Mission Summary
20110722I1 Aircraft 43RF
Decay Mission Hurricane Dora

Aircraft Crew (43RF)
Aircraft CommanderHarris Halverson
Co-pilotChris Kerns
Co-pilotMark Nelson
Flight EngineerJoe Klippel
Flight EngineerPaul Darby
NavigatorRyan Kidder
Flight DirectorIan Sears
Flight DirectorJack Parrish
Project ManagerPaul Flaherty
Data TechnicianJoe Bosko
Electronics TechnicianBill Olney
Electronics TechnicianTodd Richards
MechanicLonnie Kregelka
Scientific Crew (49RF)
Lead ScientistMike Black (HRD)
WorkstationPaul Leighton (HRD)
ObserverPete Curran (FEMA)
ObserverDiana Goeller (NHC)


Actual Flight Track

Mission Plan :

NOAA 43RF will fly a Decay mission into Hurricane Dora in the eastern Pacific. The P-3 will leave San Diego NAS, CA by 1600 UTC and will land at San Diego NAS, CA by 0000 UTC on the 23rd.

DROPSONDE MISSION PLAN: DORA
Prepared by the Hurricane Research Division
Aircraft: N43RF
Altitude: FL10k
Proposed takeoff: 22/1600Z
DROP LOCATIONS
Drop # LAT LON TIME
deg deg hh:mm
122.9550-113.595718:14
222.1436-111.864118:37
321.3886-110.226518:59
420.6857-110.226519:11
520.0377-110.226519:22
619.6164-110.226519:29
719.2324-110.226519:35
818.7411-110.226519:43
917.8237-110.226519:58
1018.7309-109.241820:20
1119.5763-108.324320:40
1219.6036-109.212920:55
1319.6036-109.837121:04
1419.6036-110.602021:16
1519.6036-111.244121:26
1619.6036-112.122821:40
1720.6236-113.858922:12
1821.5283-115.294422:33
1922.5792-116.959722:57

Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
San Diego NAS, CA22/16:52 UTC San Diego NAS, CA23/01:31 UTC

NOAA 43RF will flew a Decay mission into Tropical Storm Dora in the eastern Pacific. The P-3 left San Diego NAS, CA at 1652 UTC and landed back at San Diego NAS, CA at 0131 UTC on the 23rd.
19 dropsondes released, all transmitted. 16 AXBTs released

Problems :

Mission Data :


Track
Temperature and Moisture
Wind and Atlitude

Track detail
serial data | NetCDF | 1 second data | SFMR (NetCDF)

Page last updated February 13, 2012
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