SUMMARY OF P-3B 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* | 3/4/99 | 63 | 20:38:05 | 01:29:45 | 36:1084 | 37.9400 | -75.4974 | -72.6053 | NASA WFF Test Flight 1 |
| 2* | 3/7/99 | 66 | 17:57:34 | 23:41:58 | 37.0659 | 37.9881 | -75.5101 | -75.6333 | NASA WFF Test Flight 2 |
| 3* | 3/10/99 | 63 | 19:35:30 | 03:09:35 | 34.7976 | 38.0023 | -117.8659 | -75.4394 | NASA WFF to NASA DFRC - Test Flight 3 |
| 4* | 3/11/99 | 70 | 19:33:44 | 03:00:54 | 19.7225 | 35.0099 | -155.0753 | -117.8218 | NASA DFRC to Hilo, Hawaii - Transport of US Pollution |
| 5 | 3/13/99 | 72 | 18:59:24 | 03:14:23 | -0.0854 | 19.7223 | -157.6726 | -154.9066 | Hilo, Hawaii to Christmas Island - Interhemispheric Gradients |
| 6 | 3/15/99 | 74 | 20:39:51 | 05:08:08 | 0.9191 | 2.3250 | -157.763 | -154.5006 | Christmas Island Local 1 - Sunset Boundary Layer, HOx and DMS Flux |
| 7 | 3/17/99 | 76 | 14:33:05 | 20:09:11 | -1.0906 | 1.9920 | -157.4252 | -156.6062 | Christmas Island Local 2 - Sunrise to Sunset HOx and DMS |
| 8 | 3/17/99 | 76 | 22:34:30 | 04:27:25 | -1.4238 | 2.0158 | -157.4005 | -156.5000 | Christmas Island Local 3 - Sunrise to Sunset HOx and DMS |
| 9 | 3/20/99 | 79 | 16:59:50 | 01:14:35 | -0.0237 | 2.0256 | -157.3806 | -139.9772 | Christmas Island Local 4 - Equatorial Survey |
| 10 | 3/22/99 | 81 | 14:44:56 | 00:53:10 | -0.6021 | 1.9928 | -157.4448 | -152.8383 | Christmas Island Local 5 - Equatorial Upwelling and Sunrise DMS |
| 11 | 3/24/99 | 83 | 21:38:27 | 05:34:35 | -1.2889 | 1.9866 | -157.398. | -155.8228 | Christmas Island Local 6 - Equatorial HOx |
| 12 | 3/26/99 | 85 | 18:51:37 | 03:02:45 | -17.7163 | 1.9348 | -165.9883 | -149.6086 | Christmas Island to Tahiti - Interhemispheric Trace Gas Gradients |
| 13 | 3/31/99 | 90 | 18:36:15 | 03:50:55 | -17.7302 | -5.6551 | -149.7854 | -142.5973 |
Tahiti Local 1 - Convective Cloud - Gas/Particle Conversion |
| 14 | 4/4/99 | 94 | 20:54:58 | 05:17:20 | -21.9976 | -17.5368 | -150.0424 | -149.6076 | Tahiti Local 2 - Low/Mid-Altitude HOx |
| 15 | 4/5/99 | 95 | 20:00:42 | 04:02:49 | -17.5514 | -7.5083 | -149.6045 | -140.2392 | Tahiti Local 3 - Convective Cloud - Gas/Particle Conversion |
| 16 | 4/7/99 | 97 | 14:56:35 | 01:26:42 | -17.6296 | -12.3281 | -149.7111 | -141.7371 | Tahiti Local 4 - Sunrise Sulfur Flux and DMS Oxidation |
| 17 | 4/9/99 | 99 | 19:00:37 | 02:18:28 | -17.5546 | 21.3165 | -157.9982 | -149.5921 | Tahiti to Honolulu, Hawaii - Boundary Layer HOx Chemistry |
| 18 | 4/10/99 | 100 | 19:02:40 | 01:52:13 | 21.1883 | 36.6385 | -157.9307 | -121.8540 | Honolulu, Hawaii to Monterey, California - Long Range Asian and North American Outflow |
| 19 | 4/11/99 | 101 | 16:49:58 | 23:31:40 | 36.5610 | 39.9023 | -121.8413 | -75.3355 | Monterey, California to NASA WFF - Continental Layers |
*Optional data archival; required for other flights