Summary of TEFLUN-A Flights & GV Coincidences

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Summary of TEFLUN-A Flights and
TRMM & GV Coincidences

date julian	objectives and location	ER-2	Learjet (data)	TRMM overpass	Ground radar	WSR-88D mosaics (from TAMU)
4/15 105	line of storms in central Georgia and calibration over Gulf of Mexico	00:29 - 03:32		-	EVX, JGX, MXX	mosaic 01:40
4/18 108	light stratiform rain near Houston	16:18 - 21:43	17:47-19:55	-	HGX, X-Pol	14:50, HGX data, 17:41-19:52 movie, LCH 21Z
4/21 111	convection and stratiform north of TAMU	03:23 - 09:10		06:37 (very good)	GRK, FWS, ADRAD	5:00, 5:30, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30
4/23 113	calibration flight over Gulf	02:22 - 05:32		04:09
4/26 (27) 116	strong convection west of TAMU	23:22 - 03:55		too late (04:07, TMI)	ADRAD, FWS	mosaic 04:50
4/30 (5/1) 120	convection over S. Georgia	23:51 - 05:25	00:00-02:15	00:57 and 04:09	JGX, VAX	00:45, 04:17
5/4 (5) 124	squall line with extensive stratiform over S. Florida	20:37 - 00:59		21:43	TBW	TBW21:30
5/6 126	stratiform rain near Mobile and ER-2 return to Dryden	18:21 - 23:57	18:28-20:11 and 21:35-22:47	-	MOB	mosaic 18:48

All times are in UTC.
The ER-2 flew a total of 7 research flights (31.5 hours), plus 2 ferry flights and a CA test flight.

Thanks to G. Heymsfield, L. Tian and S. Ahmad for their input. Comments and corrections are appreciated. Please send a message to page author Dr. Bart Geerts .

For more information on TEFLUN data at Goddard DISC, please contact:
Dr. Suraiya Ahmad
Suraiya.Ahmad-1@nasa.gov

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Last update:Mon Jan 5 08:33:37 EST 2004
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