ATom-2: 26 January - 22 February 2017 Completed
Integration of most instruments was completed in December 2016, with test flights beginning on Jan 11th, 2017.
The plan followed the previous flight tracks with Fiji substituted for American Samoa and Thule filling in for Kangerlusuuaq in Greenland this time. Alaska and Greenland in February will be very (very!) different from August so I will be bringing my winter gear!
Flights were completed on the dates below (YYYYMMDD, Flight number, Departure location, Arrival location). Brief updates on the flight and locations we visited are available at the links below.
20170126: RF01 Palmdale, CA - Palmdale, CA
20170129: RF02 Palmdale, CA - Anchorage, AK
20170201: RF03 Anchorage, AK - Kona, HI
20170203: RF04 Kona, Hawaii - Nadi, Fiji
20170205: RF05 Nadi, Fiji - Christchurch, New Zealand
20170210: RF06 Christchurch, New Zealand - Punta Arenas, Chile
20170213: RF07 Punta Arenas, Chile - Ascension Island
20170215: RF08 Ascension Island - Lajes, Azore Islands
20170218: RF09 Lajes, Azore Islands - Thule, Greenland
20170220: RF10 Thule, Greenland - Anchorage, AK
20170221: RF11 Anchorage, AK - Palmdale, CA
Media coverage of ATom2 included radio, video and print media.
Updates from the field were made on Twitter by various people (search for #NASA_ATom or just click here for a full overview: #NASA_ATom.
ATom2 data has been released to the public and can be found on the NASA ESPO archive.
