TAMDAR AERI-bago Validation Experiment (TAVE) Daily Summary
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    Date: 24 May 2005
    Location: Tennessee Air National Guard at MEM Airport
    Operators: E. Olson, S. Bedka
    http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/tamdar/

    Weather Conditions:

Hot and sunny in the morning and early afternoon.  Clouds and cooler temps in the late afternoon.

    Instrument Status:

* Surface pressure, RH, and temperature sensors working
and archiving. Anemometer has completely failed.

* Ceilometer working and archiving

* GPS system working and archiving
Downloaded the data files from the GPS.  The file naming convention of the unit seemed to have changed since TAVE-1.  Data is on yak and will be transferred to SSEC.

* AERI working and archiving
Lots of yellow flagged housekeeping data fields, but most of them are likely due to the warm temperatures.

* Radiosonde system is working and archiving
 4 launches were completed today

    Science/Miscellaneous:

0000 UTC launch   Sunny with light winds
1505 UTC launch   Sunny, almost no wind, temps already in the 80s
1915 UTC launch   Sunny, temps in the mid 80s
2220 UTC launch   Partly cloudy, temps in low 80s

Sarah picked me up at the airport this morning after an uneventful flight from Madison.
AC status:  the Bago's air conditioning units were off for the night.  Both were started up in the morning since the day looked to be a warm one.  The front unit was producing cool air even in the low setting.  Air temps from the rear unit were just slightly below room temp.  Both units seemed to work off and on throughout the day until the temperatures dropped in late afternoon.

AERIBago contact number: 608-219-0565

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Erik Olson