Flight HALO-20240926a

remarks

Flight Phases

index

• ferry_eastward_ascent
• ferry_eastward
• circle_west_mid
• ferry_towards_circle_east_north
• circle_east_north
• ferry_towards_circle_east_south_ascent
• ferry_towards_circle_east_south
• circle_east_south
• radar_calibration_1
• ferry_towards_circle_west_south_ascent
• ferry_towards_circle_west_south
• circle_west_south
• ec_track_northward
• circle_west_north
• ferry_towards_center_of_circle_west_north
• ferry_southwestward_1
• ferry_southwestward_2
• ferry_descent_1
• ferry_descent_2
• radar_calibration_2
• ferry_descent_3

ferry_eastward_ascent (HALO-20240926a_e76e)

• straight_leg
• ascent

• Sondes in segment:

ferry_eastward (HALO-20240926a_decd)

• straight_leg

• irregularity: turbulence 12:20:39 - 12:20:55 with roll angle deviation up to 4 deg

• Sondes in segment:

circle_west_mid (HALO-20240926a_2c7c)

• circle
• circle_counterclockwise

• Sondes in segment: 11 ALL_FLAGS
• Difference in heading from start to end: 22.967843900000105 deg

sonde launch times

ALL_FLAGS

• 2024-09-26 12:26:04
• 2024-09-26 12:31:10
• 2024-09-26 12:35:49
• 2024-09-26 12:40:23
• 2024-09-26 12:45:12
• 2024-09-26 12:50:21
• 2024-09-26 12:56:24
• 2024-09-26 13:00:26
• 2024-09-26 13:05:07
• 2024-09-26 13:09:44
• 2024-09-26 13:14:34

ferry_towards_circle_east_north (HALO-20240926a_0b1a)

• straight_leg

• Sondes in segment:

circle_east_north (HALO-20240926a_bab9)

• circle
• circle_counterclockwise

• irregularity: roll angle deviation of +0.8 between 14:11:10 and 14:19:25

• Sondes in segment: 12 ALL_FLAGS
• Difference in heading from start to end: 28.977228000000053 deg

sonde launch times

ALL_FLAGS

• 2024-09-26 13:31:00
• 2024-09-26 13:36:12
• 2024-09-26 13:41:00
• 2024-09-26 13:45:49
• 2024-09-26 13:50:37
• 2024-09-26 13:55:26
• 2024-09-26 14:00:29
• 2024-09-26 14:05:02
• 2024-09-26 14:09:43
• 2024-09-26 14:14:32
• 2024-09-26 14:19:24
• 2024-09-26 14:24:26

ferry_towards_circle_east_south_ascent (HALO-20240926a_9a85)

• straight_leg
• ascent

• Sondes in segment:

ferry_towards_circle_east_south (HALO-20240926a_1ca6)

• straight_leg

• Sondes in segment:

circle_east_south (HALO-20240926a_6717)

• circle
• circle_counterclockwise

• Sondes in segment: 12 ALL_FLAGS
• Difference in heading from start to end: 13.845693999999952 deg

sonde launch times

ALL_FLAGS

• 2024-09-26 14:49:52
• 2024-09-26 14:54:57
• 2024-09-26 14:59:52
• 2024-09-26 15:04:00
• 2024-09-26 15:08:09
• 2024-09-26 15:12:27
• 2024-09-26 15:16:51
• 2024-09-26 15:21:40
• 2024-09-26 15:26:53
• 2024-09-26 15:32:57
• 2024-09-26 15:38:06
• 2024-09-26 15:43:39

radar_calibration_1 (HALO-20240926a_d522)

• radar_calibration_wiggle

• Sondes in segment:

ferry_towards_circle_west_south_ascent (HALO-20240926a_1fa0)

• straight_leg
• ascent

• Sondes in segment:

ferry_towards_circle_west_south (HALO-20240926a_7ba6)

• straight_leg

• Sondes in segment:

circle_west_south (HALO-20240926a_f31e)

• circle
• circle_clockwise

• no permission to drop sondes in northern half of the circle, four sondes dropped inside circle instead

• Sondes in segment: 6 ALL_FLAGS
• Difference in heading from start to end: 0.28209799999999063 deg

sonde launch times

ALL_FLAGS

• 2024-09-26 16:06:18
• 2024-09-26 16:11:52
• 2024-09-26 16:17:29
• 2024-09-26 16:22:55
• 2024-09-26 16:27:40
• 2024-09-26 16:32:15

ec_track_northward (HALO-20240926a_86e1)

• straight_leg
• ec_track

• irregularity: deviation from constant roll angle of +-3.2 deg 18:15:30 - 18:15:53
• irregularity: deviation from constant roll angle of +-2.6 deg 18:18:40 - 18:18:59
• includes five drop sonde launches
• includes EC meeting point

• Sondes in segment: 5 ALL_FLAGS

sonde launch times

ALL_FLAGS

• 2024-09-26 17:23:25
• 2024-09-26 17:28:03
• 2024-09-26 17:32:37
• 2024-09-26 17:37:25
• 2024-09-26 17:51:41

circle_west_north (HALO-20240926a_713f)

• circle
• circle_clockwise

• irregularity: roll angle deviation of +0.8 between 18:30:42 and 18:37:22

• Sondes in segment: 12 ALL_FLAGS
• Difference in heading from start to end: 312.46440299999995 deg

sonde launch times

ALL_FLAGS

• 2024-09-26 18:25:27
• 2024-09-26 18:31:03
• 2024-09-26 18:34:11
• 2024-09-26 18:38:19
• 2024-09-26 18:42:31
• 2024-09-26 18:48:08
• 2024-09-26 18:53:52
• 2024-09-26 18:58:10
• 2024-09-26 19:03:11
• 2024-09-26 19:08:09
• 2024-09-26 19:12:45
• 2024-09-26 19:17:45

ferry_towards_center_of_circle_west_north (HALO-20240926a_73ca)

• straight_leg

• includes one drop sonde launch at half the radius of circle west_north

• Sondes in segment: 1 ALL_FLAGS

sonde launch times

ALL_FLAGS

• 2024-09-26 19:23:39

ferry_southwestward_1 (HALO-20240926a_df0c)

• straight_leg

• irregularity: roll angle deviation up to 15 deg due to curve before 19:28:47
• irregularity: various roll angle deviations up to +-5.3 deg
• includes one drop sonde launch at center of circle west_north

• Sondes in segment: 1 ALL_FLAGS

sonde launch times

ALL_FLAGS

• 2024-09-26 19:28:17

ferry_southwestward_2 (HALO-20240926a_22ee)

• straight_leg

• Sondes in segment:

ferry_descent_1 (HALO-20240926a_61e3)

• straight_leg
• descent

• Sondes in segment:

ferry_descent_2 (HALO-20240926a_4711)

• straight_leg
• descent

• Sondes in segment:

radar_calibration_2 (HALO-20240926a_2e14)

• radar_calibration_dive

• Sondes in segment:

ferry_descent_3 (HALO-20240926a_dd6f)

• straight_leg
• descent

• Sondes in segment: