Flight categories#
ID |
Description |
Tier |
|---|---|---|
| ec_under | EarthCARE underpass |
A |
| liquid | Liquid cloud measurements |
B |
| mpc | Mixed-phase cloud measurements |
C |
| cirrus | Cirrus cloud measurements |
D |
| marine_sc | Marine stratocumulus |
E |
| altocumulus | Altocumulus |
E |
| altostratus | Altostratus |
E |
| cb_anvil | Cb anvil |
E |
| multi | Complex multi-layer scene |
E |
| melt_layer | Melting layer |
F |
| precip | Measured rain/snow |
G |
| alomar | ALOMAR observatory overpass |
G |
| ec_track | Fly along EarthCARE track |
A |
| in_cloud | In-situ cloud measurements |
B |
| spiral | Spiral ascent/descent |
B |
| spiral_mindelo | Spiral ascent/descent over Mindelo supersite |
B |
| insitu_aerosol | In-situ aerosol measurements |
C |