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Table 3a. Summary of PEM-Tropics B DC-8 Aircraft Flights


Flight No Start Date (GMT) Julian Day (GMT) Start Time (GMT) Stop Time (GMT) Lat. Min (Degs) Lat. Max (Degs) Lon. Min (Degs) Lon. Max (Degs) Flight Location and Description
1D 2/8/1999 39 10:00:00 12:00:00         NASA DFRC Local Engineering Check Flight
2D 2/19/1999 50 19:14:30 23:06:22 26.3833 35.7167 -123.95 -117.1 NASA DFRC Local Test Flight # 1
3D 2/24/1999 55 19:07:29 23:21:42 27.4333 35.2167 -122.55 -117.0833 NASA DFRC Local Test Flight # 2
4D 3/3/1999 62 18:18:00 00:29:10 27.7667 35.2333 -122.0333 -117.3667 NASA DFRC Local Test Flight # 3
5D 3/6/1999 65 19:00:55 02:06:33 19.7167 35.1 -155.033 -117.5667 NASA DFRC to Hilo, HI - Northern Tropical Chemistry
6D 3/9/1999 68 14:09:00 22:40:17 13.7667 19.85 -155.05 -149.0167 Hilo Local # 1 - Sunrise Photochemistry
7D 3/13/1999 72 19:59:28 05:12:42 -1.3833 19.7833 -165.35 -154.15 Hilo Local # 2 - Equatorial Chemistry
8D 3/15/1999 74 20:59:11 06:41:16 0 19.7167 -157.4 -152.4833 Hilo Local # 3 - Sunset Photochemistry
9D 3/17/1999 76 20:27:00 06:33:50 -17.95 19.7167 176.967 -154.883 Hilo, HI to Fiji - Equatorial Photochemistry
10D 3/20/1999 79 22:25:00 06:11:41 -24.0333 -9.7667 176.783 -174.983 Fiji Local # 1 - SPCZ
11D 3/22/1999 81 21:17:00 07:37:40 -19 7.1333 148.5333 177.433 Fiji Local # 2 - Ozone Trough
12D 3/24/1999 83 21:20:22 05:30:45 -17.8833 -1.7 165.9167 177.9667 Fiji Local # 3 - Photochemical Aging of Air
13D 3/26/1999 85 21:10:56 05:26:36 -22.7 -3.1 177.2 -149.6 Fiji to Tahiti - Equatorial Survey
14D 3/30/1999 89 20:34:12 04:30:48 -36.3333 -16.6333 -149.6167 -131.2333 Tahiti Local #1 - Southern Latitudes Characterization
15D 4/2/1999 92 14:26:27 22:13:13 -18.1167 -11.9 -152.2 -147.7833 Tahiti Local # 2 - Sunrise HOx/NOx Chemistry
16D 4/4/1999 94 22:55:26 07:06:53 -22.1 -17.55 -150.1 -146.5333 Tahiti Local # 3 - Sunset HOx/NOx Chemistry
17D 4/7/1999 97 18:05:48 02:09:00 -17.7333 1 -149.8167 -141.5833 Tahiti Local # 4 - ITCZ Inflow/Outflow
18D 4/10/1999 100 20:10:03 04:05:18 -33.1167 -13.9667 -155.3667 -148.4833 Tahiti Local # 5 - Frontal Crossing Characterization
19D 4/13/1999 103 22:39:33 06:53:32 -27.15 -4.9833 -149.583 -109.433 Tahiti to Easter -Tropical Convective Outflow
20D 4/15/1999 105 14:28:23 23:47:24 -27.1833 -5 -119.55 -108.9833 Easter Local # 1 - South American Outflow
21D 4 /17/1999 107 14:03:05 22:41:45 -27.2667 10 -109.5167 -84.1833 Easter to Costa Rica - South/Central American Outflow
22D 4/18/1999 108 17:06:38 23:22:12 9.9333 34.9833 -117.8833 -84.1167 Costa Rica to Dryden - Central American Outflow

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