Mission Summary
20150822I1 Aircraft 43RF
TDR mission Hurricane Danny

Aircraft Crew (43RF)
Aircraft CommanderScott Price
Co-pilotPat Didier
Co-pilotNate Kahn
NavigatorPete Siegel
Flight EngineerJoe Klippel
Flight EngineerChrisLalonde
Flight DirectorIan Sears
Data TechnicianDana Naeher
Dropsonde OperatorJeff Smith
Dropsonde OperatorBobby Peek
Scientific Crew (43RF)
Lead ScientistPaul Reasor
Radar ScientistSim Aberson
Doppler Wind Lidar ScientistLisa Bucci


Proposed NOAA 43 track

Actual NOAA 43 track

Mission Plan :

NOAA 43RF will conduct EMC-tasked TDR mission in front of Tropical Storm Danny in the Atlantic east of Barbados.

TDR MISSION PLAN: Danny
Prepared by the Hurricane Research Division
August 20, 2015
Aircraft: N43RF
Proposed takeoff: 22/1400Z
TURN LOCATION TABLE
# LAT LON RAD/AZM LEG TOTAL Time
deg min deg min naut mi/deg nmi nmi hr:min
1BARBADOS 0. 0. 0:01
2 14 3058 00 123.123. 0:34
3 17 3058 00 180.303. 1:21
4 17 3057 00 57.360. 1:37
5 14 3057 00 180.541. 2:25
6 14 3056 00 58.599. 2:41
7 17 3056 00 180.779. 3:29
8 17 3055 00 57.837. 3:44
9 14 3055 00 180.1017. 4:32
10S14 3049 50 60/270 301.1318. 5:45
11S14 3047 46 60/090 120.1438. 6:14
12S15 3048 48 60/000 85.1522. 6:35
13S13 3048 48 60/180 120.1642. 7:05
14BARBADOS626.2268.9:11

Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
Barbados, BWI17:58 UTC Barbados, BWI00:40 UTC
Penetrations4

23 dropsondes deployed, all good and transmitted. 15 AXBTs deployed, 5 bad.

Problems :


Mission Data :


Flight track

Temperature and Moisture

Wind and Atlitude

Flight track detail

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