CHATS ISFF Configurations

Horizontal Array Configurations
sonic spacing
(m)
sonic heights
(m, nominal)
start (PDT) end (PDT) good wind
dir (hr)
hot films single/triple
0.5 m 9.6, 10.6 Mar 13 17:00 Mar 22 11:40 56:25 no
0.5 m 9.6, 10.6 Mar 22 16:05 Mar 23 15:05 3:50 no
0.5 m 4.9, 5.9 Mar 23 15:35 Mar 27 14:40 43:05 no
0.5 m 2.0, 3.0 Mar 27 14:50 Mar 31 10:00 11:40 no
1.72 m 9.6, 10.6 Mar 31 20:00 Apr 4 10:55 35:55 Apr 1 12:40
1.72 m 4.9, 5.9 Apr 4 17:15 Apr 6 15:30 17:10 yes
1.72 m 4.9, 5.9 Apr 6 17:00 Apr 8 14:30 29:30 no
1.72 m 2.0, 3.0 Apr 8 17:25 Apr 15 12:30 30:55 yes
1.72 m 9.6, 10.6 Apr 15 17:10 May 10 16:00 196:55 no
1.72 m 9.6, 10.6 May 10 18:30 May 17 9:09 90:10 11 May 12:18 to
17 May 09:08
singles 140 hrs
triples 74 hrs
1.72 m 4.9, 5.9 May 17 13:47 May 25 15:50
down 2hr 5/23
49:25 17 May 14:03 to
23 May 16:13
singles 127 hrs
triples 138 hrs
1.72 m 2.0, 3.0 May 25 19:05 May 29 9:09 23:15 singles >26? hrs
triples 9? hrs
0.5 m 9.6, 10.6 May 29 16:50 June 2 9:10 57:20 yes
0.5 m 4.9, 5.9 June 2 10:15 June 6 9:15 48:45 yes
0.5 m 2.0, 3.0 June 6 10:00 June 11 7:30 41:35 yes

Nominal sonic heights are boom heights at crossbeam; actual sonic heights are lower due to boom sag, but + 5cm for height of sonic above boom.
Good wind direction hours are determined from the medians of the wind directions from the upper 9 sonics in each configuration.
Good direction hours are the sum of continuous periods of 20 minutes or more with directions within ±30° of south.
Times in sixth column are start times for hot film data ingest if different from column 3.
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