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PAVE Forecast
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PAVE Forecast
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| The Polar AURA Validation Experiment (PAVE) mission commenced with local DC8 test flights on 13 January 2005. Science flights continued from 24 January through 9 February 2005. NRL Forecast products that supported DC8 flight planning for the PAVE mission are listed below. Contact Stephen Eckermann (stephen.eckermann@nrl.navy.mil: +1-202-404-1299) if you have any questions or requests. | |
Core NRL Code 7646 Forecast Products for PAVE |
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Test NRL Code 7646 Forecast Products for PAVE |
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Forecast Summary for the latest "version
a"
flight path of Wednesday 9 February (last updated Wednesday 9 February at 15:05 EST): archive always hit the reload/refresh button on your browser when viewing any page or image to get the latest forecast maps and guidance. |
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Wednesday
9 February: For transit,
stratospheric cold pool in +24 hour ECMWF forecasts retreats poleward and eastward from Monday's
equatorward excursion. Operational NOGAPS forecasts
initialized 7 Feb at 00Z show 60 hour forecast stratospheric temperatures
(valid 9 Feb 12Z) increasing at
30 hPa,
50 hPa, and
70 hPa over western CONUS. This warm sector includes western segment of transcontinental flight path (points 2-3) as well as the north-south along-track MLS path (points 3-4), according to
preliminary flight plan.
+24-hour ECMWF 30 hPa ozone mixing ratio forecasts valid 7 Feb 12Z indicate values increasing steadily westward along east-west portion of planned flight track (points 2-3).
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