Hurricane Edouard
Eye Vertical Motion Structure Experiment (EVMSE)
(19960926H1 Aircraft 42RF -- two aircraft)

Aircraft crew (N42RF)
A/C Commander Jerry McKim
Co-pilot Brian Taggart
Navigator Tom Strong
Flight Engineer Rock Torrey
Flight Engineer Steve Wade
Flight Director Sean White
System Engineer Sean McMillan
Radar Technician Jorge Delgado
Engineer Jim Barr
Mechanic McNerney
Program Manager Jim McFadden

Scientific crew
Chief Scientist Pete Black
Radar Scientist Chris Landsea
Doppler Scientist Johne Gamache
Cloud Physics Ed Bracken
Wokstation J Donnelly (UMass)


Mission Briefing

Participate in a two-plane EVMSE mission from St. Croix, USVI into Hurricane Edouard.

Mission Synopsis

Take off Landing
St. Croix, USVI16:10 UTC St. Croix, USVI25:17 UTC
Penetrations 7

Mission was successful and all equipment and crew performed well.

Mission Data

Flight Director's manifest
One second data

Flight track

Temperature and Moisture

Wind and Atlitude

Flight track (detail)

Flight track (detail)


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