SUMMARY OF DC-8 AIRCRAFT FLIGHTS
GTE/PEM-Tropics B
| Flight No. | Start date (GMT) |
Julian Date (GMT) |
Start Time (GMT) |
Stop Time (GMT) |
Lat.Min (Degs) |
Lat.Max (Degs) |
Lon.Min (Degs) |
Lon.max (Degs) |
Flight Location and Description |
| 1* | 2/8/99 | 39 | 10:00:00 | 12:00:00 | - | - | - | - | DFRC Local Engineering Check Flight |
| 2* | 2/19/99 | 50 | 19:14:30 | 23:06:22 | 26.7167 | 35.7167 | -123.9500 | -117.1000 | DFRC Local Test Flight 1 |
| 3* | 2/24/99 | 55 | 19:07:29 | 23:21:42 | 27.4333 | 35.2167 | -122.5500 | -117.0833 | DFRC Local Test Flight 2 |
| 4* | 3/3/99 | 62 | 18:18:00 | 00:29:10 | 27.7667 | 35.2333 | -122.0333 | -117.3667 | DFRC Local Test Flight 3 |
| 5 | 3/6/99 | 65 | 19:00:55 | 02:06:33 | 19.7167 | 35.1000 | -155.0330 | -117.5667 | DFRC to Hilo, Hawaii - Northern Tropical Chemistry |
| 6 | 3/9/99 | 68 | 14:09:00 | 22:40:17 | 13.7667 | 19.8500 | -155.0500 | -149.0167 | Hilo Local 1 - Sunrise Photochemistry |
| 7 | 3/13/99 | 72 | 19:59:28 | 05:12:42 | -1.3833 | 19.7833 | -165.3500 | -154.1500 | Hilo Local 2 - Equatorial Chemistry |
| 8 | 3/15/99 | 74 | 20:59:11 | 06:41:16 | 0.0000 | 19.7167 | -157.4000 | -152.4833 | Hilo Local 3 - Sunset Photochemistry |
| 9 | 3/17/99 | 76 | 20:27:00 | 06:33:50 | -17.9500 | 19.7167 | 176.9670 | -154.8830 | Hilo, Hawaii, to Fiji - Equatorial Photochemistry |
| 10 | 3/20/99 | 79 | 22:25:00 | 06:11:41 | -24.0333 | -9.7667 | 176.7830 | -174.9830 | Fiji Local 1 - SPCZ |
| 11 | 3/22/99 | 81 | 21:17:00 | 07:37:40 | -19.0000 | 7.1333 | 148.5333 | 177.4330 | Fiji Local 2 - Ozone Trough |
| 12 | 3/24/99 | 83 | 21:20:22 | 05:30:45 | -17.8833 | -1.7000 | 165.9167 | 177.9667 | Fiji Local 3 - Photochemical Aging of Air |
| 13 | 3/26/99 | 85 | 21:10:56 | 05:26:36 | -22.7000 | -3.1000 | 177.2000 | -149.6000 | Fiji to Tahiti - Equatorial Survey |
| 14 | 3/30/99 | 89 | 20:34:12 | 04:30:48 | -36.3333 | -16.6333 | -149.6167 | -131.2333 | Tahiti Local 1 - Southern Latitudes Characterization |
| 15 | 4/2/99 | 92 | 14:26:27 | 22:13:13 | -18.1167 | -11.9000 | -152.2000 | -147.7833 | Tahiti Local 2 - Sunrise HOx / NOx Chemistry |
| 16 | 4/4/99 | 94 | 22:55:36 | 07:06:53 | -22.1000 | -17.5500 | -150.1000 | -146.5333 | Tahiti Local 3 - Sunset HOx / NOx Chemistry |
| 17 | 4/7/99 | 97 | 18:05:48 | 02:09:00 | -17.7333 | 1.0000 | -149.8167 | -141.5833 | Tahiti Local 4 - ITCZ Inflow/Outflow |
| 18 | 4/10/99 | 100 | 20:10:03 | 04:05:18 | -33.1167 | -13.9667 | -155.3667 | -148.4833 | Tahiti Local 5 - Frontal Crossing Characterization |
| 19 | 4/13/99 | 103 | 22:39:33 | 06:53:32 | -27.1500 | -4.9833 | -149.5830 | -109.4330 | Tahiti to Easter Island - Tropical Convective Outflow |
| 20 | 4/15/99 | 105 | 14:28:23 | 23:47:24 | -27.1833 | -5.0000 | -119.5500 | -108.9833 | Easter Island Local 1 - South American Outflow |
| 21 | 4/17/99 | 107 | 14:03:05 | 22:41:45 | -27.2667 | 10.0000 | -109.5167 | -84.1833 | Easter Island to Costa Rica - South/Central American Outflow |
| 22 | 4/18/99 | 108 | 17:06:38 | 23:22:12 | 9.9333 | 34.9833 | -117.8833 | -84.1167 | Costa Rica to DFRC - Central American Outflow |
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