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SkyArrow operations B. Gioli, A. Zaldei, P. Toscano, E. Magliulo CNR IBIMET & ISAFOM BLLAST Workshop Firenze, Feb. 6-7, 2012 Study area


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SkyArrow operations

  • B. Gioli, A. Zaldei, P. Toscano, E. Magliulo

CNR IBIMET & ISAFOM

BLLAST Workshop Firenze, Feb. 6-7, 2012

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Study area

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  • 1. Summary Table of flights

‘PA’ means the flight is coordinated with the Piper Aztec flying at the same time Green flights are part of the EUFAR BLLATE projects

Date Filename Time UTC Duration Type of flight Notes June 14 06141708 15 UTC 0.40 pre-IOP flight OK, aborted aircraft problem, some profile data June 14 06141827 16.30 UTC 1.45 pre-IOP flight OK June 15 06151514 13.30 UTC 2.00 IOP 1 OK (PA) June 15 06151818 16.45 UTC 2.00 IOP 1 OK (PA) June 19 06191552 13.30 UTC 2.20 IOP 2 OK (PA) June 19 06191903 16.45 UTC 2.20 IOP 2 OK (PA) June 20 06200809 05.45 UTC 1.00 calibration flight OK June 20 06201551 13.30 UTC 1.40 IOP 3 OK (PA), aborted at half flight (operator sick) June 20 06201905 16.45 UTC 2.30 IOP 3 OK (PA) June 24 06241551 13.30 UTC 2.20 profile flight (IOP4) OK June 24 06241901 16.45 UTC 2.20 profile flight (IOP4) OK June 25 06251018 08.00 UTC 1.10 aircraft inter-calibration flight OK (PA) June 25 06251546 13.30 UTC 2.00 IOP 5 OK (PA) June 25 06251857 16.45 UTC 2.00 IOP 5 OK (PA) June 26 -- 12.30 UTC 2.30 IOP 6 PC power failure (no data) June 26 06261754 15.45 UTC 2.30 IOP 6 OK (PA coordination)

15 flights total

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1 2 3 4 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 2000 2200 GPS Alt [m] W [ms-1] 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 x 10

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278 280 282 284 286 288 290 292 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 2000 2200 Tair [K] GPS Alt [m]

Example: profile flight

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Example: transect flight

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Example: Calibration flight

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Example of calibration maneuvre (circle right) wind computation performance

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  • ptimum = blu line
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spectral analysis

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Data organization

High frequency processed data 1 flight 1 file (example 06141708.nc & 06141708.mat) high frequency data (50 Hz), no filtering QC flags for specific variables (wind, temperature) NetCDF + MATLAB format Additional data:

  • 1. transect statistics (skyarrow_transects.out)
  • 2. transect and profiles markers

SkyArrow_Data_info.doc