START08

Campaign

Flight Updates:

Two phases: April 21 - May 16 and June 16 - 28, 2008.
Operational Hotline: call (303) 497-1040
Completed missions (research flights).

Instrument Payload

Layout diagram.
Wing pod instruments.
Table of instruments.
Table of data products ( PDF , link ).
For questions and comments regarding the data product table, please contact Simone Tilmes.

Flight Planning Documents

GV Flight Scenarios for START08 and PreHIPPO (Draft V3) (PDF).
Upload Schedule by Elliot Atlas - February 25, 2008.
The latest Upload Schedule by Pavel Romashkin.

Flight Operations

Start-08 Field Catalog (forecast, satellite data, flight summary, quicklook images)
Research Aviation Facility (RAF) Operational Page (links to real-time data)
Instructions for participating in daily operations meeting.
Snak chat client for Macintosh.
Plots of flight tracks

Data Management

TAMU Data Management Page
Quick-look data server (requires username and password)
START08/PreHIPPO data protocol

Communication

Start_team e-mailing list for the instrument and operations team. Contact Laura Pan to join.
Start_forecast e-mailing list for the forecast team and satellite group. Contact Laura Pan to join.
START_ALL e-mailing list of general interest. Join by subscription.