Like I expected, this week has not been very tough at all. We've been launching radiosondes every two hours, and that is pretty much it. It really only takes 15 minutes to prepare the balloon, and then 1 hour and 45 minutes of sitting around and watching it. I really haven't had time to post any new entries because of the somewhat long hours and a few trips to the casino. I'll probably post a few pictures of the launches tomorrow, but I'm not promising anything.
So far this week, the high temperatures have been in the mid to high 90's with dewpoints in the high 60's. The rest of the research team that came down this week for the balloon launches have been complaining about how unbearable the heat is. The other two guys and I that came down last week just laugh when we hear this. Compared to the work we put in last week with temperatures in the 90's, this week is child's play.
Tomorrow is the last day of balloon launches for the Jackson State team, but the ATDD will continue launches through the weekend. At this point, we should be making our way back to Oak Ridge by Monday.
I'll post a review of this past week tomorrow, but trust me, it's not very thrilling/exciting work.
A common theme of this week, however, has been our inability to give the right time. ATDD works in some dumb time system that just confuses everybody. Life would be made so much easier if we just used Zulu time (like every other meteorological institution). In addition, we're in another time zone and some people don't reset their watches, so they constantly forget to subtract the hour from eastern time. Therefore, this song is dedicated to time, and how stupid it is.
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