Terra-Aqua eXperiment 2002 (TX-2002)

November-December 2002

Current Schedule | Personnel List

 

Logistics:

 

1) Current Schedule

·        19 Nov                  ER-2 ferry flight from DFRC to Kelly AFB, San Antonio, TX

·        20 Nov                  S-HIS integration on ER-2

·        21 Nov                  Instrument Integration flight at Kelly

·        22 Nov - 10 Dec   Science flights

·        10 Dec                 Instrument download

·        11 Dec                 ER-2 ferry flight back to DFRC

 

2) Instrumentation on ER-2

·        MAS - 50 channel vis/IR spectrometer; 50 m spatial resolution, 36 km swath

·        S-HIS - Scanning MWIR to LWIR interferometer (2 km res, 36 km swath)

·        NAST-I – Scanning MWIR to LWIR interferometer (2 km res, 40 km swath)

·        CPL – Nadir pointing 3 wavelength lidar with dual polarization at 1064 nm

·        RC-10 camera system - b/w and false color IR photo, 5 m res

·        VIS video camera system

 

3) Data Collection Parameters:

·        27 ER-2 flight hours available for Science (Menzel)

·        All flights coordinated with Terra or Aqua satellite overpass

·        Six flights of 4 to 5 hours each plus 2 ferry flights

·        Focus on daytime flights, but one to two nighttime missions possible

·        Overfly AERIbago during CART SGP flights

·        No International flights

 

4) Support

·        McIDAS Workstation for on-site real time weather support

·        Science Room with 15 Network drop lines for instrument teams

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5) Personnel List

NAME	AFFILIATION	ACTIVITY	EMAIL
Steve Ackerman	U. Wisc	Cloud Scientist	steve.ackerman@ssec.wisc.edu
Jim Barnes	DFRC	ER-2 Crew Chief	james.barnes@dfrc.nasa.gov
Jim Barrilleaux	DFRC	ER-2 Pilot	james.barrilleaux@mail.dfrc.nasa.gov
Bryan Baum	NASA, U. Wisc.	Cloud Scientist	bryan.baum@ssec.wisc.edu
Nick Ciganovich	U. Wisc.	S-HIS	nick.ciganovich@ssec.wisc.edu
Ralph Dedecker	U. Wisc	S-HIS	ralph.dedecker@ssec.wisc.edu
Rose Dominguez	ARC	MAS	rdominguez@mail.arc.nasa.gov
Kent Dunwoody	DFRC	MAS	kent.dunwoody@dfrc.nasa.gov
Steve Dutcher	U. Wisc.	S-HIS	steve.dutcher@ssec.wisc.edu
Wayne Feltz	U. Wisc.	AERIbago	wayne.feltz@ssec.wisc.edu
Pat Grant	DFRC	MAS	pgrant@mail.arc.nasa.gov
Bill Hart	GSFC	CPL	billhart@virl.gsfc.nasa.gov
Dennis Hlavka	GSFC	CPL	sgdh@virl.gsfc.nasa.gov
Ben Howell	U. Wisc.	S-HIS	ben.howell@ssec.wisc.edu
Mike Kaptizke	DFRC	ER-2 Mission Manager	Mike.kapitzke@dfrc.nasa.gov
Michael King	GSFC	P.I. MAS	king@climate.gsfc.nasa.gov
Bob Knuteson	U. Wisc.	AERIbago / S-HIS	bobk@ssec.wisc.edu
Dan LaPorte	U. Wisc.	S-HIS	dandl@mac.com
Allen Larar	LaRC	NAST-I	a.m.larar@larc.nasa.gov
Matt McGill	GSFC	P.I. CPL	mcgill@virl.gsfc.nasa.gov
Chris Moeller	U. Wisc	ER-2 Mission Planner	Chris.moeller@ssec.wisc.edu
John Murray	LaRC	NAST-I	j.j.murray@larc.nasa.gov
Anna Noe	LaRC	NAST-I	a.m.noe@larc.nasa.gov
Brian Osborne	U. Wisc.	AERIbago	brian.osborne@ssec.wisc.edu
Hank Revercomb	U. Wisc.	P.I. S-HIS	hankr@ssec.wisc.edu
Allen Royal	LaRC	NAST-I	a.c.royal@larc.nasa.gov
John Short	U. Wisc.	S-HIS	john.short@ssec.wisc.edu
Bill Smith, Sr.	LaRC	P.I. NAST-I	bill.l.smith@larc.nasa.gov
Kathy Strabala	U. Wisc.	MAS	kathy.strabala@ssec.wisc.edu
Dave Tobin	U. Wisc.	AIRS Validation	dave.tobin@ssec.wisc.edu
Paul Van Delst	U. Wisc.	S-HIS	pvandelst@ncep.noaa.gov
Ken Vinson	U. Wisc.	S-HIS	ken.vinson@ssec.wisc.edu
David Wright	DFRC	ER-2 Pilot	david.wright@dfrc.nasa.gov
Dan Zhou	LaRC	NAST-I	d.k.zhou@larc.nasa.gov