Radiative Effects of Thin Cirrus (REThinC) Mission 2017


WB57 aircraft in hangar

WB-57 aircraft and CPL crew.

NRL personnel at Ellington

The Campbell family from NRL, led by Dr. Skippy Campbell (left).


Experiment Information:

The REThinC flights in August 2017 are sponsored by Naval Research Lab using the NASA WB-57 aircraft. Skippy does not get a normal calendar page here, because he did not pay for one. The REThinC flights are conducted out of Ellington Field in Houston, TX.

PLEASE NOTE: Starting in 2017, the CPL data products are being updated to reflect improved processing algorithms. The data products will look more like the CATS data products, applying the improved CATS processing algorithms to CPL data.


CPL REThinC Flight Data

July 27, 2017
data from 1st flight (18:36:55 to 19:40:50 UTC)
August 1, 2017
data from 2nd flight (17:19:38 to 18:51:30 UTC)
August 3, 2017
data from 3rd flight (16:52:57 to 19:59:00 UTC)
August 6, 2017
data from 4th flight (15:48:28 to 19:08:40 UTC)
August 10, 2017
data from 5th flight (16:22:26 to 19:09:26 UTC)
August 11, 2017
data from 6th flight (17:44:57 to 21:16:02 UTC)


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