Mission Summary
20150825N1 Aircraft 49RF
SALEX mission Tropical Storm Erika

Aircraft Crew (49RF)
Aircraft CommanderJason Mansour
Co-pilotDavid Cowan
Co-pilotBrad Fritzler
Flight DirectorBarry Damiano
Flight DirectorJack Parrish
Data TechnicianJoe Greene
Data TechnicianGabe DeFeo
Dropsonde OperatorJames Warnecke
Dropsonde OperatorLeonard Miller
Scientific Crew (49RF)
None


Proposed NOAA 49 track

Final NOAA 49 track

Mission Plan :

NOAA 49RF will conduct an HRD-tasked SALEX mission into Tropical Storm Erika in the Atlantic east of Barbados.

TDR MISSION PLAN: Erika
Prepared by the Hurricane Research Division
August 24, 2015
Aircraft: N49RF
Proposed takeoff: 25/1400Z
DROP LOCATION TABLE
# LAT LON RAD/AZM Time
deg min deg min n mi/deg hr:min
2S13 1355 06 240/2400:37
3S15 1353 12 90/2701:00
4S17 1555 22 240/3001:25
5S16 3252 38 90/3301:48
6S19 1451 58 240/3602:12
7S16 3351 17 90/0302:35
8S17 1748 33 240/0602:58
9S15 1650 43 90/0903:23
10S13 1748 49 240/1203:46
11S14 0051 42 90/1504:11
12S11 1852 35 240/1804:35
13S14 0153 27 90/2104:59
14S15 1954 17 90/2705:12
15S16 3753 34 90/3305:25
16S16 3752 05 90/0305:38
17S15 2051 21 90/0905:51
18S14 0252 12 90/1506:04
19S14 0253 47 90/2106:18
20S13 2156 41 240/2406:43
Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
Barbados, BWI13:45 UTC Barbados, BWI20:43 UTC

Problems :


Mission Data :


Flight track

Temperature and Moisture

Wind and Atlitude

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