1. Pre-Detachment Briefing - Logistics
DIAMET DIAbatic influences on Mesoscale structures in ExtraTropical storms
Pre-Detachment Briefing - Logistics
Doug Anderson, FAAM
15th November 2011

2. What’s covered Schedule Transport Accommodation Met Office Airport
Met Office Sorties

3. DIAMET Schedule
Mon 21st Nov – DIAMET shakedown & CVI/AMS Test Cranfield
Tue 22nd Nov – AIMMS Test Cranfield
Wed 23rd Nov – Pack Cranfield
Detachment Start: Thu 24th Nov 2011
Transit to Exeter, unpack and set up at airport, Met Office & hotel
Detachment End: Wed 14th Dec 2011
Pack up and return transit to Cranfield

4. Flying Number of hours: ~ 50 DIAMET hours available
(approx 4 single and 4 double or 6 doubles – 8 flying days)
~ 50 EXMIX hours (10 flights) + Cranfield Test Flights
Expected no. of flights: 5 flying days/week (some double flights)
Weekend working: yes, weather permitting
Early/Late flying: yes (Met Office 07:00 – 23:00), weather permitting
Night flying: Met Office : NO. DIAMET : ??
Flight Crew duty rest days:
1 in 7 and
2 consecutive in 14

5. DIAMET Flight planning timeline
The Day before the Flight
08:30L DIAMET science planners check weather and discuss possibilities for a DIAMET flight tomorrow onwards
08:45L Detachment Manager departs hotel for Met Office
09:00L (Detachment Manager &) Met Office Mission Scientists check weather and discuss possibilities for flights tomorrow (in Conf 4)
09:30L DIAMET Mission Scientist agrees decision for DIAMET flight the following day and departs for the Met Office
10:00L Flight decision meeting at Met Office for following day (Conf 4) with Detachment Manager, Met O, DIAMET MS, DFL Ops, pilot (if not flying/on rest day)
12:00L AT LATEST - Flight Brief to be with FAAM/Directflight Ops to allow NOTAMS etc to be booked for following days flight.
The Day of the Flight
T-4:30 Mission Scientist weather check to be able to notify Directflight Ops of changes at T-4:00
T-4:15 Directflight Ops depart hotel for Met Office.
T-4:00 Directflight Ops assemble flight and weather info for the crew
T-3:45 Aircrew depart hotel for Met Office. Start of aircrew duty.
T-3:00 Aircrew report for duty at Met Office Conf 4 - last chance for changes to flight booking
T-3:00 Avalon engineers depart hotel to ready aircraft for science pre-flight
T-3:00? FAAM core instrument pre-flighter(s) depart hotel for airport
T-3:00 ~ T-2:30 DFL Ops 2 depart hotel airport to be ready to escort science crew between terminal and aircraft
T-2:30 Core science pre-flight begins.
T-2:00 Non Core instrument operators to be through security ready to be escorted to aircraft
T-1:15 Mission Scientists, experience and all other fliers to be through security ready to be escorted to aircraft
T-1:00 Science brief at Exeter Airport - all tools off aircraft
T-0:45 Science crew board for safety brief and final pre flight checks
T-0:30 Doors closed and the crew prepare to start the engines.
T-0:00 Take Off

6. Transport: To & from Exeter
Travel to Exeter: FAAM/Directflight on the aircraft Avalon in their van
Pack-up to & from Exeter: on the aircraft
Return to Cranfield:
FAAM/Directflight on the aircraft Avalon in their van

7. Transport at Exeter Vehicles Parking FAAM and DFL: Hire cars
Avalon: Van
Universities: Hire cars
Met Office: Hire cars
– will run a car departure time system on a board in Met Office entrance foyer - open for any DIAMET participant who requires a lift : Met Office to/from airport
Parking
Hotel: Private car park (barrier/ token system, free for residents)
Met Office: Visitor’s car park
Airport: Public car park, free for DIAMET after registrations passed to airport via Doug

8. Accommodation: Southgate Hotel
Mercure Southgate Hotel Southernhay East, Exeter, Devon EX1 1QF
Tel: +44 (0) Fax:+44 (0)

9. Hotel Facilities Wi-fi - free (log in once every 24 hours)
Tea/coffee in rooms
Restaurant, bar
Room service & 24-hour menu
Fitness centre, swimming pool, sauna - free
Meeting room - Data Processing - DIAMET Science discussion and decisions
Flying update notice board

10. Hotel Location Southgate Hotel Restaurants Train stations University
Restaurants, shops and entertainment
University
Southgate Hotel
Restaurants
Train stations
University
Shops
Cathedral
Cathedral
Southgate Hotel

11. Route: Hotel → Met Office → Airport
Hotel to Met Office ~ 3.5miles, minutes
Met Office to Airport ~ 3 miles, 5-10 minutes M5
J29
Met Office
Roadworks
Airport
Hotel

12. Met Office HQ M5
J29
Airport

13. Met Office HQ Visitor car park Main Entrance Security barriers
Evening / weekend Entrance

14. Met Office HQ Security DIAMET Operations Room
passes issued at Reception
DIAMET Operations Room
CONFERENCE 4 on second floor above security
Flight planning
Secure and non-secure networks
Met Office car departures timetable/booking list
Facilities in “The Street”
Restaurant: breakfast, lunch (and dinner Mon-Fri)
Café: coffee and sandwiches
Shop: newspapers, snacks & drinks
Cashpoint
OBR (Jupiter) Lab (escort required unless green passholder)
Space to work on instruments (with aircraft power)
Some storage space if required

15. Met Office: Ground Floor Layout
OBR lab
Restaurant
Main Entrance & Reception

16. Met Office: Second Floor Layout
CONFERENCE 4
DIAMET Operations
Met Office Mission Scientists
Stairs up from Main Entrance & Reception

17. Exeter Airport Access to aircraft Security Pack-up Storage
Fliers to collect boarding pass at FAAM or Directflight Desk then go to security
Non flyers will have to be escorted
Security
- Bags and body scan/search at Departures
- Bring DFL pass and passport!
- We will use the staff/crew exit to Departures then the aircraft
- Keep to marked walking areas.
Pack-up Storage
- In locked portacabin in hangar
- Dangerous Goods in a cage in hangar
Refreshments
- In the Terminal
- In departures after passing through security

18. Exeter Airport - Layout

19. Working at Exeter Airport
High Vis jackets must be worn on the ramp.
Stay within the aircraft foot print.
If other aircraft moving (this means if the beacon is on) either stay on a/c or stay on walk way.
Always carry DFL pass and Passport.
Conform to normal airport security procedures (ie. no liquids/sharp instrument etc.)
Be aware of F.O.D. do not drop rubbish on ramp and if you see any pick it up and put in the F.O.D. bins.
Exeter airport are very tight on ramp procedures. If anyone does not observe the above they risk being removed from the apron and refused further access.

20. EXMIX sorties Cranfield max essential desirable Sortie PI(s)
Main science
Exeter/
Weather
Time (night, weekends)
# flights
# flights expected
manoeuvres
Instruments
Satellite overpass?
Cranfield
max
essential
desirable
LIMO
BJ, KT
Aerosol measurements around UK at low level
Either
No low cloud/precip High level of aerosol
Day
1 or 2
Low level around UK coast. If poss with MOCCA
Lidar Dry Neph PCASP
Wet Neph CAS or SID PSAP Core Chem No
MOCCA Inter-comparison
JH, BJ, KT
Intercomparison
Saharan Dust Sea Salt Boundary Layer SO2 plume 1
co-ordinated flying, preferably wing tip to wing tip
Lidars, Neph Pcasp, SO AIMMS CAPS
VACAR (over land)
SH, CH
Gather observational data to further validate the 1D-Var / PC code
Ci layer with clear skies below 2
1 - 2
SLR's below, in and above Ci
ARIES AVAPS(4) Nevzerov Lidar
Cloud Physics
SWS/SHIMS Cameras
IASI
Shake Down
KB, PB, RC
Instruments are working and producing data
Cloud all levels/ Clear air
Could be combined with organics flight
CIP100 CIP15 CDP, Nevzerov, Johnson Williams, SID II
Organics
PBa
Test for organics post cleaning
Warm liquid water cloud layer
SLR's in water, ice and supercooled layers
AMS CVI
Lyman Alpha
Test Lyman alpha, assess CVI cut size, validate Nevzerov low IWC
Range of conditions. Ci
SLR's in various cloud/ clear layers
CVI Lyman-alpha Nevzerov, Johnson Williams, CDP, CIP15
AIMMS Cal-Val
PRAB
Calibration of AIMMS probe
Clear above boundary layer, steady winds (not w-ly)
AIMMS Turbulence Probe
Warden Hill Radar
Validate Wx Radar
Exeter
Frontal Cloud
SLR in conjunction with Warden Hill. Melting layer and colder
CIP100 CIP15 CDP, Nevzerov, Johnson Williams, SID II, CPI, SID
SID-II Aerosol RC
Test High Gain SID II
Windy (poss) high pressure
SLR above BL. SLR's FL001 to FL020 over sea
SID II PCASP CAS
Wet Neph
Cloud Physics Cal-Val
Verify performance of Cloud Physics, CIP100, CIP15, Nevzerov
Cloud of all heights and phases
SLR in Sc, Ac, Ci
CIP100, CIP15, CAPS, CPI, SIDII, SIDIII, Nevzerov, Johnson Williams, CDP
Mixed Phase
Measure turbulence and phase partition in supercooled cloud
Supercooled layer cloud, single or multiple layers
SLR, Saw Tooth legs between 0 and -30 deg C, profiles through cloud layers
AIMMS, Nevzerov, Johnson Williams, CIP15, CDP, SID-II, 2DS, CPI
Chilbolton

21. Any Questions?  Doug Anderson  dougan@faam.ac.uk
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