DABEX Aircraft flight summary Flight summary table Flight
DABEX Aircraft flight summary
Flight summary table Flight Date Take Off Land Time Sortie objectives 1. B 156 13 th Jan 09: 52 14: 24 4: 32 North-South biomass-mineral dust transition (in-situ) 2. B 157 16 th Jan 09: 15 13: 49 4: 34 Biomass in-situ, radiation work over Banizoumbou 3. B 158 17 th Jan 08: 54 13: 41 4: 47 Biomass in-situ and radiation work over Ilorin 4. B 159 19 th Jan 09: 09 13: 47 4: 38 Mineral dust and biomass radiation work over Niamey and Djougou 5. B 160 21 st Jan 08: 47 13: 24 4: 36 Mineral dust aerosol in-situ and radiation in Niger 6. B 161 23 rd Jan 09: 00 13: 41 4: 41 Mineral dust aerosol in-situ and radiation in Niger 7. B 162 24 th Jan 08: 47 13: 29 4: 42 Fresh biomass burning aerosol plumes 8. B 163 26 th Jan 07: 57 12: 28 4: 31 In-situ mineral dust and biomass mixed column over Niamey 9. B 164 28 th Jan 09: 41 12: 26 2: 45 IR camera and mineral dust studies over Niamey 10. B 165 a 30 th Jan 07: 48 12: 00 4: 12 In-situ mineral dust and biomass mixed column over Niamey 11. B 165 b 30 th Jan 13: 10 16: 36 3: 26 In-situ mineral dust and biomass burning aerosols 12. B 166 1 st Feb 11: 05 15: 49 4: 44 Fresh biomass burning aerosol plumes 13. B 167 2 nd Feb 07: 53 09: 56 2: 03 High level radiometer calibrations 14. B 168 a 3 rd Feb 07: 46 11: 24 3: 38 Science transit; aged biomass northwest of Niamey 15. B 168 b 3 rd Feb 13: 00 17: 00 4: 00 Science transit; aged biomass plume over ocean Total © Crown copyright 2004 61: 49 Page 2
Profiles near Niamey throughout DABEX © Crown copyright 2004 Page 3
DABEX satellite overpasses B 156 © Crown copyright 2004 B 157 B 158 B 159 B 160 B 161 B 162 B 163 B 164 B 165 B 166 B 167 Page 4
B 156 13/01 B 157 16/01 B 158 17/01 B 159 19/01 B 160 21/01 B 161 23/01 B 162 24/01 B 163 26/01 Niger B 164 28/01 B 165 30/01 B 166 1/01 B 167 2/02 Banizoumbou Niamey Djougou Nigeria Benin © Crown copyright 2004 Ilorin Page 5
Examples of flight data © Crown copyright 2004 Page 6
DABEX B 158: aircraft nephelometer scattering over AERONET sites P 1: Niamey tsca l=0. 55= 0. 48 P 12: Ilorin tsca l=0. 55= 1. 32 aged biomass burning young biomass burning dust & biomass © Crown copyright 2004 Page 7
B 161: biomass burning and dust aerosols © Crown copyright 2004 Page 8
DABEX B 161: dust and biomass burning aerosol P 10: neph scattering P 10: trace gases tsca l=0. 55= 0. 42 CO O 3 aged biomass burning mineral dust © Crown copyright 2004 Page 9
B 166 1 st February: fire hunting over west Nigeria © Crown copyright 2004 Page 10
MODIS Aqua 1 km, B 166 1 st February (fire hunting) © Crown copyright 2004 Page 11
Wing-mounted PCASP size distributions © Crown copyright 2004 Page 12
ORBITS Sun Aerosol layer CIMELS sunphotometer Surface
Short-wave radiometer measurements © Crown copyright 2004 Page 14
Highlighting case studies B 156 13/01 B 157 16/01 B 158 17/01 B 159 19/01 B 160 21/01 B 161 23/01 B 162 24/01 ULA AERONET D B I D B B 163 26/01 B 164 28/01 B 165 30/01 B 166 01/02 B 167 02/02 m m m b b B 168 03/02 I B Satellites In-situ m b b b m m b b Cloud-free AMF b Priority? © Crown copyright 2004 Page 15
Focus for aircraft data analysis… § Fresh vs. aged biomass burning aerosol (insitu) § Dust and biomass burning aerosol mixtures (in -situ) § Dust-biomass burning north-south transition (in-situ, radiation) § Dust-biomass burning mixed column (radiation) © Crown copyright 2004 Page 16
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