TAMDAR AERI-bago Validation Experiment (TAVE) Daily Summary
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      Date: 23 May 2005 CST (Thursday) 0000-2400 UTC
     Location: Tennessee Air National Guard at MEM Airport
     Operators: S. Bedka, S. Nasiri
     http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/tamdar/
      Weather Conditions:
  A slight risk for overnight severe weather yielded nothing in Memphis.  The day begin with some light rain, which ended just before the first launch at 10:15 AM CDT. Overcast skies cleared steadily throughout the morning, leaving partly cloudy skies (multi-layered cumulus, some cirrus) by early afternoon.  Temperatures reached 89, and dew points were in the low to mid 60s throughout the afternoon.  Winds from the W-SW picked up slightly later on in the afternoon, and topped out at about 9 mph.
       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, data good
 1915 UTC Launch normal, data good
 2220 UTC Launch normal, data good
      Science/Miscellaneous:
 The AERIBago Crew (me, that is) said goodbye to Shaima Nasiri this afternoon.  Erik Olson will join me first thing tomorrow morning.
  AERIBago contact number: 608-219-0565
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