TAMDAR AERI-bago Validation Experiment (TAVE) Daily Summary
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    Date: 20 May 2005 CST (Thursday) 0000-2400 UTC
    Location: Tennessee Air National Guard at MEM Airport
    Operators: K. Bedka, S. Nasiri
    http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/tamdar/

    Weather Conditions:

The day began with temperatures in the 80's and dewpoints near 70.  After a trough passed through, mid-50 dewpoints
coupled with subsidence from aloft allowed temperatures to
soar into the mid-90's.  Winds were sunstained at 15 kts
during the afternoon, making the sonde lauches a bit
unpleasant.


    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
 4 launches were completed today

0000 UTC Launch normal, data good
1505 UTC Launch normal, Initial sonde had pressure readings
of 3000000 mb.  After a complex, time-consuming
analysis, the operators deemed the measurements to be
invalid.  the replacement sonde was fine.
1915 UTC Launch normal, data good
2220 UTC Launch normal, data good

    Science/Miscellaneous:

The operators had to contend with an air conditioning
failure within the AERIbago.  Both bago A/C units failed
in the early afternoon, allowing temperatures within the
bago to rise to 95 F.  The operators tried to diagnose the
problem and suspect that the units had been on for too long
a time period.  We left them off tonight, as temperatures
were forecasted to plunge into the 60's.  Hopefully the
units work tomorrow, as the operators may wither away in the
heat.  As the AERI system is sensitive to ambient
temperature changes, the data may be suspect from about
1 PM until sunset.  The UW-CIMSS team will evalutate this
in the coming days.

AERIBago contact number: 608-219-0565

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Kris Bedka