Editor’s note: Jerome Fast, the principal investigator of the Holistic Interactions of Shallow Clouds, Aerosols, and Ecosystems (HI-SCALE) campaign, sent this update. The second phase of HI-SCALE is underway! And, somehow we are surviving the heat and humidity! The G-1 aircraft arrived in Bartlesville on Saturday, August 24, and we spent the next day ensuring the…

Editor’s note: Siegfried Schobesberger, a postdoctoral researcher at University of Washington, sent this update. Two more weeks of measurement flights have gone by since my last update. As of May 16, we have accomplished 14 research flights. Only one had to be cut short due to thunderstorms moving in on our area of operation. We…

Editor’s note: Jerome Fast, the principal investigator of the Holistic Interactions of Shallow Clouds, Aerosols, and Ecosystems (HI-SCALE) campaign, sent this update. We are into the second week of HI-SCALE, and have completed six research flights with the G-1 aircraft. Several people temporarily left the campaign earlier this week to participate in the ARM/ASR Principal…

Editor’s note: Siegfried Schobesberger, a postdoctoral researcher at University of Washington, sent this update. After 7 days of hard work, the first week of the HI-SCALE campaign has already passed! We managed a total of four research flights—experiencing a few hiccups, but collected interesting data! Monday, April 25, took our first flight. The G-1 took…

Editor’s note: Siegfried Schobesberger, a postdoctoral researcher at University of Washington, sent this update. Sunday, April 24, 2016, the HI-SCALE campaign (part 1) officially started. The Gulfstream-159 (G-1) aircraft made its way from Pasco, Washington, to Bartlesville, Oklahoma, just yesterday—on board were the pilots, mechanics, and a few Pacific Northwest National Laboratory scientists. The flight…