====== SARPEC-IOP1 Filed Project ====== * Project: SARPEC-IOP1 - Saudi Arabia AeRosol-Cloud-Precipitation Enhancement Campaign (SARPEC) IOP1 * Dates: July 22 - August 11 2023 * Location: Western Saudi Arabia (Summer 2023) and Central Saudi Arabia (Fall 2023) * Platform: North Dakota Citation Research Aircraft * Tail Number: N555DS * Aircraft Base: [[https://gaca.gov.sa/web/en-gb/airport/rabigh-airport|Rabigh Airport OERB]] * Flight Level Processing Script: process_all_saudi2023 ====== Links ====== * Weather Briefing Number: [[http://meet.goto.com/679069541|679-069-541]] * WMI Project Portal (Password Required): [[https://www.wmiradar.com/ksa|https://www.wmiradar.com/ksa]] * [[http://catalog.atmos.und.edu/saudisummer2023/index.html | SARPEC-IOP1 Atmospheric Sciences Field Catalog ]] * [[https://catalog.aero.und.edu/project/saudi-summer-2023-saudi-arabia-summer-2023-sarpec-iop1-field-project | SARPEC-IOP1 Aerospace College Field Catalog ]] ====== Out-of-cloud Speed Runs ====== | **Flight ID** | **Leg** | **Altitude (m)** | **Start Time (sfm)** | **End Time (sfm)** | | 20230730_103745 | 1 | 7475.0 +/- 20.0 m| 41000.0 (11:23:00) | 41430.0 (11:30:40) | | 20230731_095501 | 1 | 7855.5 +/- 9.7 m | 49631.0 (13:47:00) | 50090.0 (13:55:00) | | 20230801_102805 | 1 | 9140.5 +/- 10.0 m| 47300.0 (13:08:00) | 47800.0 (13:17:00) | ====== Cloud Core Sampling Time Segments ====== Table listing the time segments for sampling the convective cloud core. The ID is broken into the flight data (YYYYMMDD format), followed by a Letter for the Cloud Id, followed by a number for the cloud pass. |Flight |M300 |M300 |Core |Press.|Temp.|Temp.|Conc. |Conc. |EffR|EffR|MVD |MVD |LWC |LWC | | ID |Start |End |Total|Height|Mean |STD |Mean |STD |Mean|STD |Mean|STD |Mean |STD | |Date-Cloud |SFM |SFM |s |kft |°C |°C |# cm-3|# cm-3|μm |μm |μm |μm |g/m3 |g/m3| |20230805-A1|41429.1|41435.3|6.2 |22.0 |-15.9|0.34 |586 |28 |7.8 |0.09|14.2|0.29|0.81 |0.28| |20230805-A2|41658.3|41665.3|7.0 |25.0 |-18.5|0.21 |570 |33 |9.2 |0.10|16.0|0.44|1.34 |0.16| |20230810-A1|41429.1|41435.3|6.2 |22.0 |-14.1|0.19 |647 |47 |7.8 |0.32|NA |NA |NA |NA | |20230810-A2|41658.3|41665.3|7.0 |25.0 |-17.9|0.37 |423 |35 |8.9 |0.26|NA |NA |NA |NA | |20230810-A3|46526.0|46526.7|0.7 |28.0 |-29.2|0.30 |221 |18 |9.2 |0.22|NA |NA |NA |NA | |20230813-A1|42072.2|42079.6|7.4 |22.0 |-10.8|0.32 |738 |114 |8.3 |0.17|15.2|0.61|1.16 |0.27| |20230813-A2|42380.3|42385.6|5.3 |25.0 |-15.5|0.92 |731 |71 |8.8 |0.13|15.5|0.89|1.46 |0.55| |20230813-A3|43250.6|43255.7|5.1 |29.0 |-24.0|0.60 |392 |41 |9.0 |0.33|16.2|0.11|0.74 |0.41| |20230814-A1|44038.5|44048.5|10.0 |25.0 |-15.3|1.50 |692 |98 |10.7|0.18|19.7|0.29|2.46 |0.92| |20230814-B1|44408.9|44417.1|8.2 |25.0 |-21.3|0.33 |438 |52 |8.3 |0.17|15.2|0.25|0.77 |0.22| ====== Instrumentation Status Notes ====== | **Date** | **Notes** | | 20230730 | Nev. Probe A/D not connected, no data. | ====== Items for Fall 2023 ====== * Make sure the seriald1 WCM data files is created. Make sure the M300 is displaying the LWC/TWC data and the necessary data is sent from the M300 to the WCM. Return to the Saudi Arabia AeRosol-Cloud-Precipitation Enhancement Campaign (SARPEC) Field Project [[http://wiki.atmos.und.edu/doku.php?id=atmos:citation:field:saudi2023:home|Wiki Page]].