TRACE P Mission (March-April 2001)

Nominal Flight Track for Trace P

 

Flight Number Start Date (GMT) Julian Day (GMT) Start Time(GMT) End Time(GMT) Flight Location and Description
1P 2/09/01 40 16:34:50 19:35:46 NASA WFF Test Flight 1
2P 2/13/01 44 20:29:36 22:59:46 NASA WFF Test Flight 2
3P 2/17/01 48 19:52:25 00:37:38 NASA WFF Test Flight 3
4P 2/24/01 55 14:36:15 22:15:18 NASA WFF to Palmdale, CA - Stratospheric Intrusion
5P 2/26/01 57 17:34:21 00:51:59 Palmdale, CA to Kona, HI - Aged Asian Pollution 
6P 2/27/01 58 19:52:12 02:41:40 Kona, HI to Wake Island - Asian Pollution Subsidence
7P 3/01/01 60 21:56:23 04:19:33 Wake Island to Guam - Tropical/Subtropical Gradient
8P 3/04/01 63 00:34:00 08:25:00 Guam to Hong Kong - A/C Intercomparison; Asian Outflow to S. China Sea
9P 3/07/01 66 02:17:02 10:07:56 Hong Kong Local 1 - Post-Frontal Asian Outflow 
10P 3/09/01 68 01:17:16 08:39:50 Hong Kong Local 2 - Aged Post Frontal Outflow
11P 3/10/01 69 00:55:45 09:00:53 Hong Kong Local 3 - S. China Sea Quiescent Period
12P 3/13/01 72 00:53:42 09:05:30 Hong Kong Local 4 - Stratospheric Intrusion; Biomass Burning Outflow
13P 3/17/01 76 00:58:41 09:07:37 Hong Kong to Kadena AFB - Low Level Outflow to Yellow Sea
14P 3/18/01 77 01:58:04 09:17:05 Kadena AFB to Yokota AFB - Surface Outflow to Yellow Sea; Volcanic Plume
15P 3/21/01 80 00:21:00 07:56:40 Yokota Local 1 - Frontal Boundary Profile
16P 3/23/01 82 23:06:58 07:23:48 Yokota Local 2 - A/C Intercomparison; Japan North-South
17P 3/27/01 86 00:27:51 08:41:41 Yokota Local 3 - Air-sea exchange; Volcanic Plume; TERRA Underpass
18P 3/30/01 89 23:13:30 06:25:35 Yokota Local 4 - ACE Asia; Asian Outflow to Sea of Japan; TERRA Underpass
19P 4/02/01 92 00:23:07 08:31:21 Yokota Local 5 - ACE Asia; Moist Conveyor Belt; TERRA Underpass
20P 4/03/01 93 23:23:05 07:12:34 Yokota to Midway Island - High Altitude Asian Outflow
21P 4/06/01 96 06:53:24 14:21:21 Midway Island Local 1 - Aged Asian Pollution; Stratospheric Influence
22P 4/07/01 97 16:18:40 23:06:02 Midway Island to Kona, HI - Sunrise Photochemistry; Stratospheric Influence
23P 4/09/01 99 16:57:44 01:03:30 Kona, HI to NASA DFRC - A/C Intercomparison
24P 4/10/01 100 15:33:28 22:05:41 NASA DFRC to NASA WFF - Transport of Clean Tropical Air

 

Data

The TRACE P data is due in the final form on 12-01-01 and will be available to the general public. The archived files, in 1hz and 20hz formats, contains the following parameters:

bulletJulian Day
bulletTime (# of seconds since midnight GMT)
bulletLatitude (deg)
bulletLongitude (deg)
bulletAltitude (ft)
bulletStatic Pressure (mb)
bulletImpact (dynamic) Pressure (mb)
bulletPitch (deg)
bulletRoll (deg)
bulletTrue Heading (deg)
bulletU Wind (m/s)
bulletV Wind (m/s)
bulletW Wind (m/s)
bulletSpecific Humidity (L1011 - slow response) (g/kg)
bulletSpecific Humidity (Lyman Alpha - fast response) (g/kg)
bulletStatic Air Temperature (K)
bulletEquivalent Potential Temperature (K)

The data is available thru the GTE Project Office or by e-mailing a request to Lee Thornhill

 

 

 

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Responsible NASA Official(TAMMS): Bruce Anderson
Curator(TAMMS): Lee Thornhill