HIPPO Global Phase IV is finished. No further updates to this work schedule will be posted.
Attention: As of 6/14/2011 the mission has been re-routed via Rarotonga, Cook Islands in order to conduct coincident sampling with the NOAA PFP flask program taking place on the island. Stop in Am. Samoa has been cancelled.
July 11, Monday: RF12 from Anchorage to Jeffco. Three missed approaches: Wrangell, Watson Lake and Bozeman. Estimated flight duration 6.5 hours.
July 10, Sunday: RF11 to the North Pole. Flight plan TBD; power and access at 0800, take-off at 1000. Meeting in the lobby of Captain Cook for departure at 0730.
July 9, Saturday: Maintenance day. Power and access on the ramp from 0800 to 1600 or until maintennace is finished. Flight planning telecon at 1100 AK time, which is 1300 MDT and 1500 EDT. Meeting in the lobby of Captain Cook for departure at 0730; Pavel will come back for telecon, people wanting to participate can come back from the maintennace at that time.
July 8, Friday: Hard Down Day. No power or access to the GV.
July 4, Monday NZ time: RF08 from Darwin to Saipan. Power and access at 0800; due to the need to re-supply the cryogens on Monday morning, expect delayed take-off at 1100 (to be confirmed). Both dry ice and LN2 will be replenished before the flight.
July 3, Sunday NZ time: Mainenance day in Hobart. Power and access from 0800 to 1600 as needed. Expect visitors to the GV. Telecon may take place at 0730, in which case participants will arrive at the airport about 30 min later. Departure from the hotel will be at 0730 for the RAF crew and people not participating in telecon.
July 2, Saturday NZ time: Hard Down Day in Darwin. No power or access. Rest recommended to all members of the crew.
July 1, Friday NZ time: RF07 from Hobart to Darwin. Expect an 8 hour flight with 5 low approaches, first one being at Cape Grim. Power and access at 0800, take off at 1000. Meet in the lobby at 0730 for departure to the airplane.
June 30, Thursday NZ time: Maintenance day in Hobart from 0800 to 1500. Meeting in the hotel lobby at 0745 for a ride to the airplane.
June 29, Wednesday NZ time: RF06 to the Southern Ocean, recovering in Hobart. Details TBD.
June 28, Tuesday NZ time: Maintenance day. Power and access on the GV from 0800 to 1600. Science team will meet in the lobby of the hotel at 0730 for departure to the GV.
June 27, Monday NZ time: Maintenance day. Power and access on the GV from 0800 to 1600. Science team will meet in the lobby of the hotel at 0730 for departure to the GV.
June 25, Saturday: RF05 from Rarotonga to Christchurch, New Zealand. Meet in th elobby of the hotel at 0730 for departure to the GV. Power and access at 0800, take-off at 1030-1100. Expect three standard dips. From 30S south the flight will stay below 18,000 feet. Estimated flight duration 7 hours.
June 24, Friday: Hard down day. No power or access to the GV.
June 23, Thursday: Maintenance day in Rarotonga. Power and access from 1100 to 1600 or as needed for instrumentation maintenance. Expect brief visits from the local media and VIPs. Meeting in the lobby of the Sanctuary at 1030 for departure to the GV.
June 22, Wednesday: RF04 to Rarotonga. We will meet in the lobby, checked out of the hotel for departure to the GV at 0930 to allow time for stopping to get lunch and for vehicle refueling. The time until 1100 will be without power, for replenishing cryogens and packing the baggage pit. Power will be provided at 1100 for a 1300 take-off. Expect three max altitude climbs, 8 dips and flight duration of 7.5 hours.
June 21, Tuesday: Maintenance day in Kona. Power and access from 0800 to 1600 or as needed for instrumentation maintenance.
June 20, Monday: Maintenance day in Kona. Power and access from 0800 to 1600 or as needed for instrumentation maintenance. Fred and Elliot meet with RAF staff in the lobby of King Kamehameha's at 0730 for the ride to the GV. Expect extensive work on NAWAS to repair the pump in addition to the regular maintenance of flask samplers and in situ analyzers. The rest of GV crew meet in #410 for a 0730 forecast meeting, then depart to the GV for maintenance (about 0815).
June 19, Sunday: Hard down day. No power or access to the aircraft.
June 18, Saturday: RF03 from PANC to PHKO. Estimated flight duration 8.5 hours, 8 dips with approach to Kona upwind from MLO. Power and access at 0800, take off at 1000.
June 17, Friday: Maintenance day in Anchorage. Power and access from 0800 to 1600. Please plan to come out to work on instruments starting at 0800. If people are finished working on instruments the RAF crew will power down the GV and leave, so don't expect to come out at 1400 for the first time and have access until 1600. Planning meeting at 1100 AK time (1300 MDT, 1500 EDT). Anchorage staff are welcome to meet in Pavel's room (T3, 1474).
June 16, Thursday: RF02 to 85N. Power and access at 0800, take off at 1000. Estimated flight duration 7.5 hours. All dips above the Arctic Ocean will be to 500 feet with a five minute hold at the low altitude. We expect 5 dips and return at cruise altitude.
June 15, Wednesday: Maintenance day in Anchorage. Power and access from 0800 to 1600. Please plan to come out to work on instruments starting at 0800. If people are finished working on instruments the RAF crew will power down the GV and leave, so don't expect to come out at 1400 for the first time and have access until 1600. Planning meeting at 1100 AK time (1300 MDT, 1500 EDT). Anchorage staff are welcome to meet in Pavel's room (#303).
June 14, Tuesday: RF01 from KBJC to PANC. Power and access ato 0800, take off at 1000; two dips, at Edmonton and at Watson Lake.
June 13, Monday: Maintenance and GV load-up day, power and access from 0730 to 1700.
June 12: Hard down day; EOL staff traveling to Anchorage.
June 11, Saturday: Day off unless access is necessary.
June 10, Friday: Maintenance day, power and access from 0730 to 1700.
June 9, Thursday: TF02 to the W. Texas. Power and access start at 0800; take off at 1030. Approximate flight plan can be seen here. Estimated flight duration is 6.25 hours.
June 8, Wednesday: Maintenance day, power and access from 0730 to 1700.
June 7, Tuesday: TF01 to Farmington with low approach; overfly Los Alamos TCCON site.
June 6, Monday: 0800 weigh the GV begins; 0900 - safety briefing for all personnel scheduled to fly on Test or Research flights, and for all stand-by personnel. 1030 - resume GV instrument preparations with the plan to conduct Systems Acceptance Review in the afternoon (1400 tentatively).
May 31 - June 3: Maintenance days. Continue work on instruments in the GV cabin.
May 28 - 30: Holiday weekend, no activities on the GV.
May 27, Friday: Continue with installation and connecting of the racks in the GV cabin.