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    Closing the Flight Campaign

    Goddard Space Flight Center    12:30 p.m. Charles Gatebe: I’m calling in from my office at Goddard Space Flight Center today.  We finished our flights for CAR yesterday, on Monday.  I did try to call in my report late in yesterday evening as I was driving home from Wallops.  I missed the connection at that time […]

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    Final Flight for DBSAR

    Maryland    8:00 p.m. Rafael Rincon: I am calling from the Bay Bridge in Maryland, on my way to Goddard after a long day at Wallops.  I’m almost there, after the final flight for the DBSAR on this campaign.  It’s been a very long, but a very good day.  The DBSAR worked beautifully, with no hiccups […]

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    Exploring the Everglades

    Maryland   10:00 p.m. Rafael Rincon: Today was a really good day – things went really smoothly and we successfully acquired a lot of good data without any glitches.   The flights today were over the Everglades and the Florida keys. It was very scenic, and I wanted to get some pictures out the window but I […]

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    Smooth Flying

    Homestead, Florida    7:35 a.m. Rafael Rincon: Good morning!  It’s early here, but we have been working already for a few hours.   I’m standing outside the airplane, and we are getting ready to board for today’s flight.  We made sure that everything is in place, and we are ready to go, as soon as they call […]

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    A Week of Woeful Weather

    West River, Maryland    11:10 p.m. This is Joanne Howl, the writer for this blog.  Normally I take a back seat, not speaking myself but sharing the stories that the science team brings to me each day.   Today I wanted to take a moment to speak as myself. After a week layoff, the team is back […]

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    Eco-3D Biographies

    The Eco-3D campaign has been supported by many people, including scientists, engineers, flight crew, students, professors and others.   The biographies below are limited to members of the Ec0-3D Field and Aircraft Campaign 2011. Charles Gatebe, Ph.D.          Principal Investigator CAR Dr. Gatebe works at Goddard Space Flight Center as a scientist and group lead with the […]

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    Data Acquired and Lessons Learned

    Maryland,  8:45 p.m. From Rafael Rincon: I’m back in Maryland, and calling in as we drive from Wallops, Virginia to Goddard in Maryland. It’s been a very long day, but rewarding.  We’ve gathered a lot of data and learned more about our instruments, so we have to say this leg of the mission was exhausting […]

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