SoWMEX-Mission

IOP	Date	Science Objectives	Begin (UTC)	End (UTC)	Dropsonde Mission	Catalog Products	Report Summary	Comments
IOP-1	19-22 May	Frontal circulation Upstream environment for orographic convection Model verification and data assimilation	19 May 06:00	22 May 00:00	mission #1 at 21Z May 20, C, 3:20/12-4	Operational Research Model	Dropsonde Mission Summary: 　200805210120 Facilities Status Summary: 　200805200154 　200805210149 Operations Plan of the Day: 　200805190732 　200805200742 　200805210801 S-Pol Radar Status: 　200805200132 　200805210000 　200805210000 　200805210043 　200805210104 　200805220000 Science Director Summary: 　200805190909 　200805190909 　200805190922 　200805200505 　200805200914 　200805202211 　200805202252 　200805212153 Sounding Ops Report: 　ALL SPG Meeting Summary: 　200805191035 　200805191459 　200805210856 Super Site Status: 　200805200047 　200805210001 Team Radar Status: 　200805192257 　200805200700 　200805210054 Weather Summary: 　200805190740 　200805200803 　200805210746	SOP started on 00Z May 15 and scheduled to end on 00Z June 25
IOP-2	27-29 May	Southwest flow interacting with the terrain Upstream condition for mountain convection Lee side vortex/shear zone	27 May 06:00	29 May 21:00	mission #2 at 21Z May 28, D, 2:35/13-6	Operational Research Model	Dropsonde Mission Summary: 　200805290051 Facilities Status Summary: 　200805280137 　200805290144 Operations Plan of the Day: 　200805270854 　200805280919 　200805290852 　200805290930 S-Pol Radar Status: 　200805280000 　200805280042 　200805290000 　200805290000 　200805290628 　200805291200 Science Director Summary: 　200805271621 　200805290528 Sounding Ops Report: 　ALL SPG Meeting Summary: 　200805280320 　200805290623 Super Site Status: 　200805280015 　200805290010 Team Radar Status: 　200805280050 　200805290055 Weather Summary: 　200805270730 　200805280805 　200805290833	Non-IOP convective systems’ microphysics study (May 22-26)
IOP-3	29-31 May	Island effects on SW (LLJ) and the Mei-Yu front Upstream condition forheavy precipitation	29 May 21:00	31 May 21:00	mission #3 at 21Z May 29, Cn, 2:43/15-10 mission #4 at 21Z May 30, Cn, 2:55/ 13?0	Operational Research Model	Dropsonde Mission Summary: 　200805300040 　200805310015 Facilities Status Summary: 　200805300140 　200805310131 Operations Plan of the Day: 　200805300929 　200805310725 S-Pol Radar Status: 　200805300000 　200805300003 　200805301200 　200805310000 　200805310000 Science Director Summary: 　200805302300 　200805310331 　200805310629 Sounding Ops Report: 　ALL SPG Meeting Summary: 　200805302310 　200805302350 Super Site Status: 　200805300002 　200805310002 Team Radar Status: 　200805300753 　200805310150 Weather Summary: 　200805300822 　200805310720	EOP started on 21Z May 29
IOP-4	01-03 Jun	Mesoscale convective systems Shallow surface front Mesoscale convective vortex	01 Jun 21:00	03 Jun 15:00	mission #5 at 09Z June 3, Cn, 2:29/13-0	Operational Research Model	Dropsonde Mission Summary: 　200806031147 Facilities Status Summary: 　200806020135 　200806030133 Operations Plan of the Day: 　200806020947 　200806030900 S-Pol Radar Status: 　200806020000 　200806020152 　200806020821 　200806030049 Science Director Summary: 　200806020158 　200806020827 　200806030154 　200806031017 Sounding Ops Report: 　ALL SPG Meeting Summary: 　200806020934 　200806020940 　200806030800 Super Site Status: 　200806020005 　200806030025 Team Radar Status: 　200806020110 　200806030130 Weather Summary: 　200806020817 　200806030834	Astra nose radar malfunction, the flight was delayed.
IOP-5	03-04 Jun	Mesoscale convective systems Quasi-stationary front Mesoscale convective vortex	03 Jun 18:00	04 Jun 12:00	mission #6, 21Z June 3, C, 3:47/14-2 mission #7, 05Z June 4, E, 2:08/12-0	Operational Research Model	Dropsonde Mission Summary: 　200806040100 　200806040728 　200806041007 　200806041010 Facilities Status Summary: 　200806040138 　200806040143 　200806040229 Operations Plan of the Day: 　200806040910 S-Pol Radar Status: 　200806040116 Science Director Summary: 　200806041001 Sounding Ops Report: 　ALL SPG Meeting Summary: Super Site Status: 　200806040147 Team Radar Status: 　200806040104 Weather Summary: 　200806040750
IOP-6	04-06 Jun	Mesoscale convective systems Quasi-stationary front Mesoscale convective vortex	04 Jun 18:00	06 Jun 12:00	mission #8, 21Z June 4, C, 3:25/15-1 mission #9, 05Z June 5, E, 2:23/10-0 mission #10, 21Z June 5, D, 2:35/12-1	Operational Research Model	Dropsonde Mission Summary: 　200806050056 　200806050746 　200806052351 Facilities Status Summary: 　200806050139 　200806060129 Operations Plan of the Day: 　200806050752 　200806060923 S-Pol Radar Status: 　200806050049 　200806051504 　200806060007 Science Director Summary: Sounding Ops Report: 　ALL SPG Meeting Summary: 　200806060455 Super Site Status: 　200806050022 　200806060016 Team Radar Status: 　200806050056 　200806051144 　200806060035 Weather Summary: 　200806050853 　200806060730	MCV landed and brought heavy rainfall to Kaohsiung.
IOP-7	12-13 Jun	Convection initiation Orographic convection	12 Jun 00:00	13 Jun 12:00	UAV mission #1, 04Z and 06Z June 12	Operational Research Model	Dropsonde Mission Summary: Facilities Status Summary: 　200806120134 　200806130128 Operations Plan of the Day: 　200806120845 　200806130816 S-Pol Radar Status: 　200806120115 　200806120753 　200806130045 Science Director Summary: 　200806130550 Sounding Ops Report: 　ALL SPG Meeting Summary: 　200806120328 　200806120437 Super Site Status: 　200806120014 　200806130001 Team Radar Status: 　200806120130 　200806130118 Weather Summary: 　200806120925 　200806130740	Astra engine oil leakage and grounded for a few days
IOP-8	14-17 Jun	Southwesterly flow interacting with the terrain Upstream condition for mountain convection, low level jet Mesoscale convective systems Mesoscale convective vortex	14 Jun 00:00	17 Jun 12:00	mission #11, 09Z June 16, E, 2:15/10-1 mission #12, 21Z June 16, E, 2:25/12-0 mission #13, 04Z June 17, E, 2:29/14-1	Operational Research Model	Dropsonde Mission Summary: 　200806161117 　200806162347 　200806170641 Facilities Status Summary: 　200806140139 　200806150139 　200806160133 　200806170138 Operations Plan of the Day: 　200806140820 　200806150823 　200806160849 　200806170836 S-Pol Radar Status: 　200806140116 　200806150038 　200806160030 　200806170642 Science Director Summary: Sounding Ops Report: 　ALL SPG Meeting Summary: 　200806160537 　200806170428 Super Site Status: 　200806140001 　200806150001 　200806160002 　200806170000 Team Radar Status: 　200806140113 　200806150159 　200806160046 　200806170106 Weather Summary: 　200806140836 　200806150833 　200806160740 　200806170720	Astra available after examining by Singapore engineer
IOP-9	23-26 Jun	Typhoon Fengseng track uncertainty Typhoon induced southwesterly flow and related heavy rain systems	23 Jun 06:00	26 Jun 12:00	mission #14 at 08Z June 23, Dotstar flight, 2:30 mission #15 at 09Z June 25, E, 2:30/ 15	Operational Research Model	Dropsonde Mission Summary: 　200806231200 　200806251200 Facilities Status Summary: 　200806240122 　200806250150 　200806260124 Operations Plan of the Day: 　200806230816 　200806240832 　200806250838 　200806251028 　200806260754 S-Pol Radar Status: 　200806240101 　200806250000 　200806260118 Science Director Summary: 　200806230754 　200806230838 　200806230913 Sounding Ops Report: 　ALL SPG Meeting Summary: 　200806230737 Super Site Status: 　200806240001 　200806250001 　200806260001 Team Radar Status: 　200806240138 　200806250140 　200806260039 Weather Summary: 　200806230828 　200806240725 　200806250833 　200806260715	SOP ends on 12Z June 26 #14 is the coordinated flight with DOTSTAR on 08-10Z June 23