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The purpose of this page is to serve as a repository of schedules and information for the participation of the Jimenez group in the ARCTAS campaign. | The purpose of this page is to serve as a repository of schedules and information for the participation of the Jimenez group in the ARCTAS campaign. | ||
− | + | Personnel schedule on group calendar | |
+ | http://www.google.com/calendar/render. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Information on Phase I (past) is below for reference. Jose moved the logistical info below the to-do list on 14-June-08. | ||
+ | |||
+ | == To-do List for ARCTAS-2 == | ||
+ | |||
+ | <h3>Instrument - Priority 1 during CARB at Palmdale</h3> | ||
+ | |||
+ | * Prepare PCI software for PID controller | ||
+ | * Flight 12 submission | ||
+ | |||
+ | * Fri 20-Jun 2008 | ||
+ | ** Check beam position and width in pre-flight if no problems | ||
+ | |||
+ | * Discuss size cut of inlets with Jack Dibb and Rodney | ||
+ | |||
+ | * Mike's task list | ||
+ | ** Customs list | ||
+ | ** Replot timetrace of all flights on "standard format", give copy to Jose for reference) | ||
+ | ** Install all plane software on Mike's old laptop, so that his personal laptop can serve as backup for plane laptop in case of catastrophic failure, and test that it works | ||
+ | ** Start, mid-flight, and shutdown checklists | ||
+ | ** Keep measuring IE/AB over a full day (transient effects) | ||
+ | ** Make basic loss calculations (inc res time) on inlet | ||
+ | |||
+ | * Stuff we are waiting on | ||
+ | ** (Waiting for parts): Install new Omega PID controller for PCI | ||
+ | ** (Waiting for ML): Order and ship spare batteries for thermocouple in plane | ||
+ | ** (Waiting for parts): Connect exhaust of MD1 when connectors arrive from ML | ||
+ | ** (Waiting for Thomas about TPS error message: uups... / data crc / rx error: 5) | ||
+ | ** (Waiting for parts from EMCO, and also response from Bill Brooks): Connect multiplier HV supply to hard mirror, so that we can run W-mode in forest fire plumes | ||
+ | |||
+ | <h3>Second Priority</h3> | ||
+ | * Think whether to run at higher MCP and lower emission current for forest fires (less chance of missing threshold, reduce change of saturation in fires) | ||
+ | * Investigate how we can refill the lecture bottle (ask Eric Apel) | ||
+ | * Connect UPS software for battery indication | ||
+ | * Fix 12 V power supply in TPS for preamp | ||
+ | * Get an install 2 bike cupholders | ||
+ | |||
+ | <h3>Data Analysis to-do (in approx order of priority)</h3> | ||
+ | * Process fast data and resubmit with those | ||
+ | * Re-generate slides from mid-campaign prez with new data | ||
+ | * Generate PToF data: | ||
+ | ** Compare to Grimm, LARGE OPC+SMPS, SP2 OPC (>250nm) to evaluate size transmission | ||
+ | ** Evaluate whether the different slopes with light scattering are due to size distribution changes (F8) | ||
+ | * Evaluate the O/C data from Allison | ||
+ | * Why are filter levels for Org (maybe also NO3, m/z 16) variable (TO/landing)? | ||
+ | ** is it mz29 or 44? Quantify in TT and squirrel | ||
+ | * Implement the time-dependent CO2 and H2O corrections for the flights (or decide that they are not needed) | ||
+ | ** We can probably measure frag_org[18] directly in this way | ||
+ | * Use plumes to align our data to others | ||
+ | |||
+ | <h3>Post ARCTAS-2</h3> | ||
+ | * Repeat PCI transmission experiment | ||
+ | |||
+ | <h3>For Donna (in approx order of priority)</h3> | ||
+ | * Improve Squirreling of the Fast Mode data (F4 and/or F5) | ||
+ | |||
+ | <h3>For future campaigns</h3> | ||
+ | * Timetrace of a few HR peaks as in flux mode? | ||
+ | * Test and enable cell-phone filtering | ||
+ | * Put together leak detector with V70, controller, AC MD1, and SRS or Balzers RGA | ||
+ | * Stuff for Joel | ||
+ | ** Fix timetrace for Fast mode (SO4 goes down, others go up) -- already told him | ||
+ | ** Gaps of 5s in fast timetrace? | ||
+ | |||
+ | <h3>Shipping Info for ARCTAS-2</h3> | ||
+ | |||
+ | Karen Richards - DC-8 ARCTAS (Attn: AMS / Jimenez) | ||
+ | <br>Mail Stop 2332 | ||
+ | <br>NASA Dryden Flight Research Center | ||
+ | <br>Bldg. 4876 Warehouse #6 | ||
+ | <br>Lilly Drive | ||
+ | <br>Edwards, CA 93524 | ||
+ | <br>Phone: +1-661 212 0155 | ||
+ | |||
+ | == Logistics for Summer Phase == | ||
+ | |||
+ | <h3>Accomodations</h3> | ||
+ | *Mike Cubison | ||
+ | **Accomodations for June 13th thru June 26th | ||
+ | ***Courtyard in Palmdale | ||
+ | ***Confirmation: 80592634 | ||
+ | ***Phone: 661.947.4100 | ||
+ | ***Address: 530 West Rancho Vista Blvd. Palmdale, CA 93551 | ||
+ | ***Price $118.00/night | ||
+ | **Accomodations for June 29th | ||
+ | ***Edmonton International Airport/Leduc Travelodge Suites | ||
+ | ***Confirmation: N469HV | ||
+ | ***Price: $82.00/night | ||
+ | ***Transportation: shuttle to and from airport | ||
+ | **Bus leaves from airport at 13:30 June 30th for Cold Lake | ||
+ | ***More Details Coming soon | ||
+ | **Accomodations for June 30th thru July 12th | ||
+ | ***Cold Lake Base | ||
+ | ***Confirmed - Confirmed-no confirmation code | ||
+ | ***$25.00/night | ||
+ | *Jose Jimenez | ||
+ | **Accomodations for June 13th thru June 26th | ||
+ | ***Courtyard in Palmdale | ||
+ | ***Confirmation: 80592634 | ||
+ | ***Phone: 661.947.4100 | ||
+ | ***Address: 530 West Rancho Vista Blvd. Palmdale, CA 93551 | ||
+ | ***Price: $118.00/night | ||
+ | **Accomodations June 26th thru July 12th | ||
+ | ***Cold Lake Base | ||
+ | ***Confirmation - Confirmed-no confirmation code | ||
+ | ***$25.00/night | ||
+ | **Bus leaves from Cold Lake at 6:30 and arrives at Airport at 11:30. | ||
+ | *Donna Sueper | ||
+ | **Accomodations June 26th thru July 6th | ||
+ | ***Cold Lake Base | ||
+ | ***Confirmation - Confirmed-no confirmation code | ||
+ | |||
+ | <h3>Transportation</h3> | ||
+ | *Mike Cubison and Jose Jimenez | ||
+ | **Date: June 13 thru June 14th | ||
+ | ***Company: Hertz | ||
+ | ***Location: Palmdale Airport | ||
+ | ***Confirmation Number: E0402631248 | ||
+ | ***Price: 34.49 (10% disc. for CU) | ||
+ | ***Details: Have flight number so will make sure that they stay open until arrival | ||
+ | **Date: June 14th | ||
+ | ***Company: Enterprise | ||
+ | ***Location: 445 W. Palmdale Blvd./Palmdale, CA/93551 | ||
+ | ***Phone: 661.274.2585 | ||
+ | ***Confirmation: Jose Jimenez | ||
+ | ***Details: Open from 9:00am until noon on Sat. the 14th. There is a Hertz rental car right next to enterprise. When the Hertz car is checked out the day before let them know you will be returning it at a different location. Otherwise you can call Enterprise for pickup at the number above. | ||
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== Integration Phase == | == Integration Phase == | ||
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*2/22: Truck leaves Boulder with AMS and rest of kit | *2/22: Truck leaves Boulder with AMS and rest of kit | ||
− | *2/29: Truck arrives in Palmdale, | + | *2/29: Truck arrives in Palmdale, |
+ | *3/4: AMS onto plane | ||
+ | *3/12: Power Check | ||
+ | *3/17: Safety Brief | ||
+ | *3/18-20: Test Flights | ||
+ | *4/1: Transit to AK | ||
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== Fairbanks Phase == | == Fairbanks Phase == | ||
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* 4/1 Jose travels to AK | * 4/1 Jose travels to AK | ||
* <b>4/4 Anticipated first science flight</b> | * <b>4/4 Anticipated first science flight</b> | ||
− | * 4/ | + | * 4/21 <b>DC-8 transit to Palmdale</b> - Mike. |
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* 4/24 Mike travels back to CO | * 4/24 Mike travels back to CO | ||
<h3>Hotel for J-Group</h3> | <h3>Hotel for J-Group</h3> | ||
− | + | *Company: Sophie's Station | |
− | + | *Phone: 1-800-528-4916 | |
− | + | *Dates: April 1st - April 21st | |
− | Details | + | *Name on Reservation: Jose Jimenez & Mike Cubison |
+ | *Confirmation Number: 2733120 | ||
+ | *Total: $75.00/ night to be paid on-site | ||
+ | *Details: 24 hour cancellation |
Latest revision as of 18:29, 19 June 2008
The purpose of this page is to serve as a repository of schedules and information for the participation of the Jimenez group in the ARCTAS campaign.
Personnel schedule on group calendar http://www.google.com/calendar/render.
Information on Phase I (past) is below for reference. Jose moved the logistical info below the to-do list on 14-June-08.
Contents
To-do List for ARCTAS-2
Instrument - Priority 1 during CARB at Palmdale
- Prepare PCI software for PID controller
- Flight 12 submission
- Fri 20-Jun 2008
- Check beam position and width in pre-flight if no problems
- Discuss size cut of inlets with Jack Dibb and Rodney
- Mike's task list
- Customs list
- Replot timetrace of all flights on "standard format", give copy to Jose for reference)
- Install all plane software on Mike's old laptop, so that his personal laptop can serve as backup for plane laptop in case of catastrophic failure, and test that it works
- Start, mid-flight, and shutdown checklists
- Keep measuring IE/AB over a full day (transient effects)
- Make basic loss calculations (inc res time) on inlet
- Stuff we are waiting on
- (Waiting for parts): Install new Omega PID controller for PCI
- (Waiting for ML): Order and ship spare batteries for thermocouple in plane
- (Waiting for parts): Connect exhaust of MD1 when connectors arrive from ML
- (Waiting for Thomas about TPS error message: uups... / data crc / rx error: 5)
- (Waiting for parts from EMCO, and also response from Bill Brooks): Connect multiplier HV supply to hard mirror, so that we can run W-mode in forest fire plumes
Second Priority
- Think whether to run at higher MCP and lower emission current for forest fires (less chance of missing threshold, reduce change of saturation in fires)
- Investigate how we can refill the lecture bottle (ask Eric Apel)
- Connect UPS software for battery indication
- Fix 12 V power supply in TPS for preamp
- Get an install 2 bike cupholders
Data Analysis to-do (in approx order of priority)
- Process fast data and resubmit with those
- Re-generate slides from mid-campaign prez with new data
- Generate PToF data:
- Compare to Grimm, LARGE OPC+SMPS, SP2 OPC (>250nm) to evaluate size transmission
- Evaluate whether the different slopes with light scattering are due to size distribution changes (F8)
- Evaluate the O/C data from Allison
- Why are filter levels for Org (maybe also NO3, m/z 16) variable (TO/landing)?
- is it mz29 or 44? Quantify in TT and squirrel
- Implement the time-dependent CO2 and H2O corrections for the flights (or decide that they are not needed)
- We can probably measure frag_org[18] directly in this way
- Use plumes to align our data to others
Post ARCTAS-2
- Repeat PCI transmission experiment
For Donna (in approx order of priority)
- Improve Squirreling of the Fast Mode data (F4 and/or F5)
For future campaigns
- Timetrace of a few HR peaks as in flux mode?
- Test and enable cell-phone filtering
- Put together leak detector with V70, controller, AC MD1, and SRS or Balzers RGA
- Stuff for Joel
- Fix timetrace for Fast mode (SO4 goes down, others go up) -- already told him
- Gaps of 5s in fast timetrace?
Shipping Info for ARCTAS-2
Karen Richards - DC-8 ARCTAS (Attn: AMS / Jimenez)
Mail Stop 2332
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center
Bldg. 4876 Warehouse #6
Lilly Drive
Edwards, CA 93524
Phone: +1-661 212 0155
Logistics for Summer Phase
Accomodations
- Mike Cubison
- Accomodations for June 13th thru June 26th
- Courtyard in Palmdale
- Confirmation: 80592634
- Phone: 661.947.4100
- Address: 530 West Rancho Vista Blvd. Palmdale, CA 93551
- Price $118.00/night
- Accomodations for June 29th
- Edmonton International Airport/Leduc Travelodge Suites
- Confirmation: N469HV
- Price: $82.00/night
- Transportation: shuttle to and from airport
- Bus leaves from airport at 13:30 June 30th for Cold Lake
- More Details Coming soon
- Accomodations for June 30th thru July 12th
- Cold Lake Base
- Confirmed - Confirmed-no confirmation code
- $25.00/night
- Accomodations for June 13th thru June 26th
- Jose Jimenez
- Accomodations for June 13th thru June 26th
- Courtyard in Palmdale
- Confirmation: 80592634
- Phone: 661.947.4100
- Address: 530 West Rancho Vista Blvd. Palmdale, CA 93551
- Price: $118.00/night
- Accomodations June 26th thru July 12th
- Cold Lake Base
- Confirmation - Confirmed-no confirmation code
- $25.00/night
- Bus leaves from Cold Lake at 6:30 and arrives at Airport at 11:30.
- Accomodations for June 13th thru June 26th
- Donna Sueper
- Accomodations June 26th thru July 6th
- Cold Lake Base
- Confirmation - Confirmed-no confirmation code
- Accomodations June 26th thru July 6th
Transportation
- Mike Cubison and Jose Jimenez
- Date: June 13 thru June 14th
- Company: Hertz
- Location: Palmdale Airport
- Confirmation Number: E0402631248
- Price: 34.49 (10% disc. for CU)
- Details: Have flight number so will make sure that they stay open until arrival
- Date: June 14th
- Company: Enterprise
- Location: 445 W. Palmdale Blvd./Palmdale, CA/93551
- Phone: 661.274.2585
- Confirmation: Jose Jimenez
- Details: Open from 9:00am until noon on Sat. the 14th. There is a Hertz rental car right next to enterprise. When the Hertz car is checked out the day before let them know you will be returning it at a different location. Otherwise you can call Enterprise for pickup at the number above.
- Date: June 13 thru June 14th
Integration Phase
(inclusive dates):
- 2/22: Truck leaves Boulder with AMS and rest of kit
- 2/29: Truck arrives in Palmdale,
- 3/4: AMS onto plane
- 3/12: Power Check
- 3/17: Safety Brief
- 3/18-20: Test Flights
- 4/1: Transit to AK
Fairbanks Phase
Timeline
- 4/1 Jose travels to AK
- 4/4 Anticipated first science flight
- 4/21 DC-8 transit to Palmdale - Mike.
- 4/24 Mike travels back to CO
Hotel for J-Group
- Company: Sophie's Station
- Phone: 1-800-528-4916
- Dates: April 1st - April 21st
- Name on Reservation: Jose Jimenez & Mike Cubison
- Confirmation Number: 2733120
- Total: $75.00/ night to be paid on-site
- Details: 24 hour cancellation