Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements

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Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements

• Polluted Troposphere Meeting
• University of East Anglia

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Flying Summer 2004
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Aircraft Performance

• Max altitude 35000 ft for a minimum of 2.5 hours
• Range 2000 nm (3700 km)
• Endurance 6 hours
• Max payload 4000 kg

• Flight crew 2 pilots
• Scientific crew of up to 18
• Typical manoeuvering speed 200 - 220 kts IAS

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ESTIMATED DAILY COSTS

• Hotel / Subsistence 1320
• Transport 140
• Landing / Parking Fees 665
• Ground Power Unit 160
• Extra Pilot 800
• Ground Crew Waiting Time 600
• Handling Charges 300
• Airport Office / Comms 100
• TOTAL 4085

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AIRCRAFT FUEL COSTS

• Fuel Cost Differences
• Cheapest 0.96/US gal 706
• Woodford 1.84/US gal 1352
• Dearest 3.00/US gal 2205
• The price in represents the cost per flying
  hour for fuel

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What FAAM Cannot Do

• Provide continued data support post-campaign
• Provide funding
• Support non-core instruments

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CONTACTS WITHIN FAAM

• FAAM website http//faam.nerc.ac.uk
• Ken Dewey - Technical Manager
• ken.dewey_at_baesystems.com
• Nick Price - Facility Manager
• nick.price_at_metoffice.com

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Introduction

• Steve Devereau nominated campaign manager for
  AMPEP and CLOPAP
• steve.devereau_at_metoffice.com
• Currently Project Manager for the Met Office,
  managing the movement of all the Met Office
  equipment from the C-130 and onto the BAe-146

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What Does a Campaign Manager Do?

• Provides a single point interface to FAAM for the
  facility user
• Provides support for the campaign, from planning,
  through flying to data delivery
• Provides a conduit for feedback on FAAM

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Campaign Manager - Single Point Interface With

• FAAMs flight, technical and management
  specialists
• non-core instrument owners
• data provider

• the aircraft operator
• air- and ground-crew
• aircraft engineering services
• forecast facilities

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Campaign Manager - Provide Support for

• campaign planning
• instrument requirements
• negotiation for non-core instrumentation
• planning aircraft instrument layouts

• Mission Scientists
• training
• execution of flights
• core data delivery

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Campaign Manager - feedback

• How FAAMs service can be improved
• feedback to the Operations Committee
• remember that CLOPAP and AMPEP are early
  campaigns for the facility

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Planning the Facility Requirements for the
Campaigns

• Important initial contact with FAAM via the
  Application document
• The Campaign Manager will arrange contact between
  facility users and relevant interested parties,
  e.g. flight crew, technical staff etc.

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Technical Planning

• Instruments required
• Ground facility requirements
• power use
• weight considerations

• instrument operators
• communications

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Operations Planning

• weather data planning requirements
• training
• flight plans
• crew duty time
• ground-crew
• airfield requirements

• Away from FAAMs base, may also include
• Transport
• Accommodation
• Airfield requirements
• Diplomatic Clearances

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Preparing the Aircraft (1)

• The aircraft layout will be a compromise between
  competing needs
• Power supply may be a limiting factor in the
  number of instruments working
• Payload may also be a limiting factor, both for
  instruments and for aircraft performance

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Preparing the Aircraft (2)

• The time taken to change the aircraft layout
  should not be underestimated
• Clearance of non-core instruments as fit-to-fly
  not properly dealt with yet

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Timetable

• Acceptance of the aircraft is scheduled for late
  May 2003
• Delays should be anticipated
• An aircraft operator has not been selected yet

• Flights following acceptance will be used for
  instrument test and validation
• September is being held open for non-core
  equipment fit

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Core Instrumentation

• The list is not finalised yet
• Some instruments may need specialist support
• For more information, see Application Form for
  Flying Hours on the FAAM Aircraft and the FAAM
  website

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Non-Core Instrument Providers

• University of East Anglia
• Leeds University
• UMIST
• University of Hertfordshire
• University of Leicester

• Cambridge University (JIF instruments)
• Imperial College
• Met Office
• NERC

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New Instruments

• FAAM will be able to facilitate the clearance of
  new instruments as fit to fly
• Discuss new instruments for the PT programme with
  Steve Devereau
• More generally, talk to FAAMs Technical Manager,
  Ken Dewey

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Help

• FAAM website (faam.nerc.ac.uk), especially the
  Planned Capability document
• Application Form for Flying Hours on the FAAM
  Aircraft
• before a Campaign Manager is selected, FAAMs
  Facility Manager Nick Price