The NCAR GV was deployed on fourteen research flights over the Southern Ocean for the SOCRATES-2018 field campaign. One hundred eight soundings were collected by the NCAR AVAPS dropsonde system during eleven of those research flights between Jan 19 and Feb 24, 2018.
Flight Summary:
Flight #
Date(d-m-yr)
# of Drops
Notes
RF01
15-01-2018
0
Launcher Inoperable
RF02
19-01-2018
7
Good Mission
RF03
22-01-2018
7
Good Mission
RF04
24-01-2018
7
Good Mission
RF05
25-01-2018
5
Good Mission
RF06
29-01-2018
10
Good Mission
RF07
31-01-2018
6
Good Mission
RF08
03-02-2018
0
Launcher Inoperable
RF09
04-02-2018
0
Launcher Inoperable
RF10
07-02-2018
10
Good Mission
RF11
16-02-2018
7
No Sat Comm
RF12
17-02-2018
14
Good Mission
RF13
19-02-2018
10
Good Mission
RF14
21-02-2018
14
Good Mission
RF15
24-02-2018
12
Good Mission
The atmospheric profiles collected by the dropsondes contain the following parameters: