Flight HALO-20240916a

remarks

Flight Phases

index

• ferry_eastward_ascent
• ferry_eastward_1
• ferry_eastward_2
• circle_mid
• ferry_towards_circle_south
• circle_south
• pace_track_ascent
• pace_track_with_underpass
• pace_track_southward
• ec_track_northward_1
• ec_track_northward_with_meteor_overpass
• ec_track_northward_2
• circle_north
• dropsonde_curtain_westward
• ferry_descent_1
• ferry_descent_2

ferry_eastward_ascent (HALO-20240916a_9e39)

• straight_leg
• ascent

• Sondes in segment:

ferry_eastward_1 (HALO-20240916a_3279)

• straight_leg

• irregularity: turbulence 2024-09-16T12:46:30 - 2024-09-16T12:56:50 with roll angle deviations up to +-6.9 deg

• Sondes in segment:

ferry_eastward_2 (HALO-20240916a_9a00)

• straight_leg

• Sondes in segment:

circle_mid (HALO-20240916a_719b)

• circle
• circle_counterclockwise
• meteor_coordination

• irregularity: turbulence 2024-09-16T13:19:35 - 2024-09-16T13:28:00 with roll angle deviation up to +-3.2 deg

• Sondes in segment: 16 ALL_FLAGS
• Difference in heading from start to end: 2.281310000000019 deg

sonde launch times

ALL_FLAGS

• 2024-09-16 13:19:36
• 2024-09-16 13:23:50
• 2024-09-16 13:27:57
• 2024-09-16 13:31:30
• 2024-09-16 13:32:26
• 2024-09-16 13:36:48
• 2024-09-16 13:41:09
• 2024-09-16 13:45:30
• 2024-09-16 13:49:35
• 2024-09-16 13:53:38
• 2024-09-16 13:57:22
• 2024-09-16 14:01:05
• 2024-09-16 14:04:27
• 2024-09-16 14:08:03
• 2024-09-16 14:11:57
• 2024-09-16 14:16:08

ferry_towards_circle_south (HALO-20240916a_1765)

• straight_leg

• Sondes in segment:

circle_south (HALO-20240916a_bce8)

• circle
• circle_counterclockwise
• circle_clockwise

• irregularity: two half circles with straight leg in between, first half counterclockwise, second half clockwise

• Sondes in segment: 10 ALL_FLAGS
• Difference in heading from start to end: 352.19093910000004 deg

sonde launch times

ALL_FLAGS

• 2024-09-16 14:33:00
• 2024-09-16 14:38:00
• 2024-09-16 14:43:49
• 2024-09-16 14:48:23
• 2024-09-16 15:21:56
• 2024-09-16 15:26:56
• 2024-09-16 15:31:57
• 2024-09-16 15:36:30
• 2024-09-16 15:41:33
• 2024-09-16 15:46:14

pace_track_ascent (HALO-20240916a_9d0c)

• straight_leg
• ascent
• pace_track

• includes one dropsonde launch

• Sondes in segment: 1 ALL_FLAGS

sonde launch times

ALL_FLAGS

• 2024-09-16 16:01:56

pace_track_with_underpass (HALO-20240916a_26f2)

• straight_leg
• pace_track

• includes pace underpass
• includes one dropsonde launch

• Sondes in segment: 1 ALL_FLAGS

sonde launch times

ALL_FLAGS

• 2024-09-16 16:13:22

pace_track_southward (HALO-20240916a_3e37)

• straight_leg
• pace_track

• Sondes in segment:

ec_track_northward_1 (HALO-20240916a_fc9c)

• straight_leg
• ec_track

• irregularity: constant nonzero roll angle of about 0.4 deg
• includes one dropsonde launch

• Sondes in segment: 1 ALL_FLAGS

sonde launch times

ALL_FLAGS

• 2024-09-16 16:53:55

ec_track_northward_with_meteor_overpass (HALO-20240916a_ca1c)

• straight_leg
• ec_track
• meteor_coordination

• irregularity: continuous roll angle decline from -0.23 to -1.7 deg and various spikes due to turbulence
• includes Meteor overpass
• includes EC underpass
• includes two dropsonde launches

• Sondes in segment: 2 ALL_FLAGS

sonde launch times

ALL_FLAGS

• 2024-09-16 17:15:33
• 2024-09-16 17:25:58

ec_track_northward_2 (HALO-20240916a_1224)

• straight_leg
• ec_track

• irregularity: constant nonzero roll angle of about 0.3 deg

• Sondes in segment:

circle_north (HALO-20240916a_0e1d)

• circle
• circle_clockwise

• quarter circle without sondes followed by full circle

• Sondes in segment: 12 ALL_FLAGS
• Difference in heading from start to end: 95.38723770000001 deg

sonde launch times

ALL_FLAGS

• 2024-09-16 18:12:56
• 2024-09-16 18:18:12
• 2024-09-16 18:23:29
• 2024-09-16 18:29:20
• 2024-09-16 18:34:09
• 2024-09-16 18:39:23
• 2024-09-16 18:44:25
• 2024-09-16 18:49:33
• 2024-09-16 18:54:42
• 2024-09-16 18:59:44
• 2024-09-16 19:04:35
• 2024-09-16 19:09:20

dropsonde_curtain_westward (HALO-20240916a_2039)

• straight_leg

• includes twelve dropsonde launches

• Sondes in segment: 12 ALL_FLAGS

sonde launch times

ALL_FLAGS

• 2024-09-16 19:25:14
• 2024-09-16 19:30:08
• 2024-09-16 19:35:05
• 2024-09-16 19:40:06
• 2024-09-16 19:45:05
• 2024-09-16 19:50:08
• 2024-09-16 19:55:05
• 2024-09-16 20:00:05
• 2024-09-16 20:05:05
• 2024-09-16 20:10:07
• 2024-09-16 20:15:02
• 2024-09-16 20:20:01

ferry_descent_1 (HALO-20240916a_df87)

• straight_leg
• descent

• Sondes in segment:

ferry_descent_2 (HALO-20240916a_6043)

• straight_leg
• descent

• Sondes in segment: