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Cranfield & RAF Benson - 88 flying hours
Home-based flying campaigns including
- COALESC 2 - Combined Observation of the Atmospheric boundary Layer to study the Evolution of StratoCumulus
- Volcano Urgency - Measurement and studies of wind-blown ash around Eyjafjallajokull, Iceland
- DIAMET - DIAbatic influences on Mesoscale structures in ExtraTropical storms
- HIEWEX - High Impact Weather Experiment
Objectives:
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- UK Sc flying to study the evolution of the cloudy boundary layer as the Sc is advectedover land.
- Detailed set of aerosol/cloud/drizzle microphysical measurements.
- High resolution Unified Model studies on good case-studies.
Objectives:
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- Remote sensing of wind-blown ash around the Eyjafjallajokull volcano, Iceland
Objectives:
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- Characterising the generation of mesoscale potential vorticity anomalies in cyclonic storms, and their implication for the larger-scale development of the storm and for the effects (e.g. high winds, heavy rain).
- Understanding physical processes and improving model parameterisations
- Improving predictability
- To conduct 2 double and 3 single-flight IOPs in this period
DIAMET - Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, Manchester University
Meteorological Conditions: Mesoscale structures encompassing fronts, frontal rainbands, secondary (wave) cyclones, sting jets and similar features. Mesoscale convective systems are out-of-scope of the AO and we will not be targeting these.
Plan to fly above the feature of interest and drop a pattern of dropsondes around or across it. Conduct in situ runs in regions of precipitation to measure the latent heat release. There will also be boundary-layer flights and flight legs similar to those done for GFDEX to measure air-sea fluxes in conditions of high winds (> 30 kt).
Contacts
- COALESC-2 PI - Phil Brown, Met Office
- Volcano Urgency PI - Stephen Mobbs, University of Leeds
- DIAMET PI - Geraint Vaughan, University of Manchester
May 2012 Planning Documents
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Instrument
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Provider
(FAAM unless otherwise stated)
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Fitted
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Comments
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Basic Aircraft, Meteorological Instruments and General Equipment
(always fitted unless otherwise stated)
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| Temperature: non-deiced/deiced, Heimann IR |
|
y |
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| Water: General Eastern, Buck CR2 Cryogenic Hygrometer, TWC Lyman-Alpha Hygrometer, Johnson Williams Liquid Water, Nevzorov Total/Liquid Water |
|
y |
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| Broad-Band Radiometers: Clear and Red |
|
y |
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| Position/Dynamics: GPS, GIN, Radar altimeter |
|
y |
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| video: Forward, Rearward, Upward, Downward |
|
y |
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| Communications: SATCOM-C, SATCOM-Swift 64 |
|
y |
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| Weather radar |
|
y |
|
| Turbulence probe |
|
y |
|
| SAW |
Cambridge |
n |
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| WVSS-II |
Met Office |
y |
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| AVAPS/Aerosol LIDAR Rack |
|
|
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| AVAPS Dropsondes |
|
y
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DIAMET - number required TBD
Volcano ~ 15
COALESC2 12 for campaign
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| LIDAR |
Met Office |
y |
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| - |
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| Radiation |
|
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| Photometers: JNO2, JO'D |
Leicester |
n
|
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| ARIES |
Met Office |
y
|
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| DEIMOS |
Met Office |
n
|
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| MARSS |
Met Office |
n |
not available
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| IIR |
Met Office |
n |
|
| SWS |
Met Office |
y |
for Volcano only
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| SHIM |
Met Office |
y |
for Volcano and COLAESC2 |
| ISMAR |
Met Office |
n |
|
| TAFTS |
Imperial College |
n
|
|
| - |
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|
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| Chemistry |
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Core Chemistry/Nitrate Racks
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| Ozone |
|
y
|
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| FGGA |
|
y
|
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| CO |
|
y
|
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| Fast NOx |
|
y |
|
| PAN |
Leeds |
n |
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| Core Chemistry Rack, Civil Contingency |
|
|
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| SO2 |
|
y |
for Volcano flights only |
| BBCEAS |
Cambridge |
n
|
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| FAGE |
Leeds |
n
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| VACC |
Leeds |
n
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| Peroxide/Formaldehyde |
UEA |
n
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| PTRMS |
UEA |
n
|
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| CIMS/QC-LAS |
Manchester |
n
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LIF, LTI/LIF/WAS or LTI/TDLAS/WAS Racks
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LIF
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L'Aquila |
n |
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| WAS |
FGAM |
n |
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| LTI/Grimm OPC |
FAAM/Leeds |
n |
|
| TDLAS |
Cambridge |
n |
|
| York GCMS |
York |
n
|
|
| - |
|
|
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| Cloud Physics and Aerosol |
|
|
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| Cloud Physics Rack |
|
|
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| 2D Cloud |
|
y
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may retire before this campaign |
| PCASP |
|
y
|
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| CDP |
|
y
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CIP25
|
|
y
|
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| CIP100 |
|
y |
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SID2
|
Hertfordshire |
y
|
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| SID3 |
Hertfordshire |
n
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| Fast FSSP |
Met Office |
n
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| FSSP/SPP-100 |
Manchester |
n |
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| Manchester Cloud/Aerosol Rack |
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|
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| CAPS |
Manchester |
y
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with new tips
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| 2DS |
Manchester |
y
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| SPEC-CPI |
Manchester |
y
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| SP2 |
Manchester |
y |
for Volcano flights |
| UHSAS |
Manchester |
n
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CCN/CPC/FWVS Rack
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CPC, CCN, GRIMM OPC
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|
y
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| FWVS |
Met Office |
n |
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| Nephelometer/PSAP/Filters Rack |
|
|
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| Wet Nephelometer |
Met Office |
y
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| Nephelometer, PSAP, Filters |
|
y
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| IAGOS-BCP |
Manchester |
? |
check availability with Manchester
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| INC |
Met Office |
n
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| CVI |
Met Office |
n |
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| TOF-AMS |
Manchester |
y |
for Volcano fights, not DIAMET |
| ALABAMA |
Max Plank Institute |
n
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Drag Index Values
| Instrument |
Drag Index Value |
Fitted? |
Drag index for Fit |
| FFSSP |
3 |
n |
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| HVPS |
20 |
n |
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| 2D-P |
11 |
n |
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| PCASP |
1 |
y |
1 |
| SID-1 |
15 |
n |
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| SID-2 |
18 |
y |
18 |
| SID-3 |
18 |
n |
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| 2D-C |
5 |
n |
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| 2D-C + modified tips |
7 |
y |
7 |
| Spec-CPI |
14 |
y |
14 |
| CIP-25 |
30 |
n |
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| CIP-25 + modified tips |
38 |
y |
38 |
| CIP-100 |
30 |
n |
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| CIP-100 + modified tips |
38 |
y |
38 |
| 2D-S |
31 |
y |
31 |
| CAPS |
57 |
y |
57 |
| CAPS + modified tips |
65 |
n |
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| CDP |
9 |
y |
9 |
| AIMMS-20 |
8 |
y |
8 |
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| ADA-100 |
3 |
n |
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| PERCA Inlet |
7 |
n |
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| MARSS scanner |
29 |
n |
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| (HOx) FAGE Inlet |
89 |
n |
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| SWS |
36 |
y |
36 |
| CAMP SAW Hygrometer |
5 |
n |
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| CVI Probe |
20 |
n |
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| CIMS Inlet (ROx) |
39 |
n |
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| BBCEAS Inlet |
5 |
n |
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| LIF Inlet |
2 |
n |
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| CIMS window-blank Inlet |
11 |
n |
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| WVSS-II (Rosemount Inlet) |
5 |
y |
5 |
| ISMAR |
3 |
n |
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| FAGE (HOx & CIMS Inlet [ROx}) |
140 |
n |
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| GC-MS Inlet |
3 |
n |
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| Core Chemistry Inlet |
18 |
y |
18 |
| QCL inlet |
6 |
n |
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| TOTAL Drag Index |
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280 |
Maximum Drag Index Value = 245, unless both the HOx FAGE Inlet and the CIMS (ROx) inlet are removed, in which case the Maximum Drag Index Value =257.
The value of 280 is a theoretical maximum since this covers three separate campaigns. The range for the three campaigns is still high however, in the range of 260 - 300.
Notes
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COALESC-2
MCCM Config 13a Var 16 COALESC Diagram 1 of 2 (