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Table 3b. Summary of PEM-Tropics B P-3B Aircraft Flights |
Flight No | Start Date (GMT) | Julian Day (GMT) | Start Time (GMT) | Stop Time (GMT) | Lat. Min (Degs) | Lat. Max (Degs) | Lon. Min (Degs) | Lon. Max (Degs) | Flight Location and Description |
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1P | 3/4/1999 | 63 | 20:38:05 | 01:29:45 | 36.1084 | 37.94 | -75.4974 | -72.6053 | NASA WFF Test Flight # 1 |
2P | 3/7/1999 | 66 | 17:57:34 | 23:41:58 | 37.0659 | 37.9881 | -75.5101 | -75.6333 | NASA WFF Test Flight # 2 |
3P | 3/10/1999 | 69 | 19:35:30 | 03:09:30 | 34.7976 | 38.0023 | -117.8659 | -75.4394 | NASA WFF to NASA DFRC Test Flight # 3 |
4P | 3/11/1999 | 70 | 19:33:44 | 03:00:44 | 19.7225 | 35.0099 | -155.0753 | -117.8218 | NASA DFRC to Hilo,HI Transport of US Pollution |
5P | 3/13/1999 | 72 | 18:59:24 | 03:14:23 | -0.0854 | 19.7223 | -157.6726 | -154.9066 | Hilo,HI to Christmas Island Interhemispheric Gradients |
6P | 3/15/1999 | 74 | 20:39:51 | 05:08:08 | 0.9191 | 2.325 | -157.763 | -154.5006 | Christmas Island Local # 1 Sunset BL, HOx and DMS Chemistry |
7P | 3/17/1999 | 76 | 14:33:05 | 20:09:11 | -1.0906 | 1.992 | -157.4252 | -156.6062 | Christmas Island Local # 2/sunrise Sunrise to Sunset HOx & DMS Chemistry |
8P | 3/17/1999 | 76 | 22:34:30 | 04:27:30 | -1.4238 | 2.0158 | -157.4005 | -156.5 | Christmas Island Local # 3/sunset Sunrise to Sunset HOx & DMS Chemistry |
9P | 3/20/1999 | 79 | 16:59:50 | 01:14:35 | -0.0237 | 2.0256 | -157.3806 | -139.9772 | Christmas Island Local # 4 Equatorial Survey |
10P | 3/22/1999 | 81 | 14:44:56 | 00:53:10 | -0.6021 | 1.9928 | -157.4448 | -152.8383 | Christmas Island Local # 5 Equatorial Upwelling/Sunrise DMS Flux |
11P | 3/24/1999 | 83 | 21:38:27 | 05:34:35 | -1.2889 | 1.9866 | -157.3983 | -155.8228 | Christmas Island Local # 6 Equatorial HOx |
12P | 3/26/1999 | 85 | 18:51:37 | 03:02:45 | -17.7163 | 1.9348 | -165.9883 | -149.6086 | Christmas Island to Tahiti Interhemispheric Trace Gas Gradient |
13P | 3/31/1999 | 90 | 18:36:15 | 03:50:55 | -17.7302 | -5.6551 | -149.7854 | -142.5973 | Tahiti Local # 1 Convective Cloud; Gas/Particle Conversion |
14P | 4/4/1999 | 94 | 20:54:48 | 05:17:20 | -21.9976 | -17.5368 | -150.0424 | -149.6076 | Tahiti Local # 2 Low/Mid-Altitude HOx Chemistry |
15P | 4/5/1999 | 95 | 20:00:42 | 02:04:49 | -17.5514 | -7.5083 | -149.6045 | -140.2392 | Tahiti Local # 3 Convective Cloud; Gas/Particle Conversion |
16P | 4/7/1999 | 97 | 14:56:35 | 01:26:42 | -17.6296 | -12.3281 | -149.7111 | -141.7371 | Tahiti Local # 4 Sunrise Sulfur Flux & DMS Oxidation |
17P | 4/9/1999 | 99 | 19:00:37 | 02:18:28 | -17.5546 | 21.3165 | -157.9982 | -149.5921 | Tahiti to Honolulu, HI BL HOx and Sulfur Chemistry |
18P | 4/10/1999 | 100 | 19:02:40 | 01:52:13 | 21.1883 | 36.6385 | -157.9307 | -121.854 | Honolulu, HI to Monterey, CA Long Range Asian & NA Outflow |
19P | 4/11/1999 | 101 | 16:49:58 | 23:31:40 | 36.561 | 39.9023 | -121.8413 | -75.3355 | Monterey, CA to NASA WFF Continental Layers |