ESPO - ARCTAS
ARCTAS; Shipping Information
Shipping equipment to Canada will require a packing list for customs. We have provided a template to use; you do not have to use this format, but please provide description, serial number, and value for all items. Quincy will need a copy of your packing list electronically.
The Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) will need to know about every shipment coming into the country, so it can be processed as a temporary import and the proper custom officials can be alerted. There is an exemption from the CBSA that allows temporary import of all equipment associated with the IPY project, which includes ARCTAS. This allows exemptions from import taxes and speeds up the customs process.
Please try and use one of the prearranged shipments to send your equipment. If you need to send equipment directly from your home facility, please see the instructions below.
Palmdale to Cold Lake:
Similar to the Fairbanks portion of the project, there will be a truck shipment from Palmdale directly to Cold Lake. The truck is scheduled to leave Palmdale on the morning of June 24th.
Quincy will be in Palmdale starting the afternoon of June 20th, and will be there until the truck leaves. Please provide him with a packing list of all equipment you need to send on the truck, but make sure you list all your dangerous goods on a separate packing list.
Quincy will need to receive all the dangerous goods by close of business the 21st, and all the rest of the equipment by close of business the 22nd.
Ames to Cold Lake:
The current plan is to ship equipment from Ames on June 24th so that it will arrive in Cold Lake before the weekend. If this creates a problem for anyone, please contact me directly.
Other shipments:
Anyone sending equipment directly to Canada from their home facility will need to notify me. Quincy will need a copy of the bill of lading or air waybill to provide to CBSA. Quincy will provide you with the necessary documentation that needs to accompany your shipment along with your packing list, and I will notify CBSA as well.
Avoid sending equipment directly from a vendor to Cold Lake because of the complicated process for clearing customs.
Cold Lake Shipping Address:
4 Wing Cold LakeStation Forces
Cold Lake, Alberta
T9M 2C6
CANADA
Attn: Mr. John White
780-826-0666
Please contact Quincy Allison with any questions regarding the shipping process.
Shipping Instructions for Dryden, CA
Experimenters should ship all freight (private trucks or commercial shippers, including FedEx or UPS freight) directly to the Palmdale facility (DAOF) using the following address:
DC-8 ARCTAS PayloadDryden Aircraft Operations Facility
2825 East Avenue P
Palmdale, CA 93550
The point of contact for shipping and receiving at the DAOF is: Bob Davis
661 212 0155
Letter mail and small packages coming via the U.S. Postal Service should be sent to our Dryden address:
Sandra Morgan - DC-8 ARCTASMail Stop 2332
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center
P.O. Box 273
Edwards, CA 93523
If you are sending letter mail and small packages via express mail (e.g., FedEx, UPS, or any other carrier that will not accept an address with a P. O. Box), please use the following Dryden address:
Sandra Morgan - DC-8 ARCTASMail Stop 2332
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center
Bldg. 4876 Warehouse #6
Lilly Drive
Edwards, CA 93524
Hazardous materials should be sent with all appropriate DOT labeling. If your shipment includes radioactive material, please notify Bette Davis (661 276 3438) when your equipment begins transit, and provide the expected arrival date and time.
Shipping Instructions for Wallops, VA
To receive shipments on base use the following address:NASA Wallops Flight Facility
Attn: AIRTEC Inc. c/o Jeff Sigrist
Bldg. N-159 Room W139
Wallops Island, VA 23337
Phone: 757-824-1919
Note:
If non-NASA property is begin shipped please indicate on
package who property belongs too (institution/agency/company/etc.)
Shipping Instructions for Fairbanks, AK
Shipments _*will not*_ be accepted earlier then March 20, 2008
Your shipment _*must*_ include the following:
Please call Karen Wing prior to delivery
Everts Aero Fuel
6348 Old Airport Way
Fairbanks, AK 99709
Everts POC:
Karen Wing,
907-450-2375
NASA - ARCTAS
PI Name
Group and instrument name
NASA Ames Research Center
Attn: Randy Hobbs
Bldg. 158, Rm. 106
Moffett Field, CA 94036-1000
(ARCTAS NASA P-3)
ESPO News:
ICESCAPE NewsOIB Arctic Mar-May 2012
HS3 Aug-Sep 2012
OIB Antarctic, Oct-Nov 2011
HS3, Aug-Sep 2011
ATTREX Jan-Feb 2013
SEAC4RS Aug-Sep 2012
Seagrass Apr-May, Nov 2012 & Jan 2013
Aircraft: SIERRA
Location(s): Cedar Key, FL, Key West, FL and Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Science Goals: High Resolution Assessment of Carbon Dynamics in Seagrass and Coral Reef Biomes; Science objectives are to image sea grass and coral for understanding carbon dynamics in addition to improving methodologies for calibrating orbital imagery in the littoral zone.
ESPO Role/Lead: ESPO is providing logistic support - Quincy Allison and Marshal Chaidez
Aircraft: NASA WFF P-3, LaRC HU-25 Falcon
Location(s): Thule and Kangerlussuaq Greenland, Fairbanks AK
Science Goals: Ongoing investigation of the thinning and movement of Antarctic Sea and Land Ice. Data collected during IceBridge will help scientists bridge the gap in polar observations between NASA's Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) -- in orbit since 2003 -- and ICESat-2, planned for late 2015. ICESat stopped collecting science data in 2009, making IceBridge critical for ensuring a continuous series of observations. IceBridge will use airborne instruments to map Arctic and Antarctic areas once a year.
ESPO Role/Lead: ESPO providing Deployment Management - Kent Shiffer (DM), Jhony Zavaleta (Deputy DM).
Others: Jhony Zavaleta returned once again to Thule Greenland at the end of May to complete wrap up the mission details with the Thule Air Base operations.
Accomplishments this past month: Operation IceBridge is now complete. The LaRC falcon has completed all of its expected flight lines and has returned to Langley. The WFF P-3 has also completed an unprecedented Cryospheric campaign and returned to the US on May 25th.. Flying over 328 total hours including 252 science hours at an estimated distance of 82,815 nautical miles over the arctic and island of Greenland. All P-3 and Falcon flight reports can be viewed on the ESPO OIB web site at: Web Site
Aircraft: NASA DC-8, NSF G-V
Location(s): Punta Arenas, Chile
Science Goals: Ongoing investigation of the thinning and movement of Antarctic Sea and Land Ice. Data collected during IceBridge will help scientists bridge the gap in polar observations between NASA's Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) -- in orbit since 2003 -- and ICESat-2, planned for late 2015. ICESat stopped collecting science data in 2009, making IceBridge critical for ensuring a continuous series of observations. IceBridge will use airborne instruments to map Arctic and Antarctic areas once a year.
ESPO Role/Lead: ESPO providing Deployment Management - Kent Shiffer (DM), Jhony Zavaleta (Deputy DM).
Other details: This is the first time the NSF G-V has joined the OIB team and will fly the LVIS instrument at high altitude. (Land, Vegetation, and Ice Sensor).
Web Site
Aircraft: 2 Global Hawks (AV-1 and AV-6)
Location(s): WFF (Wallops)
Science Goals: To investigate the processes that underlie hurricane formation and intensity change in the Atlantic Ocean basin.
ESPO Role/Lead: ESPO providing Project Management - Marilyn Vasques (PM), Bernie Luna (Deputy PM)
Other details: This will be the first deployment of the GH to a remote location and the first use of its 2nd ground set. It will also be the first time NASA will fly 2 GHs on the same mission. Both GHs will not fly a storm at the same time but shortly after one returns to base, the other can take off. The Payload Mobile Operations Facility (PMOF) is expected to transit to WFF July 6. More info at HS3Web site
Current plan
Integration begins: July 1
GH 872 (AV-6) transits to WFF: Aug 29
Science flights begin Sept 1
GH 871 (AV-1) transits to WFF Sept 7
Science flight complete Oct 5
Accomplishments this past month: Science team telecon conducted May 23rd. Preparations for integration and deployment continue. Science, operations, safety and E/PO telecons continue and operations, safety and budget documentation is in work. During a flight of the ongoing KQX/DARPA tests, the Global Hawk flew within 40 feet of each other. Although this is not a requirement for HS3, it is a major milestone for KQX. After a few weeks of analysis, they will fly again and attempt to connect the aircraft for air-to-air refueling. The two GHs were to be turned over to HS3 June 30. HS3 just got a request to explain the impact of giving KQX 2 more weeks. The impact will be severe and the justification will be presented by HS3 June 12.
Aircraft: Global Hawk AV-6
Location(s): DFRC
Science Goals: Further investigate the water vapor physics and the chemistry of the tropical tropopause
ESPO Role/Lead: ESPO providing Project Management - Dave Jordan (PM), Jhony Zavaleta (Deputy PM).
Other details: Web Site
Aircraft: NASA ER-2, DC-8, NSF G-V
Location(s): Utapao Thailand
Science Goals: This scientific experiment will address key science questions regarding the influence of Asian emissions on clouds, climate, and air quality as well as fundamental satellite observability of the system. SEAC4RS will facilitate progress in understanding and improving predictive capability for changes in the ozone layer, climate forcing, and air quality associated with changes in atmospheric composition.
ESPO Role/Lead: ESPO providing Project Management - Kent Shiffer (PM), Jhony Zavaleta (Deputy PM).
Other details: Other aircraft may join the SEAC4RS team including the Royal Thai Rainmaking operation. SEAC4RS Web Site
Accomplishments this past month: The DC3 NSF/NASA mission, (preliminary mission to SEAC4RS) is currently deployed with the NASA DC-8 and NSF G-V aircraft in Salina KS. ESPO team members Kent Shiffer and Sue Tolley are planning to visit Thailand again to finalize deployment site particulars on June 16th. They will be joined by an ER-2 pilot and will review the facilities and provide a safety briefing to the airport.
