WISC-T2000 Logistics

1) Current Schedule

• 7-14 Feb Instrument Integration at DFRC (MAS, CLS, AirMISR)
• 21-25 Feb Setup and Test wireless bridge from Truax to UW
• 24 Feb ER-2 ferry flight from DFRC to MSN
• 25 Feb Prospective MISR first light
• 25 Feb S-HIS integration on ER-2
• 26 Feb Instrument Integration flight at MSN
• 27 Feb Prospective MODIS first light
• 27 Feb -11 Mar Science flights
• 01 Mar Cloud IOP 2000 begins
• 12 Mar ER-2 Instrument download (SHIS)
• 13 Mar ER-2 ferry flight back to DFRC (CLS Download upon arrival)

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2) Data Collection Parameters:

• 59 ER-2 flight hours available for Science (19 Snow, 20 Menzel, 10 Liou, 10 King)
• Ten flights of 5 to 6 hours each plus 2 ferry flights
• Primarily Daytime data collection (interests in night?)
• Can overfly SSEC ground based instrumentation at end of snow flights
• No International flights (Canada) expected

3) Network Configuration Information

TRUAX Network Interface Specifics for WISC-T2000

Connection to the Internet is via an RF link between the hanger/lab at TRUAX and the Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) building on campus. Solectek from San Diego, California is supplying a 4 mb wireless bridge and is an extension of the SSEC network. SSEC's connection to the Internet is via the UW campus network at rates up to 45 Mbits/Sec.

Please use the following information in preparation for connecting to the network at TRUAX.

HARDWARE AND NETWORK IP ADDRESSES:

The network wiring is 10BaseT with Rj45 connectors. SSEC will supply cables to your computer.

default gateway: 144.92.116.1 netmask: 255.255.255.128 nameserver: 144.92.108.31, 144.92.108.70

domain: ssec.wisc.edu

A block of 50 IP addresses have been allocated for use for this experiment. They are sorted by name, so please verify that everything you need is here. At this point, the names & numbers look like this:

144.92.116.'number below'

Please contact myself or one of the other SSEC folks if there's a problem and we'll make every effort to get things worked out.

Contact:

Steve Barnet--System Administrator steve.barnet@ssec.wisc.edu

UW-Madison Space Science and Engineering Center

(608)263-2268

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4) Personnel List

Please send me email to the address below and I will add as I receive corrections and additions.

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5) Truax Phone Numbers

Truax Airfield Operations

Head Contact: Greg Donovan Airport Operations Manager 608-246-3392

24 Hour Number (608) 246-3397 Pager (608) 275-9627

Truax Air Traffic Control

Head Contact: Dan Hoke (608) 244-5691

AERIBAGO Cellular Phone Numbers

Motorola Bag 219-6894

Instrument Group Phone Numbers

SHIS - Cell Phone 219-8669, 235-4302

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6) WISC-T2000 Timeline

                                              F E B                            M A R C H
                                  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  01  02  03  04  05  06  07  08  09  10 11  12  13
ER-2 Deployment                           *************************************************************************
AERI (SSEC)                               *************************************************************************
Classonde (SSEC)                          *************************************************************************
AERIbago                                  ************************
Cloud IOP 2000 at CART SGP                                        *************************************************
Hall in field                                         *************************************************************
Nolin in field                                        *************************************************************
Wave Cloud Experiment in Colorado                                 *************************************************
ARESE II                          *********************************************************************************

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