Kai-Wei Chang 張凱威 - DCOTSS 2021 summer deployment begins

DCOTSS field activities begin in Salina, Kansas. One of the mains goals will be to make in-situ measurements of air plumes in the stratosphere that has been influenced by deep convection. There will be around 85 hours of total flight time distributed across flights in July and August.

The ER-2 aircraft landed in Salina, KS on the 12th. During June it was in Palmdale, CA for instrument testing and integration. (Credit: Yaowei Li)

Forecast and flight planning briefing for the first science flight on July 16 (Credit: Dan Chirica)

Takeoff this morning for the first research flight (Credit: Dan Chirica)

Photo taken by the pilot over Hudson Bay (Credit: Greg “coach” Nelson)