Figure 6: Schematic of horizontal MCS cross-sections for experiment Option Ib.

Option Ib:

Goal: Document mesoscale circulations

Aircraft: The P-3 will conduct a series of 30 minute flight legs at an altitude of 10 kft that encompass the center of any line-end vortices and/or circulation features. Tail Doppler radar data will be collected in FAST-continuous mode during the flight legs.

Mobile Labs: The mobile laboratories are not required for this experiment.

Cimarron: The Cimarron radar is not required for this experiment.

Notes: It is possible that this flight pattern might also be performed in Region II. In that case, balloon launches and Cimarron data collection may be added to this experiment.