Flight plan - HALO-20240924a

ec_under ec_track c_west c_east c_pirouette

Crew

Job	Name
PI	Anna Weber
WALES	Sabrina Zechlau
HAMP	Luca Schmidt
Dropsondes	Marius Winkler
Smart/VELOX	Kevin Wolf
SpecMACS	Tobias Kölling
Flight Documentation	Rene Redler
Ground contact	Tobias Zinner, Sebastian Ortega

Flight plan

from datetime import datetime
import orcestra.sat
from orcestra.flightplan import tbpb, bco, point_on_track, LatLon, IntoCircle, FlightPlan

# Some fixed coordinates

lon_min, lon_max, lat_min, lat_max = -65, -5, -5, 25

airport = tbpb

radius = 72e3*1.852

# Define dates for flight

flight_time   = datetime(2024, 9, 24, 12, 0, 0)
flight_index = f"HALO-{flight_time.strftime('%Y%m%d')}a"

# Load satellite tracks 

ec_fcst_time  = "2024-09-24"
ec_track = orcestra.sat.SattrackLoader("EARTHCARE", ec_fcst_time, kind="PRE",roi="BARBADOS") \
    .get_track_for_day(f"{flight_time:%Y-%m-%d}")\
    .sel(time=slice(f"{flight_time:%Y-%m-%d} 14:00", None))

# Use PACE_loader once only

pace_track = orcestra.sat.pace_track_loader() \
    .get_track_for_day(f"{flight_time:%Y-%m-%d}")

pace_track = pace_track.where(
    (pace_track.lat >lat_min)&
    (pace_track.lat <lat_max)&
    (pace_track.lon >-60)&
    (pace_track.lon <-30), 
    drop = True) \
    .sel(time=slice(f"{flight_time:%Y-%m-%d} 11:00", f"{flight_time:%Y-%m-%d} 21:00"))

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# Create elements of track
c_west_in = LatLon(12.2,-56.0).assign(label = "c_west_in")
c_east_out = LatLon(11,-50).assign(label = "c_east_out")

c_west = c_west_in.towards(c_east_out, distance = radius).assign(label = "c_west")
c_east = c_west.towards(c_east_out, distance = 2*radius+radius).assign(label = "c_east")

ec_north = point_on_track(ec_track,lat= 14.00).assign(label = "ec_north") 
ec_south = point_on_track(ec_track,lat=  10.).assign(label = "ec_south")
ec_under = point_on_track(ec_track, lat= 12.0, with_time=True).assign(label = "ec_under", note = "meet EarthCARE")

c_pirouette = (c_west.towards(c_east_out, distance = radius)).towards(ec_north, fraction = 0.5).assign(label = "c_pirouette")

ferry = ec_out = ec_under.assign(time=None, note=None)
# Define Flight Paths

waypoints = [
     airport.assign(fl=0),
     ferry.assign(fl=390),
     c_west_in.assign(fl = 410),
     IntoCircle(c_west.assign(fl=410), radius, -360), 
     ec_south.assign(fl=430),
     ec_under.assign(fl=430),
     ec_north.assign(fl=430),  
     ec_out.assign(fl=450),
     c_west_in.assign(fl = 450),
     IntoCircle(c_west.assign(fl=450), radius, -360),
     IntoCircle(c_west.assign(fl=450), radius, -360),
     ferry.assign(fl=450, time=None),
     airport.assign(fl=0),
     ]
# Crew

crew = {'Mission PI': 'Anna Weber',
        'DropSondes': 'Marius Winkler',
        'HAMP': 'Luca Schmidt',
        'SMART/VELOX': 'Kevin Wolf',
        'SpecMACS': 'Tobias Kölling',
        'WALES' : 'Sabrina Zechlau',
        'Flight Documentation': 'Rene Redler',
        'Ground Support': 'Tobias Zinner, Sebastian Ortega',
        }

# Plan

plan = FlightPlan(waypoints, flight_index, crew=crew, aircraft="HALO")
print(f"Flight index: {plan.flight_id}")
print(f"Take-off: {plan.takeoff_time:%H:%M %Z}\nLanding:  {plan.landing_time:%H:%M %Z}\n")
print(f"Duration: {plan.duration}\n")

Flight index: HALO-20240924a
Take-off: 15:41 UTC
Landing:  21:27 UTC

Duration: 5:46:12.073628

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import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import cartopy.crs as ccrs
import easygems.healpix as egh
import intake
from orcestra.flightplan import plot_cwv, plot_path
import topojson
import json

forecast_overlay = True

plt.figure(figsize = (14, 8))
ax = plt.axes(projection=ccrs.PlateCarree())
ax.set_extent([lon_min, lon_max, lat_min, lat_max], crs=ccrs.PlateCarree())
ax.coastlines(alpha=1.0)
ax.gridlines(draw_labels=True, dms=True, x_inline=False, y_inline=False, alpha = 0.25)

if (forecast_overlay):
    ifs_fcst_time = datetime(2024, 9, 23, 0, 0, 0)
    ds = intake.open_catalog("https://tcodata.mpimet.mpg.de/internal.yaml").HIFS(datetime = ifs_fcst_time).to_dask().pipe(egh.attach_coords)
    cwv_flight_time = ds["tcwv"].sel(time=flight_time, method = "nearest")
    plot_cwv(cwv_flight_time, levels = [48.0, 50.0, 52.0, 54.0, 56.0, 58.0, 60.0], ax=ax)
    plt.title(f"{flight_time}\n(CWV forecast issued on {ifs_fcst_time})")

plt.plot(ec_track.lon, ec_track.lat, c='k', ls='dotted')
plt.scatter(pace_track.lon, pace_track.lat, s=10, color='darkgreen')
plt.fill_betweenx(pace_track.lat, pace_track.lon,pace_track.lon+1,color='limegreen',alpha=0.2)
plt.fill_betweenx(pace_track.lat, pace_track.lon,pace_track.lon-1,color='limegreen',alpha=0.2)

plot_path(plan, ax, color="C1")

with open("worldfirs.json", 'r') as f:
    data = json.load(f)
# parse topojson file using `object_name`
topo = topojson.Topology(data, object_name="data")
firs = topo.to_gdf()
for i, row in firs.iterrows():
    for geom in getattr(row.geometry.boundary, "geoms", [row.geometry.boundary]):
        lon, lat = zip(*list(geom.coords))
        ax.plot(lon, lat, transform=ccrs.PlateCarree(), color='k', lw=1)

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from orcestra.flightplan import vertical_preview

vertical_preview(waypoints)

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plan.show_details()
plan.export()

Detailed Overview:
              TBPB         N13 04.48, W059 29.55, FL000, 15:41:44 UTC, 
to            ec_under     N12 00.00, W058 58.56, FL390, 15:52:59 UTC, 
to            c_west_in    N12 12.00, W056 00.00, FL410, 16:16:12 UTC, 
circle around c_west       N11 58.23, W054 47.86, FL410, 16:16:12 UTC - 17:15:46 UTC, radius: 72 nm, 360° CCW, enter from west
to            ec_south     N10 00.00, W059 21.47, FL430, 17:46:55 UTC, 
to            ec_under     N12 00.00, W058 58.56, FL430, 18:02:47 UTC, meet EarthCARE
to            ec_north     N14 00.00, W058 35.42, FL430, 18:18:39 UTC, 
to            ec_under     N12 00.00, W058 58.56, FL450, 18:34:27 UTC, 
to            c_west_in    N12 12.00, W056 00.00, FL450, 18:57:09 UTC, 
circle around c_west       N11 58.23, W054 47.86, FL450, 18:57:09 UTC - 19:55:42 UTC, radius: 72 nm, 360° CCW, enter from west
circle around c_west       N11 58.23, W054 47.86, FL450, 19:55:42 UTC - 20:54:14 UTC, radius: 72 nm, 360° CCW, enter from west
to            ec_under     N12 00.00, W058 58.56, FL450, 21:16:56 UTC, 
to            TBPB         N13 04.48, W059 29.55, FL000, 21:27:56 UTC,