2008 Annual Report - NASA Airborne Science Program
2008 Annual Report - NASA Airborne Science Program
2008 Annual Report - NASA Airborne Science Program
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Fig. # Caption Page #<br />
14 Time-series MASTER imagery of the Canyon Fire site. . . . . . . . 28<br />
15 Flight track map for the B200 CALIPSO validation flights<br />
conducted from Jan. 22 through Feb. 3, <strong>2008</strong>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30<br />
16-19 Images of the Twin Otter and Alaska deployment during CLPX. . 32<br />
20 One stratospheric particle (upper right), captured following<br />
the Earth’s passage through the dust trail left by Comet Grigg-<br />
Skjellerup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34<br />
21 Reentry observation locations for the DC-8 & GV. . . . . . . . . . . 36<br />
22 SOGASEX science team at sea. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38<br />
23 The NOAA Research Vessel Ronald H. Brown docked at Port<br />
Arturo Prat, Punta Arenas, Chile, February <strong>2008</strong>. . . . . . . . . . . . . 38<br />
24 Dr. Carlos del Castillo, Johns Hopkins University, is interviewed<br />
by Chilean National Television (TVN) in Punta Arenas, Chile . . . 39<br />
25 NOVICE instrument payload. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41<br />
26 <strong>Airborne</strong> <strong>Science</strong> <strong>Program</strong> budget breakdown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46<br />
27 <strong>Airborne</strong> <strong>Science</strong> <strong>Program</strong> recent and projected budgets. . . . . . 47<br />
28 DC-8 visits Iqaluit, Nunavut Territory (Baffin Island), Canada<br />
during Spring ARCTAS campaign (April <strong>2008</strong>). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62<br />
29 P-3 on ramp prior to departure from Thule Air Base, Greenland,<br />
April <strong>2008</strong>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68<br />
30 Mt. St. Helens Caldera (Image courtesy JPL UAVSAR project.) . . 70<br />
31 Aerosonde Landing at WFF during a training flight. . . . . . . . . . . . 71<br />
32 <strong>NASA</strong> B-200 on ramp in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, July<br />
<strong>2008</strong>, during ARCTAS summer deployment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73<br />
33 <strong>NASA</strong> Global Hawk #872 in front of Hangar 4801 at the<br />
Dryden Flight Research Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80<br />
34 Ikhana during pre-flight checkout at <strong>NASA</strong> Dryden. . . . . . . . . . . 82<br />
35 Flight Envelope with contours encompassing 90% of flight time<br />
at each flight condition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84<br />
36 Ninety percentile Euler Rates vs. Mach for low (25k to 31k ft),<br />
mid (33k to 39k ft), and high (41k to 45k ft) altitude ranges. . . . 84<br />
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