NAMMA Plan of the Day http://namma.nsstc.nasa.gov/reporting/pod The Plan of the Day for the NAMMA Field Experiment Thu, 28 Sep 2006 17:00:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 12Sept06 Plan of the Day http://namma.nsstc.nasa.gov/reporting/pod/?p=31 http://namma.nsstc.nasa.gov/reporting/pod/?p=31#comments Mon, 11 Sep 2006 18:57:53 +0000 pod http://namma.nsstc.nasa.gov/reporting/pod/?p=31 Date of Plan: 12 Sept 06
Flight Status: Fly
Forecaster Meeting  6:00 AM
Mission Science Weather Briefing: 6:45 AM (0745 UTC)
Go/No-Go Decision: 7:00 AM
Power On Aircraft: 8:00 AM
Preflight Briefing: 09:30 AM
Door Close: 10:30 AM
Projected Takeoff: 1100 CVT (1200 UTC)
Projected Landing: 1900 CVT (2000 UTC)
Post-Mission Debrief: 7:45 PM

Mission Summary/Objectives
      Day 1 investigation of strong African Easterly Wave emerging off the coast.   The length of the mission could be 8 hours long.

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Flight Status: No Fly

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Flight Status: planned Fly  – changed to No Fly
Forecaster Meeting  7:00 AM
Mission Science Weather Briefing: 7:30 AM (0830 UTC)
Go/No-Go Decision: 8:00 AM
Power On Aircraft: 9:00 AM
Preflight Briefing: 10:30 AM
Door Close: 11:30 AM
Projected Takeoff: 1200 CVT (1300 UTC)
Projected Landing: 2000 CVT (2100 UTC)
Post-Mission Debrief: 8:45 PM

Mission Summary/Objectives
      Day 3 investigation of an African Easterly Wave that was first sampled on 8 September.  The length of the mission could be 8 hours long.  There is a chance that the plan for the day could be declared as a no fly day in order to prepare for the next wave exiting the coast on Monday or Tuesday.

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Flight Status: Fly
Forecaster Meeting 5:30 AM ( in hotel lobby)
Mission Science Weather Briefing: 7:45 AM
Go/No-Go Decision: 8:00 AM
Power On Aircraft: 9:00 AM
Preflight Briefing: 10:30 AM
Door Close: 11:30 AM
Projected Takeoff: 1200 CVT (1300 UTC)
Projected Landing: 1900 CVT (2000 UTC)
Post-Mission Debrief: 7:45 PM

Mission Summary/Objectives
      Day 2 investigation of an African Easterly Wave sampled on 8 September.  The length of the mission should be 6-7 hours long.

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Flight Status: Fly
Forecaster Meeting 7:00 AM
Mission Science Weather Briefing: 7:45 AM
Go/No-Go Decision: 8:00 AM
Power On Aircraft: 9:00 AM
Preflight Briefing: 10:30 AM
Door Close: 11:30 AM
Projected Takeoff: 1200 CVT (1300 UTC)
Projected Landing: 1800 CVT (1900 UTC)
Post-Mission Debrief: 6:45 PM 


Mission Summary/Objectives
      To investigate an African Easterly Wave moving westward off the African coast.

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Flight Status: No-Fly (tentative)
Forecasters Arrive: 7:00 AM
Mission Science Weather Briefing: 9:00 AM
Go/No-Go Decision: 12:00 PM
Power On Aircraft: 9:00 AM
Power Off Aircraft: 5:00 PM

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Flight Status: Hard Down
           

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Flight Status: Fly
Forecaster Meeting 6:00 AM
Mission Science Weather Briefing: 6:45 AM
Go/No-Go Decision: 7:00 AM
Power On Aircraft: 8:00 AM
Preflight Briefing: 9:30 AM
Door Close: 10:30 AM
Projected Takeoff: 1100 CVT (1200 UTC)
Projected Landing: 1900 CVT (2000 UTC)
Post-Mission Debrief: 7:45 PM

Mission Summary/Objectives
      Continue a Day 3 investigation of the African Easterly Wave sampled on 3-4 September. This mission would be an 8 hour mission to continue mapping the circulation center.  The mission will not be flown if the 5 September morning forecast does not suggest continued development of the wave.

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Flight Status: Fly
Forecaster Meeting 7:00 AM
Mission Science Weather Briefing: 7:45 AM
Go/No-Go Decision: 8:00 AM
Power On Aircraft: 9:00 AM
Preflight Briefing: 10:30 AM
Door Close: 11:30 AM
Projected Takeoff: 1200 CVT (1300 UTC)
Projected Landing: 1800 CVT (1900 UTC)
Post-Mission Debrief: 8:30 PM
Mission Summary/Objectives
      Continue a Day 2 investigation of the African Easterly Wave sampled on 3 September projected to be in the vicinity of 30 W.  This will be a 6 hour mission if the 4 Sept morning forecast suggests a Day 3 investigation for 5 Sept is feasible.
           

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Flight Status: Fly
Forecasters Arrive by Taxi: 5:15 AM
Mission Scientists Arrive by Bus: 6:00 AM
Mission Science Weather Briefing: 6:45 AM
Go/No-Go Decision: 7:00 AM
Power On Aircraft: 8:00 AM
Preflight Briefing: 9:30 AM
Door Close: 10:30 AM
Projected Takeoff: 1100 CVT (1200 UTC)
Projected Landing: 1900 CVT (2000 UTC)
Post-Mission Debrief: 7:30 PM


 Mission Summary/Objectives

To sample an African Easterly Wave that is expected to be near 21 W  on Sunday and 28 W on Monday

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