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T-PARC/TCS-08 Quicklook
29 October 2008
Operations by the numbers…
• 9 participating nations
– Canada, China, England, France, Germany, Japan, South
Korea, Taiwan, United States
• Over 500 aircraft mission flight hours
– 216 C-130, 179 P-3, 83 Falcon, 37 DOTSTAR
• 76 missions
– 25 Falcon, 23 C-130, 21 P-3, 7 DOTSTAR
• 7 airfields
– Andersen AB, Guam; NAF Atsugi, Japan; Kadena AB, Japan; Taiwan,
Yokota AB, Japan; MCAS Iwakuni, Japan; Misawa AB, Japan
• 11 tropical circulation systems
– 4 typhoons, 1 TD, 1 ex-TS, 5 others
Tropical Circulation Systems by the numbers…
• During August – September, there were 12 total
systems > TD intensity over the western North
Pacific
– 4 typhoons, 4 tropical storms, 4 TDs
• 51 TCS systems
– With a few recycled a time or two
• 11 systems in which aircraft missions were flown
– 4 typhoons, 1 TD, 1 ex-TS, 5 others
• 72% of all missions were flown on the 4 typhoon
cases
– 6 Nuri, 28 Sinlaku, 5 Hagiput, 15 Jangmi (54/75 = 72%)
WC-130
Flights
per Objective
WC-130
Missions
per Objective
TC Structure/Sat val,
7, 30%
TC Formation - Survey, 9,
40%
Extratropical Transition, 4,
17%
TC Formation , 2, 9%
TC Structure,
1, 4%
WC-130Time
Timeper
per
Objective
WC-130
Objective
TC Structure/Sat val,
75:49:00, 35%
TC Formation - Survey,
83:50:00, 39%
Extratropical Transition,
32:59:00, 15%
TC Structure,
10:15:00, 5%
TC Formation ,
12:56:00, 6%
NRL
P-3 P-3
Missions
per per
Objective
NRL
Missions
Objective
Extratropical Transition,
4, 19%
TC Formation - Survey,
9, 43%
TC Structure,
5, 24%
TC Formation
3, 14%
NRL
Time
per
Objective
NRLP-3
P-3
Time
per
Objective
Extratropical Transition,
30:41:00, 17%
TC Structure, 41:12:00,
23%
TC Formation - Survey,
89:10:00, 50%
TC Formation , 17:52:00,
10%
DLR FALCON Missions per Objective
DLR FALCON Missions per Objective
Tropical Water Vapor
Export,
2, 8%
General Targeting,
5.5, 22%
Extratropical Transition,
10, 40%
TC Targeting,
7.5, 30%
DLR Time per Objective
DLR FALCON Time per Objective
Tropical Water Vapor
Export, 7:20:00, 9%
General Targeting,
18:17:30, 22%
Extratropical Transition,
33:00:00, 39%
TC Targeting, 24:32:30,
30%
Dropsondes:
• WC-130
– 604 total
– 564 good
– AXBTs
• 229 total
• 191 good
• NRL P-3
– 343 total
– 270 preliminary number of good drops pending final mission reports
• DLR FALCON
– 323 total
• DOTSTAR
– 124 total
• TOTAL:
– 1394 dropped
– 1281 good (preliminary)
T-PARC Driftsonde Operations
Goals
• 17 Flights
• 38 sondes/flight
• 6 week operation period
• NPS staff/students
operate system via WEB
• Send data to GTS quasi
real time
• Drop 646 Sondes (38x17)
Reality (Preliminary)
• 16 Balloons Launched
• 2 Balloon failures
– Flight #5 & #8
• 1 Electronics hardware
failure
– Flight #7
• 13 Good Flights
• 253 Good Soundings
• Averaged ~19.5 good
sondes/flights
Slides by Terry Hock, NCAR
Driftsonde Flight Durations
T-PARC Driftsonde Flight Schedule
1
18 sondes
2
17 sondes
3
4
16 sondes
5
1 sondes
Total Flight Hours of all Balloons 518 Hrs
Good Flights 13
Good Sondes Dropped 253
10 sondes
Flight #
6
19 sondes
7
0 sondes
8
0 sondes
9
25 sondes
10
18 sondes
11
21 sondes
12
16 sondes
23 sondes
13
14
24 sondes
15
20 sondes
25 sondes
16
8/15
8/17
8/19
8/21
8/23
8/25
8/27
8/29
8/31
9/2
9/4
9/6
9/8
9/10
9/12
9/14
9/16
9/18
9/20
9/22
9/24
9/26
9/28
9/30
10/2
Date
Slides by Terry Hock, NCAR
Preliminary Summary of Soundings
•
•
•
•
13 Gondolas flown (38x13 = 494 sondes)
34 sondes ejected at launch
66 sondes not attempted to drop
394 sondes available to drop
• Good Drops:
252
• Failed to release: 117
• Questionable data: 26
64% (of 394)
29.7% (of 394)
6.6% (of 394)
Slides by Terry Hock, NCAR
Driftsonde Balloons 1 -9
140
150
160
170
180
170
160
Driftsonde Balloons 10 -16
Reduced westward distance in time
140
150
160
170
180
170
160
Operations: Aircraft – buoy deployment
First occurrence of the deployment
of drifting buoys ahead of a category
5 tropical cyclone (Jangmi). Chart at
left and imagery below are from a
few hours after the deployment of
the buoys along the diagonal to the
northwest of the TC
2313 UTC 26 September
First buoy
deployment
In TY Hagupit
several days
earlier
P-3 flight track
Second deployment
in STY Jangmi
Buoy, aircraft, and satellite data in Google Earth
Year of Tropical Convection
Jointly coordinated by
WMO:WCRP and
WWRP-THORPEX
Through support from ONR
and NSF, ECMWF analyses
and forecasts are available
for the T-PARC and TCS-08
time period
T799
4 times daily
10-day forecasts
3-h resolution
Available at:
http://dataportal.ecmwf.int/data/d/yotc
Mission Summaries
• Track of tropical circulation system
• Time periods in which aircraft missions were conducted
• Data base
–
–
–
–
Aircrafts involved
Objectives
Hours
Data
•
•
•
•
•
• Notes
Dropsonde
Radar
AXBTs
Flight level
Lidar
TCS-006
1 Mission
•
1 TC Formation - Survey
– C-130
Coverage
•
07/1516 – 07/2215
TCS-006
P-3
•
none
C-130
•
07/1516 – 07/2215
DOTSTAR
•
none
Falcon
•
none
Coverage
•
07/1516 – 07/2215
Flight
C1
a/c
Mission
#
Location
from
0192W Guam
to
Guam
Start Date
UTC
8/7/2008
Flight Time
UTC
Start
End
Duration
15:16
22:15
6:59
Type
genesis
Notes
• Survey for possible low-level
circulation associated with TCS-06
• Square spiral pattern
• 20 drops
• 9 AXBTs
• 5:34 on-station time
TY Nuri (TCS-015 / TD13W)
6 Missions
•
4 TC fprmation
– P-3, C-130
•
2 TC Structure/SAT
– C-130
Coverage
•
•
•
•
15/2252 – 16/0426
16/1945 – 17/0415
17/1647 – 18/0525
18/1804 – 19/0325
P-3
•
•
•
15/2252 – 16/0426
16/2206 – 17/0349
17/2157 – 18/0525
C-130
•
•
•
16/1945 – 17/0415
17/1647 – 17/2321
18/1804 – 19/0325
DOTSTAR
•
•
Flight
a/c
Mission
#
Location
from
to
Start Date
UTC
Flight Time
UTC
Start
End
Duration
RF02
Guam
Guam
8/15/2008
22:52
4:26
5:34
P2
RF03
Guam
Guam
8/16/2008
22:06
3:49
5:43
P3
RF04
Guam
Guam
8/17/2008
21:57
5:25
7:28
tropical cyclone genesis
C1
0415
Guam
Guam
8/16/2008
19:45
4:15
8:30
genesis
C2
C3
0613W Guam
0813W Guam
Guam
Guam
8/17/2008
8/18/2008
16:47
18:04
23:21
3:25
6:34
9:21
TD structure
satval/structure
Notes
• 4 TC formation missions
Falcon
o 2 survey missions
o 2 formation missions
none
15/2252 – 16/0426
16/1945 – 17/0415
17/1647 – 18/0525
18/1804 – 19/0325
Type
P1
20/0843-20/1325
Coverage
•
•
•
•
TY Nuri (TCS-015 / TD13W)
o 1 each by WC130 and P3
• Satellite validation missions flown
• First T-PARC DOTSTAR mission
TCS-017
1 Mission
•
1 Genesis
– C-130
Coverage
•
24/1827 – 25/0325
TCS-017
P-3
•
none
Flight
C1
C-130
•
•
none
Falcon
•
none
Coverage
•
24/1827 – 25/0325
Location
from
0117W Guam
to
Guam
Start Date
UTC
8/24/2008
Flight Time
UTC
Start
End
Duration
18:27
3:25
8:58
Notes
24/1827 – 25/0325
DOTSTAR
a/c
Mission
#
•
•
•
•
TC Formation survey pattern
Lawnmower pattern
24 dropsondes
15 AXBTs
Type
genesis
TCS-025
7 Missions
•
5 TC Formation:
Survey
– P-3, C-130
•
2 Tropical plume/ET
– Falcon
Coverage
•
•
•
•
•
26/1812 – 27/0725
27/1953 – 28/0515
28/2110 – 29/0615
29/2210 – 30/0135
30/2210 – 31/0205
P-3
•
•
TCS-025
28/0024 – 28/0620
28/2240 – 29/0615
Flight
C-130
•
•
•
26/1812 – 27/0725
27/1953 – 28/0515
28/2110 – 29/0135
DOTSTAR
•
a/c
Mission
#
Location
from
Start Date
to
UTC
RF05
Guam
Guam
8/28/2008
0:24
6:20
5:56
P2
RF06
Guam
Guam
8/28/2008
22:40
6:15
7:35
C1
0125W Guam
Guam
8/26/2008
18:12
7:25
13:13
genesis
C2
0325W Guam
Guam
8/27/2008
19:53
5:15
9:22
genesis
C3
0325W Guam
Guam
8/28/2008
21:10
7:12
10:02
genesis
Atsugi
Atsugi
8/29/2008
8/30/2008
22:10
22:10
1:35
2:05
3:25
3:55
TWE, ET
TWE, ET
F1
F2
2
3
Atsugi
Atsugi
none
29/2210 – 30/0135
30/2210 – 31/0205
Coverage
•
•
•
•
•
Type
P1
Notes
Falcon
•
•
Flight Time
UTC
Start
End
Duration
26/1812 – 27/0725
27/1953 – 28/0515
28/2110 – 29/0615
29/2210 – 30/0135
30/2210 – 21/0205
• WC130 patterns
•
•
•
•
Survey for low-level circulation
Lawnmower then square spiral
P3 TC formation survey of asymmetric convection
patterns
FALCON flew in plume of tropical moisture and
transforming TCS disturbance
Falcon #2 20080830/00Z
Falcon #3 20080831/00Z
TCS-030
2 Missions
•
2 TC Formation
Survey
– P-3, C-130
Coverage
•
01/1754 – 02/0219
TCS-030
P-3
•
Flight
01/1906 – 02/0219
P1
C1
C-130
•
01/1754 – 02/0130
DOTSTAR
•
none
Falcon
•
none
Coverage
•
01/1754 – 02/0219
a/c
Mission
#
Location
from
RF07 Guam
0130W Guam
to
Guam
Guam
Start Date
UTC
9/1/2008
9/1/2008
Flight Time
UTC
Start
End
Duration
19:06
17:54
2:19
1:30
7:13
7:36
Type
genesis
Notes
• TCS030 was a tropical wave with good upper-level
support – thought to be a good candidate for
development
• WC130 and P3 each flew TC formation survey
patterns
• WC130 flew square spiral pattern
TY Sinlaku (TCS-033 / TD15W)
Coverage
28 Missions
•
8 Structure
– P-3, C-130,
DOTSTAR
•
6 Targeting
– Falcon
•
14 ET
– P-3, C-130, Falcon
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
09/0030 – 09/1045
09/2100 – 10/1225
10/2043 – 11/1828
12/1138 – 12/2318
13/2330 – 14/0555
15/2135 – 16/0205
16/0500 – 16/0800
16/2044 –17/1115
17/2224 – 18/0720
18/2235 – 19/0725
20/0156 – 20/1206
20/2205 – 21/0205
T-PARC Sinlaku Missions
DOTSTAR
C-130
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
09/0030 – 09/1045
10/0140 – 10/1225
11/0728 – 11/1828
12/1138 – 12/2318
16/2044 – 17/0426
17/2224 – 18/0713
19/0053 – 19/0711
20/0156 – 20/1206
P-3
•
•
•
•
•
10/2019 – 11/0602
16/2053 – 17/0515
17/2239 – 18/0616
19/0015 – 19/0725
20/0235 – 20/1145
•
•
•
09/2100 – 10/0231
10/2043 – 11/0242
15/2143 – 16/0205
DLR Falcon
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
11/0320 – 11/0720
11/0815 – 11/1220
13/2330 – 14/0315
14/0445 – 14/0555
15/2135 – 16/0120
16/0500 – 16/0800
17/0320 – 17/0635
17/0750 – 17/1115
18/0325 – 18/0720
18/2235 – 18/2355
19/0110 – 19/0510
20/2205 – 21/0205
Coverage
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
09/0030 – 09/1045
09/2100 – 10/1225
10/2043 – 11/1828
12/1138 – 12/2318
13/2330 – 14/0555
15/2135 – 16/0205
16/0500 – 16/0800
16/2044 –17/1115
17/2224 – 18/0720
18/2235 – 19/0725
20/0156 – 20/1206
20/2205 – 21/0205
Note: Times listed above are times
aircraft were aloft and do not
necessarily reflect on-station times.
TY Sinlaku (TCS-033 / TD15W)
Flight
a/c
Mission
#
Location
from
to
Start Date
UTC
Flight Time
UTC
Start
End
Duration
Type
P1
RF10
Guam
Guam
9/10/2008
20:19
6:02
9:43
typhoon structure
P2
RF13
Guam
Yokota
9/16/2008
20:53
5:15
8:22
ET
P3
RF14
Yokota Yokota
9/17/2008
22:39
6:16
7:37
ET
P4
RF15
Yokota Kadena 9/19/2008
0:15
5:47
5:32
ET
P5
RF16
Kadena Kadena 9/20/2008
2:35
11:45
9:10
ET
C1
0133W Guam
Guam
9/9/2008
0:30
10:45
10:15
TC structure
C2
0233W Guam
Guam
9/10/2008
1:40
12:25
10:45
structure
C3
0433W Guam
Guam
9/11/2008
7:28
18:28
11:00
structure
C4
0533W Guam
Guam
9/12/2008
11:38
23:18
11:40
eyewall structure
C5
0833W Guam
Yokota
9/16/2008
20:44
4:26
7:42
ET
C6
1033W Yokota Yokota
9/17/2008
22:24
7:13
8:49
ET/Structure
C7
1233W Yokota Kadena 9/19/2008
0:53
7:11
6:18
ET
C8
1333W Kadena Kadena 9/20/2008
1:56
12:06
10:10
ET
F1
7 Atsugi
F1
8 OkinawaAtsugi
Okinawa 9/11/2008
3:20
7:20
4:00
TT
9/11/2008
8:15
12:20
4:05
TT
F2
9 Atsugi
Iwa-Kuni 9/13/2008
23:30
3:15
3:45
TT
9/14/2008
4:45
5:55
1:10
TT
Okinawa 9/15/2008
21:35
1:20
3:45
TT
9/16/2008
5:00
8:00
3:00
TT
Iwa-Kuni 9/17/2008
3:20
6:35
3:15
ET
7:50
11:15
3:25
ET
F2
10 Iwa-KuniAtsugi
F3
11 Atsugi
F3
12 OkinawaAtsugi
F4
13 Atsugi
F4
14 Iwa-KuniAtsugi
9/17/2008
F5
15 Atsugi
Atsugi
9/18/2008
3:25
7:20
3:55
ET
F6
16 Atsugi
Misawa
9/18/2008
22:35
23:55
1:20
ET
F6
17 Misawa Atsugi
9/19/2008
1:10
5:10
4:00
ET
F7
18 Atsugi
Atsugi
9/20/2008
22:05
2:05
4:00
ET
D1
Taiwan Taiwan
9/9/2008
21:00
2:31
5:31
D2
D3
Taiwan Taiwan
Taiwan Taiwan
9/10/2008
9/15/2008
20:43
21:43
2:42
2:05
5:59
4:22
Notes
• Multiple mission
types with all
aircraft
• See reports on
catalog
Falcon #14 20080917/10Z
Sinlaku
17 September 05:30 UTC
TCS-037 (TD16W)
Coverage
5 Missions
•
4 TC formation
– P-3, C-130
•
1 Targeting / ET
– Falcon
•
•
•
06/1946 – 07/0519
07/2208 – 08/0815
08/2210 – 09/0722
TCS-037 (TD16W)
C-130
•
•
06/1946 – 07/0519
07/2208 – 08/0745
P-3
•
•
07/2345 – 08/0815
09/0148 – 09/0722
DOTSTAR
•
none
Falcon
•
08/2210 – 09/0150
Coverage
•
•
•
06/1946 – 07/0519
07/2208 – 08/0815
08/2210 – 09/0722
Flight
a/c
Mission
#
Location
from
to
Start Date
UTC
P1
RF08
Guam
Guam
9/7/2008
P2
RF09
Guam
Guam
C1
0137W Guam
Guam
C2
F1
0237W Guam
6 Atsugi
Guam
Atsugi
Flight Time
UTC
Start
End
Duration
Type
23:45
8:15
8:30
9/9/2008
1:48
7:22
5:34
9/6/2008
19:46
5:19
9:33
genesis
9/7/2008
9/8/2008
22:08
22:10
7:45
1:50
9:37
3:40
genesis
T, ET
Notes
• TC Formation – survey missions
• WC130 flew square spiral patterns
• P3 flights obtained data on TUTT
cell structure and surrounding
convection
TY Hagiput (TCS-043 / TD18W)
4 Missions
•
2 TC formation survey
–
•
P-3
2 Structure
–
P-3, DOTSTAR
Coverage
•
•
•
13/2003 – 14/0355
14/2008 – 15/0230
21/2100 – 22/0650
TY Hagiput (TCS-043 / TD18W)
C-130
•
14/2008 – 15/0230
P-3
•
•
•
13/2003 – 14/0355
14/2014 – 15/0123
21/2235 – 22/0650
DOTSTAR
•
21/2100 – 22/0300
Falcon
•
none
Coverage
•
•
•
13/2003 – 14/0355
14/2008 – 15/0230
21/2100 – 22/0650
Flight
a/c
Mission
#
Location
from
to
Start Date
UTC
Flight Time
UTC
Start
End
Duration
Type
P1
RF11
Guam
Guam
9/13/2008
20:03
3:55
7:52
Genesis of TCS043
P2
RF12
Guam
Guam
9/14/2008
20:13
1:23
5:10
tropical cyclone genesis
P3
RF17
Kadena Kadena 9/21/2008
22:35
6:50
8:15
Structure
C1
D1
0343W Guam Guam
Taiwan Taiwan
20:08
21:00
2:30
3:00
6:22
6:00
"high-level invest"
9/14/2008
9/21/2008
Notes
• P3 missions were several days prior
to formation as the tropical wave
passed by Guam
• Structure mission done during
transit from Kadena AFB to
Andersen AFB
STY Jangmi (TCS-047 / TD19W)
15 Missions
•
1 TC formation
– P-3
•
7 Structure
– P-3, C-130,
DOTSTAR
•
4 Targeting
– Falcon
•
3 ET
– Falcon
Coverage
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
23/0012 – 23/0711
24/1713 – 25/0320
25/2003 – 26/0650
26/2008 – 27/1417
27/2044 – 28/0142
28/0310 – 28/1110
29/0350 – 29/0710
29/2220 – 30/0655
01/0525 – 01/1310
Typhoon Sinlaku
10-11 September: 4 Aircraft Missions
0000
0600
1200
1800
0000
0600
10 September
1200
1800
0000
11 September
WC-130: Center fixes, satellite validation, structure, intensity
NRL P-3: Outer band structure
FALCON: Typhoon Targeting
DOTSTAR: Typhoon targeting
Targeting Motivation: Track Uncertainty 10 September
ECMWF Strike Probability
JMA Ensemble Members
Numerical model aids
TCS-049
1 Mission
•
1 Genesis (?)
– P-3
Coverage
•
02/2115 – 03/0430
TCS-049
P-3
•
Flight
02/2115 – 03/0430
P1
C-130
•
none
DOTSTAR
•
none
Falcon
•
none
Coverage
•
02/2115 – 03/0430
a/c
Mission
#
RF22
Location
from
Guam
to
Guam
Start Date
UTC
10/2/2008
Flight Time
UTC
Start
End
Duration
21:15
4:30
Type
7:15
Notes
• Survey of general convection south
of Guam
• Weak tropical wave
TCS-051
P-3
•
Flight
03/2224 – 03/0805
P1
C-130
•
none
DOTSTAR
•
none
Falcon
•
none
Coverage
•
03/2224 – 03/0805
a/c
Mission
#
RF23
Location
from
Guam
to
Guam
Start Date
UTC
10/3/2008
Flight Time
UTC
Start
End
Duration
22:24
8:05
9:41
Type
TCS genesis / MCS
Notes
• Detailed observations of MCS
evolution
Firsts
• First operation of WC-130Js at 31,000 ft altitude except
when penetrating a mature TC
– Dropped sondes and AXBTs from high altitude
– Timed with passage of polar-orbiting satellites for satellite
intensity validation
• First systematic targeting operation in the WPAC
– Comparison of several methods from a variety of operational and
research organizations
– Multiple aircraft
– ECMWF/UKMO Data Targeting System
• First four plane operation in a WPAC TC
• First buoy drop in front of a WPAC TC
– Two TCs
– First time a category 5 TC passed over buoys dropped in its path
• First systematic observations of full extratropical
transition process
– Multiple aircraft and land-based radar
– Timed with satellite overpass
Firsts
• First operation of the Driftsonde in the Pacific
– Launch from Hawaii
– Dropsonde data retrieved and sent to GTS for use in
operational numerical weather forecasting models
• First use of the ELDORA radar in typhoons over
the western North Pacific flight operations in:
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Cloud clusters
Developing tropical cyclones
Mature tropical cyclones
Tropical cyclones undergoing extratropical transition