AXBT log
 Flight track |
 Temperature and Moisture |
 Wind and Atlitude |
| Aircraft Commander | Mark Sweeney |
| Co-pilot | Chris Kerns |
| Co-pilot | Adam Abitbol |
| Navigator | Tim Gallagher |
| Flight Engineer | Joe Heystek |
| Flight Engineer | Chris Lalonde |
| Flight Director | Jack Parrish |
| Flight Director | Mike Holmes |
| System Engineer | Dana Naeher |
| Data Technician | Terry Lynch |
| AVAPS | Damon San Souci |
| LPS | Eric Uhlhorn (HRD) |
| AXBT | Benjamin Jaimes (RSMAS) |
| IWRAP | Sulieman Alweiss (NESDIS) |
| Observer | Johna Rudzin (RSMAS) |
Mission Plan :
NOAA43 will conduct an overflight of the Sea Glider mission south of Hispañola. Takeoff is scheduled for 1400 UTC from St. Croix, USVI and recover there at 2200 UTC the same day.
Mission Summary :
| Take off | Landing
| St. Croix, USVI | 13:49 UTC
| St. Croix, USVI | 21:52 UTC
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2 GPS dropsondes, 3 IR sondes, 41 AXBTs, 8 AXCPs, and 6 AXCTDs launched. One AXCP and 3 AXBTs were bad, the rest of the expendables were transmitted.
Mission Evaluation:
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Mission Data :
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Flight track |
Temperature and Moisture |
Wind and Atlitude |