/landing timing and through 
consulatation, we have reduced the number of sonde launches per day to 4 
(from 5).  We have also adjusted the timing of 2 launches by up to 15 mins 
in order to achieve the maximum number of sonde/TAMDAR matchups without 
interrupting Memphis control tower operations.

All CIMSS data quicklooks are being produced in real-time and are
available at:

http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/tamdar/

Of special interest is the new TAMDAR/AERI/RUC-20 data daily cross-section 
page at:

http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/tamdar/quicklooks.php

Here you will find cross-sections from the period starting on Feb 21, 2005
to the present, with consistent color scalings and time domain.  AERI data
is only available during TAVE-I (Feb 23-Mar 8) and TAVE-II (May 16-May
28).  Also, one can view TAMDAR x-sects from both Minneapolis/St. Paul and
Detroit.  Kudos to our webmaster Bill Bellon for working with the CIMSS
TAVE group to get this up and running.

John Short and Erik Olson have left today, with Shaima Nasiri arrving 
early tomorrow morning.

AERIBago contact number:  608-219-0565

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Thanks to all involved in getting TAVE-II up and running!

Kris Bedka