RC 391 20110819

Flight #: RC391
Sonde #: 2Z9351-V7
Radiosonde serial: S16357
Location: UH Launch Trailer

Sky: partly cloudy

UHMT: Surface Ozone: 50 ppbv

Launch Time: 18:02:24 CDT
Launch Time: 23:02:24 GMT

Balloon: 600 g Kaymont
Fill Pressure: 2000 kPa

Avg rise rate = 5.5 m/s
Burst Height: 28.34 km
Lost signal around 4.5 km

20110707

20110707
Flight #: RC391
Sonde #: 2Z10016-V7
Radiosonde serial: S16352
Location: UH Launch Trailer

Sky: partly cloudy

Launch Trailer Conditions:



CL31: [in Dallas]

UHMT: Surface Ozone: *****ppbv

Launch Time: *****CDT
Launch Time: *****GMT

Balloon: 600 g Kaymont
Fill Pressure: ****kPa

Balloon passed 100 mbar at *****, avg rise rate = **** m/s
Burst Height: **** km
Lost signal around ****** km

Notes:
flight did not happen. O3 stabalized at about 40ppbv.

20110606

20110606

Flight #: RC387 and 387a
Sonde #: 2Z9324-V7
Radiosonde serial: S16171
Location: UH Launch Trailer
Sky: clear

Launch Trailer Conditions:
Temperature 96.0°F/ 35.5 C
Relative Humidity 30%
Wind 3° at 1.9 mph
Barometer 1007 hpa

CL31: [In Dallas]

UHMT:
Surface Ozone: 93 ppbv
Launch Time: 13:14:12 (local), 18:14:12 GMT
Balloon: 600 g Kaymont
Fill Pressure: 2,200 kPa
Balloon passed 100 mbar at 00:54, avg rise rate = m/s
Burst Height: 29.68 km
Lost signal around:0.114 km

Notes:
We had a problem the first time we started Strato (before launch) so we restarted it and named it 387a.
We were getting a good signal but had gaps in the plot. We are not sure why.

20110604

20110505
Flight #: RC386
Sonde #: 2Z9356-V7
Radiosonde serial: S12510

Location: UH Launch
TrailerSky: partly cloudy

Launch Trailer Conditions:
Temperature 91.2°F
Relative Humidity 27%
Wind 121° at 11.1 mph
Barometer 1013 hpa

CL31: [in Dallas]

UHMT: Surface Ozone: 54 ppbv
Launch Time: 18:29:25 CDT
Launch Time: 18:29:25 GMT
Balloon: 600 g Kaymont
Fill Pressure: 2,200 kPa
Balloon passed 100 mbar at ****, avg rise rate = *** m/s
Burst Height: **** km
Lost signal around **** km

Notes:
Strato encountered an error and stopped working right after launch was detected. John had to restart strato and renamed the file 386A. The recording will be run again at a latter time.

20110602

20110602
Flight #: RC385
Sonde #: 2Z9352-V7
Radiosonde serial: S16149
Location: UH Launch Trailer

Sky: partly cloudy
Launch Trailer Conditions:
Temperature: 93.6°F

Relative Humidity: 33%
Wind: 176° at 5.7 mph
Barometer: 1006 hpa

CL31: [in Dallas]

UHMT: Surface Ozone: 108 ppbv

Launch Time: 14:43 (local)


Balloon: 600 g Kaymont
Fill Pressure: 2,200 kPa

Burst Height: 27.814 km

Burst Pressure: 16.690 hpa
Lost signal around: 3.94 km

Notes:

20110526
Flight #: RC384
Sonde #: 2Z9355-V7
Radiosonde serial: S16171
Location: UH Launch Trailer

Sky: clear
Launch Trailer Conditions:
Temperature: 90.4°F

Relative Humidity: 27%

Wind: 19° at 6.0 mph

Barometer: 1006 hpa

CL31: [Not working]

UHMT: Surface Ozone: 92 ppbv

Launch Time: 14:26 (local)


Balloon: 600 g Kaymont
Fill Pressure: 18500 kPa

Balloon passed 100 mbar at , avg rise rate = m/s
Burst Height: 29.02 km
Lost signal around: 3 km

Notes:

The predicted trajectory was approximately half this distance (somewhere in Galveston Bay). The location in the image was the last signal received.

11 May 2011: Taking down flux/met instruments and datalogger

Azucena and Christine
Start: 8am LT

Removing: sonic anemometer, anemometer, heat flux plate in soil, net radiometer, pressure instrument and temp/RH probe in addition to CR5000 datalogger

Wiring instruction for all instruments on CR5000 datalogger:

1. WO#66035
SN:D4210012
PTB110: Pressure
blue(SE1), yellow (GRND), red (12V), green (C1), black (GRND), clear (GRND)

2. CNR1
SN:80238
red (SE3), blue (SE4), white (SE5), black (SE6), grey (SE7), yellow (SE8), brown (SE9), green (SE10), clear (GRND)

3. HFP01SC-L SO#248050
WO#98522
green (SE14), white (SE13), clear (GRND)

4. grey wire w/yellow tape
red (SE 31), orange (SE32), yellow (SE37), purple (12V), blue (SE 33), green (SE 35), black (GRND), metal (GRND), grey & brown (nowhere)

*black jumpers from :
1. SE32 TO SE34
2. SE34 TO SE36
3. SE36 TO SE38

5. Campbell Scientific P/N 9661
black cable
clear (GRND), yellow (SE15), purple (SE16),black (GRND), red (SW-12)

6. black cable w/yellow tape (#2 written on it)
yellow (SE 27), green (SE28), clear (GRND), white (GRND), black (GRND), red (1X1), blue (1XR)

7. grey cable w/yellow tape (#8 written on it )
metal (GRND), blue (SE29), yellow (SE 30), grey (GRND), black (GRND), red (12v)

8. grey cable w/yellow tap (#4 written on it)
blue ( VX1), green ( SE 39), red (p1), black (G), grey (G), metal (G)

20110505 Ozonesonde Launch RC382

Team: Aleksey, Stephanie

20110505
Flight #: RC382
Sonde #: 2Z9320-V7
Radiosonde serial: S12469
Location: UH Launch Trailer

Sky: partly cloudy

Launch Trailer Conditions:
surf temp: 25.86 C
RH: 34.46%
surf pressure: 1016.79 mbar
WS: 1.65 m/s
WDir: 93.19 deg

CL31: [Not working]

UHMT: Surface Ozone: 76 ppbv

Launch Time: 17:37:51 CDT
Launch Time: 22:37:51 GMT

Balloon: 600 g Kaymont
Fill Pressure: 1900 kPa

Balloon passed 100 mbar at 00:59:46, avg rise rate = 4.6 m/s
Burst Height: 28.98 km
Lost signal around 4.421 km

Notes:
- sonde consistent with Moody Towers

- finished one roll white tape

- AVG interrupted Strato during preflight

- 1st balloon blew away while changing tanks (very windy)

- couldn't open lid on 2nd tank (3rd tank was good)

- Strato 9.31 froze after exit, screen flashed (ctr-alt-del to close it)

5 May 2011: Replace CL31 Transmitter

CL31 transmitter (CL311SP) failing.

Replacing with new trasmitter (CL321SP).

Install new BL-View software.

Vaisala Contact:

Collins Nzui
Technical Service Engineer
Vaisala Product Services
10-D Gill Street, Woburn, MA 01801
Direct: 781 537 1027, Toll Free: 1 888 VAISALA (824 7252), Telefax: 781 933 8029
mailto:collins.nzui@vaisala.com
http://www.vaisala.com

4 May 2011: 1243 UTC ozonesonde launch with SO2 filter

Team: Stephanie, Christine, Ariel

20110504Flight #: RC381
Sonde #: 2Z9325-V7 with SO2 filter
Radiosonde serial: iMet 12106

Location: UH Launch Trailer
Sky: Clear
Launch Trailer Conditions:
surf temp: 15.12 C
RH: 59.8
Pressure: 1027.33 mbar
WS: 0.68 m/s
WDir: 63.75 deg
CL31: No cloud/BLH
UHMT: Surface Ozone: 13 ppbv

Launch Time: 7:43:11 local
Launch Time: 12:43:11 GMT

Balloon: 600 g Kaymont
Fill Pressure: 2000 g
Balloon passed 100 mbar at 00:55:36, avg rise rate = 5.0 m/s
Burst Height: 27.38 km
Lost signal around 8.21 km

Notes:
- Clear skies, very high surface pressure
- sonde consistent with Moody Towers

- sonde stopped getting ozone data around 16 km (ascent)

- started getting ozone data during descent

20110428 Ozonesonde Launch RC380

Team: Darrell, Stephanie

20110428
Flight #: RC380

Sonde #: 2Z9330-V7

Radiosonde serial: S12472

Location: UH Launch Trailer

Sky: Clear

Launch Trailer Conditions:

surf temp: 27.72 C

RH: 18.12%

surf pressure: 1017.86 mbar

WS: 2.09 m/s

WDir: 316.38 deg

CL31: No cloud detected

UHMT: Surface Ozone: 70 ppbv

Launch Time: 16:29:43 local

Launch Time: 21:29:43 GMT

Balloon: 600 g Kaymont

Fill Pressure: 1900 kPa

Balloon passed 100 mbar at 01:05:02, avg rise rate = 4.2 m/s

Burst Height: 28.65 km

Lost signal around 6.641 km

Notes:

- Very low RH (post-frontal)

- sonde consistent with Moody Towers

20110427 Ozonesonde Launch RC379

Team: Darrell, Stephanie, Mark S.

20110427
Flight #: RC379

Sonde #: 2Z-9329-V7

Radiosonde serial: S12504

Location: UH Launch Trailer

Sky: Mostly Clear

Launch Trailer Conditions:

surf temp: 28.10 C

RH: 50.47%

surf pressure: 1001.4 mbar

WS: 3.01 m/s

WDir: 310.99 deg

CL31: No cloud detected

UHMT: Surface Ozone: 42 ppbv

Launch Time: 09:37 local

Launch Time: 14:37 GMT

Balloon: 600 g Kaymont

Fill Pressure: 2100 kPa

Balloon passed 100 mbar (not recorded)

Burst Height: 27.788 km

Landed in Port Arthur, TX

Launched before large dip in RH and increase in ozone.

20110426 Ozonesonde Launch

Team: Darrell, Stephanie, Mark S.

20110426
Flight #: RC378

Sonde #: 2Z-9328

Radiosonde serial: S12488

Location: UH Launch Trailer

Sky: Mostly Cloudy

Launch Trailer Conditions:

surf temp: 26.35 C

RH: 74.53%

surf pressure: 1002.31 mbar

WS: 1.47 m/s

WDir: 215.16 deg

CL31: (didn't check, lidar errors)

UHMT: Surface Ozone: 30 ppbv

Launch Time: 08:59 local

Launch Time: 13:59 GMT

Balloon: 600 g Kaymont

Fill Pressure: 1900 kPa

Balloon passed 100 mbar at 01:03:39

Burst Height: 28.19 km