Mission Summary
20090818I1 Aircraft 43RF
TDR flight into Hurricane Bill 2009

Aircraft Crew (43RF)
Aircraft CommanderBarry Choy
Co-pilotMark Nelson
Co-pilotCathy Martin
Flight EngineerGreg Bast
Flight EngineerJoe Klippel
NavigatorTim Gallagher
NavigatorRyan Kidder
Flight DirectorJack Parrish
Flight DirectorRichard Henning
Lead El TechDana Naeher
El TechJoe Bosco
Avionics TechDamon Sans Souci
Scientific Crew (43RF)
Lead Project ScientistJoe Cione
Dropsonde ScientistBachir Annane
Radar ScientistJohn Gamache


Mission Plan :

The P-3 is tasked by HRD to carry out a TDR mission into Hurricane Bill east of Barbados. The aircraft will depart Barbados at 20:00 UTC and arrive back in Barbados by 04:00 UTC the next day.

Mission Summary :

The P-3 completed HRD-tasked TDR mission into Hurricane Bill east of Barbados. The aircraft departed Barbados at 20:00 UTC and arrive back in Barbados at 04:00 UTC on August 19th.

Problems :


Mission Data :

Log sheets LPS log | Radar log | Drop log

Error log | Fast data | NetCDF | 1 second data


Flight track

Temperature and Moisture

Wind and Atlitude

Flight track

Drop plots
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Page last updated September 18, 2009
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