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ATM IceBridge Sitrep 04/29/2017

Posted on April 29, 2017July 26, 2019 by rob

Today we flew the baseline-priority mission, Thomas-Jakobshavn 01.  We were lucky to finally get the opportunity to fly a mission in clear skies in the western portion of Greenland.  This mission focuses on Jakobshavn glacier,

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ATM IceBridge Sitrep 04/28/2017

Posted on April 28, 2017July 26, 2019 by rob

We again had to rely on the better weather in Canada to find a suitable science target, and flew the medium-priority mission, Penny 01.  This mission surveys the Penny Ice Cap on Baffin Island in

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ATM IceBridge Sitrep 04/26/2017

Posted on April 26, 2017July 26, 2019 by rob

Today we flew the mission, Devon-Bylot.  Southern Greenland was again widely covered in clouds today, preventing us from flying any of the missions we had planned.  However, our fearless flight planner, John Sonntag, created a

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ATM IceBridge Sitrep 04/24/2017

Posted on April 24, 2017July 26, 2019 by rob

  With good weather again forecast on the east coast of Greenland, we flew the Geikie 01 mission today.  Unfortunately, the western portions of both transit legs were cloudy, but once we arrived in the

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ATM IceBridge Sitrep 04/21/2017

Posted on April 21, 2017July 26, 2019 by rob

Yesterday IceBridge (OIB) relocated from Thule Air Force Base in northwest Greenland down to Kangerlussuaq in southwest Greenland.  The flight was quick and scenic, and gave us enough time to unpack and set up for a

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OIB ATM sitrep April 20, 2017 am

Posted on April 20, 2017July 26, 2019 by rob

Today OIB moves its base of operations from Thule south to Kangerlussuaq (“Kanger”) Greenland.    We’ve had a very successful deployment so far, basing from Thule, Fairbanks, and Longyearbyrn, completing all of our Thule baseline

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OIB ATM sitrep April 19, 2017 pm

Posted on April 19, 2017July 26, 2019 by rob

OIB completed the “South Canada Basin” sea ice mission today in mostly clear conditions with a bit of low clouds on the south end of each data line. Clouds also prevented a calibration ramp over

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OIB ATM sitrep April 19, 2017 am

Posted on April 19, 2017July 26, 2019 by rob

The Arctic Ocean weather has cleared and we’ll attempt the sea ice mission “South Canada Basin” today.    Light snow last night NASA 426 being prepared for flight in Hangar 8  Science cargo on a

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OIB ATM sitrep April 17, 2017 pm

Posted on April 17, 2017July 26, 2019 by rob

OIB successfully flew the “Humboldt Gacier 01” mission in clear, blue sky weather and with all OIB remote sensing instruments successfully collecting data.   We have now flown all the baseline- or high-priority land ice

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OIB ATM sitrep April 17, 2017 am

Posted on April 17, 2017July 26, 2019 by rob

OIB will return to the skies today following a restful Easter Sunday. We’ll be attempting the Humboldt 01 mission. Sunny cold weather in Thule this morning. Saturday the NASA P3 aircrew carried out some maintenance

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