Date	Mission	Begin (UTC)	End (UTC)	Location/Mission Map	Catalog Products	Facilities	Notes
13 May	BLH (test)	1800	2230	Homestead area	Operational Research Model	King Air	Familiarization exercise. ISFF, ARM-CART, and Homestead overflights planned.
15 May	CI (test)	1700	0145	SW Kansas	Operational Research Model	Learjet Dropsondes, S-Pol, DOWs, X-Pol, MGLASS, MIPS, DRI, SRL, GLOW	Test CI mission. Target a few well-developed horizontal convective rolls. Communications problems. GPS lock problems with Learjet dropsondes.
16 May	Bore	1000	1400	Homestead area	Operational Research Model	King Air, ISS Radiosondes, MIPS, SRL, MAPR, S-Pol, GLOW	Bore not clearly evident.
16 May	CI (test)	1500	0100	Wellington, TX	Operational Research Model	Learjet Dropsondes, SMART-R, DOWs, S-Pol, X-Pol, MGLASS, MCLASS, FC, Mobile Mesonet, MIPS, DRI, GLOW	Test CI mission. Target: South of cold front/dryline triple point near Eric, OK, adjusted to Wellington, TX. Learjet dropsonde GPS lock problem resolved.
17 May	Radar Study	0130	0330	S-Pol area	Operational Research Model	S-Pol, X-Pol, DOWs	Dual-polarization radar study. Dual-Doppler scans, but no good measurements due to noisy DOW3 velocities.
Date	Mission	Begin (UTC)	End (UTC)	Location/Mission Map	Catalog Products	Facilities	Notes
17 May	CI(test)	1930	2200	Liberal area	Operational Research Model	DOWs, X-Pol, MGLASS MIPS, DRI	Test CI mission on fictitious moving boundary. A successful comms and coord test mission.
17-18 May	Falcon Test Flight	2200	0030	Homestead Area	Operational Research Model	Falcon, Falcon Dropsondes, MIPS	Falcon test flight. Homestead overflight at 2237 UTC at 12000' MSL Intercomparison with MIPS.
19 May	BLH	1600	2100	Homestead Area	Operational Research Model	King Air, Falcon, Falcon Dropsondes, P-3, S-Pol, ISS Radiosondes, MIPS, MAPR	BLH over the profiling site. King Air N-S legs over the three flux facilities. Falcon series of N-S and E-W legs. P-3 moisture mapping over the region. HRDL not operational. A relatively deep and active ABL with rolls and gravity waves in a well capped ABL.
20 May	BLH	1600	2100	Homestead Area	Operational Research Model	King Air, Falcon, Falcon Dropsondes, X-Pol, DOWs, S-Pol, MIPS, MAPR	BLH and water vapor budget mission. Falcon repeated N-S tracks across longitude of Homestead site. Also one E-W pattern in middle of N-S track to sample cross-track variability. King Air western track measuring fluxes at multiple levels within BL. Quad-Doppler data in the region. HRDL not operational.
21 May	BLH	1730	2330	Central Track	Operational Research Model	King Air, Falcon, Falcon Dropsondes, P-3	BLH and water vapor budget mission. P-3 mapped ABL depth and moisture content over most of IHOP domain. King Air flux mapping mission in central KS. Falcon late afternoon evolution of convective ABL.
Date	Mission	Begin (UTC)	End (UTC)	Location/Mission Map	Catalog Products	Facilities	Notes
22 May	CI	1800	0130	S-Pol Area	Operational Research Model	King Air, P-3, Learjet Dropsondes, DOWs, SMART-R, S-Pol, X-Pol, MGLASS, MCLASS, MIPS, DRI, FC, Mobile Mesonet, GLOW, SRL	Dryline between S-Pol and Homestead. No convective initiation, but data obtained along boundary. Only 6 of 11 Learjet dropsondes had winds. King Air stack pattern perpendicular to boundary. P-3 box patterns with S-Pol center point.
23 May	CI	1630	1930	Fort Supply, OK	Operational Research Model	P-3, SMART-R, DOWs, X-Pol, S-Pol, MCLASS, MGLASS, NWS Radiosondes, FC, Mobile Mesonet, MIPS, DRI, GLOW	Cold frontal boundary near Fort Supply. Front moved too rapidly for mobile crews to set up. Sharp front but cells made it difficult to work the boundary. P-3 called home early other aircraft never left OKC. Early generation of middle level convection.
24 May	Radar Study	0000	0100	East of S-Pol	Operational Research Model	X-Pol, S-Pol, DOWs	Mature and dissipating stages of supercell 50km east of S-Pol. DOWs dual-Doppler. X-Pol and S-Pol dual-polarization measurements.
24 May	CI	1500	2300	Shamrock, TX	Operational Research Model	DC-8, Falcon, King Air, P-3, Learjet Dropsondes, DOWs, SMART-R, X-Pol, S-Pol, ISS Radiosondes, MGLASS, MCLASS, NWS Radiosondes (SPC), FC, Mobile Mesonet, DRI, MIPS	A great CI day. North-south dryline and quasi eas-west cold front. Triple point north of Shamrock, TX most of day. Quad-Doppler box observing triple point. DC-8 flew over large region for moisture mapping. P-3 box pattern. King Air cross dryline legs and cross cold front legs. Falcon E-W legs through dryline. No Falcon dropsondes. CI occurred by 21UTC.
25 May	BLH	1600	2230	Homestead Area	Operational Research Model	King Air, Falcon, Falcon Dropsondes, S-Pol, ISS Radiosondes, MAPR, GLOW, SRL MIPS	BLH and water vapor budget mission over western OK. King Air low level flux mapping legs and several flux legs centered over Homestead. Falcon box pattern with 3 N-S legs along Homestead longitude.
Date	Mission	Begin (UTC)	End (UTC)	Location/Mission Map	Catalog Products	Facilities	Notes
27 May	QPF	0030	0115	S-Pol Area	Operational Research Model	S-Pol, X-Pol, DOW	QPF mission on convective system in S-Pol domain. Dual-polarization measurements with S-Pol and X-Pol. DOW positioned for dual-Doppler.
27 May	BLH	1500	2200	East Track	Operational Research Model	King Air, P-3	Mapping surface fluxes and flux variability in SE KS. P-3 moisture mapping and BLH in southern KS. King Air flew east leg, very green.
27 May	CI	1700	1800	Spearman, TX	Operational Research Model	DOWs, MGLASS, MIPS, DRI	Ongoing convective activity in region hope that it would dissipate and leave outflow. Liberal mobiles to Spearman, TX. Convection did not dissipate and vehicles got stuck in mud. An Awful CI Day.
28 May	Falcon Test Flight	2030	2330	Homestead Area	Operational Research Model	Falcon, SRL	Falcon test flight. HRDL noise problem.
29-30 May	BLH	1530	0200	Homestead Area	Operational Research Model	King Air, Falcon, Falcon Dropsondes, P-3, DOWs, X-Pol, ISS Radiosondes, SRL	King Air stacks mission on N-S west track over Homestead. Falcon longer N-S legs over King Air. HRDL not operational. P-3 larger moisture mapping mission.
Date	Mission	Begin (UTC)	End (UTC)	Location/Mission Map	Catalog Products	Facilities	Notes
30-31 May	BLH	1600	0200	East Leg	Operational Research Model	King Air, DC-8, Proteus, NWS Radiosondes	King Air eatern leg. DC-8 large area moisture mapping mission. Proteus box pattern with ARM and Homestead the E-W ends and southern KS and Homestead the N-S ends.
31 May - 1 June	BLH	1700	2130	Central Leg	Operational Research Model	King Air, Falcon, Falcon Dropsondes	King Air 10 legs documenting BL during its most vigorous period and early phases of decay. Falcon large box with N-S passes over Homestead. DIAL down most of flight (high temps).
1 June	CI	1400?	1900?	Guymon, OK	Operational Research Model	DOWs, MGLASS, ISS Radiosondes, FC, Mobile Mesonet, DRI, MIPS
1-2 June	E LLJ	2100	0700	Kansas	Operational Research Model	DC-8, Falcon, Proteus, NWS Radiosondes, GLOW, HARLIE, SRL	DC-8 fly large pattern to observe southwesterly LLJ on E-W legs from 95-102W. Overfly ARM at start of flight and ARM and Homestead at end of flight. HRDL in sideward-looking mode.
2 June	CI	1400	0000	SW Kansas	Operational Research Model	King Air, P-3, Learjet dropsondes, DOWs, SMART-R, X-Pol, S-Pol, MGLASS, MCLASS, FC, Mobile Mesonet, MIPS, DRI	Broad dryline expected to tighten during day. Mobile crews to Leoti, KS. No CI along boundary only storms advecting into region. Cancelled Learjet dropsondes. Microbursts and dust devils. Today was a bust.
Date	Mission	Begin (UTC)	End (UTC)	Location/Mission Map	Catalog Products	Facilities	Notes
3 June	M LLJ	1000	1830	South Central Kansas	Operational Research Model	Falcon (first), Falcon (second), Falcon Dropsondes, Proteus, Learjet Dropsondes, S-Pol, NWS Radiosondes, ARM-CART Radiosondes, SRL, GLOW	LLJ core in south central KS. Falcon and Learjet conducted two circuits each. The Proteus flew above the Learjet on two legs of second circuit. 18 of 44 Learjet dropsondes have no winds.
3 June	CI	1500	0400	North Central OK	Operational Research Model	King Air, Falcon, Falcon Dropsondes, DC-8, P-3, Learjet Dropsondes, Proteus, S-Pol, DOWs, X-Pol, MGLASS, ISS Radiosondes, NWS Radiosondes, FC, Mobile Mesonet, DRI, SRL, GLOW, MIPS	Cold front near OK panhandle, diffuse dryline to south just west of S-Pol. P-3 box patterns crossing cold front, fine line, and dry tongue. Lack of clear air return. King Air crossed front several times and conducted normal stack. No CI but good boundary.
4 June	Bore	0900	1400	S-Pol Area	Operational Research Model	King Air, S-Pol, FM-CW, ISS Radiosondes, MAPR, SRL, HARLIE, GLOW, MIPS	Moderate-to-strong bore occurred in early morning over eastern OK panhandle (including Homestead) along a cold front. Another bore occurred earlier along leading edge of outflow boundary from convection over western panhandle.
4 June	CI	1300	1800	Wheeler, TX	Operational Research Model	DOWs, X-Pol, S-Pol, SMART-R, MGLASS, MCLASS, ISS Radiosondes, NWS Radiosondes, MIPS, DRI, FC, Mobile Mesonet, SRL, GLOW, HARLIE	Target chosen along cold front rapidly moving south. By 1345Z convection already firing ahead of cold front in TX panhandle thus aircraft mission scrubbed. Ground crews made attempts to work boundary but gave up after couple hours.
6 June	BLH	1600	2330	Central Track	Operational Research Model	King Air, Falcon (first), Falcon (second)	King Air and Falcon two sorties along the central track. BL structure was heterogeneous, shallower on western end.
7 June	BLH	1600	0430	Homestead Area	Operational Research Model	King Air, Falcon, P-3, DOWs, X-Pol, MIPS, DRI	King Air vertical racetracks with interspersed soundings. BL depth varied considerably. Falcon fluxes and moisture mapping. P-3 moisture mapping.
Date	Mission	Begin (UTC)	End (UTC)	Location/Mission Map	Catalog Products	Facilities	Notes
7-8 June	E LLJ	2330	0430	SW KS and OK panhandle	Operational Research Model	Falcon, P-3, Learjet Dropsondes
9 June	M-LLJ	1200	1930	SW KS and OK panhandle	Operational Research Model	Falcon, Learjet Dropsondes, DC-8, Proteus, NWS Radiosondes, ISS Radiosondes	Learjet and Falcon flew box flight path 36.58-39N and 99.33-103W. Each did one circuits around the box releasing dropsondes along the way. Lear conducted second circuit, Falcon unable to due to tire problem. Proteus flew the southern leg of the box and DC-8 the northern leg.
9 June	CI	1700	0000	Guymon, OK	Operational Research Model	King Air, Learjet Dropsondes, DC-8, P-3, DOWs, S-Pol, X-Pol, SMART-R, MCLASS, MGLASS, NWS Radiosondes, ISS Radiosondes, FC, Mobile Mesonets, MIPS, DRI, SRL, GLOW, HARLIE	Well defined dryline west of domain in am, forecast to move east. No convection along dryline in OK panhandle. King Air had problems with WCR. Learjet did one leg of dropsondes. DC-8 flew box over S-Pol from 98 to 104W. P-3 identified dryline in NM and worked it.
10 June	CI	1600	0100	Dodge City, KS	Operational Research Model	P-3, Learjet Dropsondes, King Air, S-Pol, SMART-R, DOWs, X-Pol, MCLASS, MGLASS, ISS Radiosondes, NWS Radiosondes, FC, Mobile Mesonet, MIPS, DRI, SRL, GLOW, HARLIE	Weak quasi-stationary cold frontal boundary sagging southward toward OK/KS border. WCR down. Learjet made two dropsonde passes. Boundary well defined on ELDORA and ground radars. Entire boundary had growing CU and small CBs. Cells initiated along boundary. P-3 abandoned region due to second trip returns. P-3 overflew S-Pol and Homestead. Good ground data from 1930-2130 UTC.
11 June	CI	1600	0000	S-Pol Area	Operational Research Model	P-3, Learjet Dropsondes, DC-8, Proteus, S-Pol, DOWs, X-Pol, MGLASS, ISS Radiosondes, NWS Radiosondes, Mobile Mesonet, MIPS, DRI, SRL, GLOW, HARLIE	Boundary in Elmwood, OK area nearly stalled 15km SE of S-Pol. DC-8 and Proteus performed E-W transects. P-3 performed box-shaped surveillance transects of boundary. Clouds formed along the boundary but not deep convection. Learjet released three lines of dropsondes.
Date	Mission	Begin (UTC)	End (UTC)	Location/Mission Map	Catalog Products	Facilities	Notes
12 June	CI	1600	0000(?)	S-Pol Area	Operational Research Model	P-3, Learjet Dropsondes, King Air, Proteus, S-Pol, DOWs, X-Pol, MGLASS, ISS Radiosondes, NWS Radiosondes, TAOS, FC, Mobile Mesonet, MIPS, DRI, SRL, GLOW, HARLIE
14 June	BLE	1000	2100	Homestead Area	Operational Research Model	P-3, DC-8, Falcon (first), Falcon (second), King Air, X-Pol, S-Pol, SMART-R, DOWs, MCLASS, MGLASS, ISS Radiosondes, NWS Radiosondes, TAOS, FC, Mobile Mesonet, MIPS, DRI, SRL, GLOW, HARLIE	Light N/NE winds. Leandre II taken in horizontal pointing mode, Falcon downward pointing DIAL and HRDL crossed path of Leandre II measurements. HRDL down after 1750Z. King Air at intersection line between vertical curtain of DIAL and horizontal sheet of Leandre II. Provided information about low level moisture and temp distribution during CBL growth. DC-8 larger scale mapping information. A successful mission. Dataset examines moisture variations during development of daytime CBL and sounding representativeness.
15 June	CI	1600	0000(?)	Dumas, TX	Operational Research Model	King Air, P-3, Falcon, Learjet Dropsondes, SMART-R, X-Pol, DOWs, S-Pol, ISS Radiosondes, NWS Radiosondes, MGLASS, MCLASS, FC, Mobile Mesonet, MIPS, DRI, SRL	Ground teams deployed to Dumas/Spinnett, TX and moved north to OK panhandle. Boundary formed up 40-60 km west of S-Pol oriented N-S. P-3 performed box pattern. The Falcon and Lear did coordinated E/W at 37N. Initial Lear dropsonde leg at 1810. King Air set up tracks in BL orthogonal to N/S P-3 track. Cells formed along the boundary in NW KS and propagated southward along it. Boundary seen on S-Pol and ELDORA. Second Lear drop track at 1852. S-Pol documented boundary intersection with severe cell to north in region of a developing tornado. Measurements stopped due to approaching sever convection and radar second trip.
16 June	BLH	1530	2230	Central Track	Operational Research Model	King Air, P-3, Learjet Dropsondes, ISS Radiosondes	P-3 flew box around King Air area to observe larger scale variation of moisture and winds. Not very turbulent. Persistent potential temperature and moisture gradients along track. Good clear air echoes on cloud radar..
17 June	BLH	1600	2030	Eastern Track	Operational Research Model	King Air, Learjet Dropsondes
Date	Mission	Begin (UTC)	End (UTC)	Location/Mission Map	Catalog Products	Facilities	Notes
18 June	CI	1600	0130	Sublette, KS	Operational Research Model	King Air, P-3, Learjet Dropsondes, SMART-R, X-Pol, DOWs, S-Pol, ISS Radiosondes, MGLASS, MCLASS, FC, Mobile Mesonet, MIPS, DRI, SRL	Minor cold front and dryline. ELDORA not on-line until after 19Z. Leandre overheated at 2040Z and did not work for remainder of flight. King Air worked in the area of the boundary by 18Z. Ground crews deployed in the area of Garden City and by 2000Z measurement underway at 37 deg 36 min and 101 deg 4 min. Learjet dropsonde legs at 1830Z and 2110Z orthogonal to the boundary. Ground crews noted modest moisture gradient across boundary. Small CBs observed by 2334Z at which time P-3 ceased due to second trip.
19 June	CI	1700	2300	NW Kansas	Operational Research Model	King Air, P-3, Learjet Dropsondes, SMART-R, X-Pol, DOWs, S-Pol, ISS Radiosondes, MGLASS, MCLASS, Reference Radiosonde, NWS Radiosondes, FC, Mobile Mesonet, MIPS, DRI, SRL, GLOW	Cold frontal boundary (evident on radar) oriented NNE-SSW near Goodland, KS moved toward Colby, KS. Not clear if this cold front or dryline based on observations. At 2000 UTC deep convection broke out in SE CO along an extension of this boundary and further convection formed along the boundary to the NNE. The P-3 boxed the boundary and captured evolution of convective initiation. King Air sampled boundary using its standard pattern. Learjet dropped a single line of 8 sondes.
19-20 June	E LLJ	2300	0700	Kansas	Operational Research Model	P-3, Learjet Dropsondes, S-Pol, NWS Radiosondes, ISS Radiosondes, SRL, GLOW, HARLIE	P-3 mapping out moisture with downward pointing Leandre. Learjet dropsondes in N-S line near Vance MOA. Strong bore event noted in S-Pol, Leandre and NEXRAD data. Variation in moisture and winds above ABL probably due to deeper mixed layer.
20 June	BLH	1600	2230	Eastern Track	Operational Research Model	King Air
21 June	BLE	1000	2000	Homestead Site	Operational Research Model	P-3, King Air, S-Pol, DOWs, MCLASS, MGLASS, ISS Radiosondes, NWS Radiosondes, TAOS, FC, Mobile Mesonet, MIPS, DRI, SRL, GLOW, HARLIE	Clear skies. Wind speeds 15 kt at surface 20-25 kt at 850mb. Focus on 70kmX10km region centered on Homestead. Despite borderline winds TAOS operated throughout mission. P-3 with sideward pointing Leandre II, ELDORA kept off through flight as no clear air winds. King Air had dual flight mission and flew in trail on right side of P-3 for in-situ verification of L2. DRI MMR drove E-W legs throughout mission and observed little variability of TPW. A contrasting dataset to first BLE mission which had lighter winds but some cloud cover.
Date	Mission	Begin (UTC)	End (UTC)	Location/Mission Map	Catalog Products	Facilities	Notes
22 June	BLH	1630	2130	Eastern Track	Operational Research Model	King Air, P-3, Lear Dropsondes
24-25 June	E LLJ	2300	0600		Operational Research Model	Learjet Dropsondes, S-Pol, ISS Radiosondes, NWS Radiosondes, GLOW, HARLIE	Document nocturnal environment flowing into developing MCS. Two Learjet flights with nine E-E runs along 38N from 99.5-103.5W. 18 of 19 dropsondes worked. Large system developed from CO to MN. Southerly 40kt jet in eastern portion of domain for second leg. Jet very shallow. Bores observed in nocturnal jet environment.
25 June	BLE	1100	1900	Perryton, TX	Operational Research Model	King Air, P-3, S-Pol, DOWs, MCLASS, MGLASS, ISS Radiosondes, NWS Radiosondes, TAOS, FC, Mobile Mesonet, MIPS, DRI, GLOW, HARLIE	Clouds burned off by 14Z so only short delay in solar heating. Light surface winds and winds decreasing throughout mission at 600m (15m/s at start and 10m/s at end). A bore present in S-Pol region in early morning. King Air dual flight mission with E-W legs across refractivity region. Great dea of variability in pre-CBL and CBL structure. P-3 had engine problems and did not take off until 1630Z. Also showed great deal of moisture variability at 14500 ft MSL. Leandre and ELDORA showed highly variable structure in CBL. Planes were coordinated on their E-W legs with downward-pointing L2. Good TAOS day with continuous P, T, H and winds from surface to 300m early and surface to 500 m late. MIPS clearly observed CBL growth. Hourly soundings from MCLASS and 2 MGLASS, and 2-hourly soundings from ISS. DOWs took data to north and south of S-Pol for dual-Doppler measurements over much of aircraft tracks.

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