Mission Summary
20040829N1 Aircraft 49RF
Frances flight 2004
| Sonde Scientist | Mike Black |
| Sonde Scientist | John Kaplan |
N49 drops
Both N49 and USAF drops
| Sonde Scientist | Mike Black |
| Sonde Scientist | John Kaplan |
Both N49 and USAF drops
The G-IV jet, with scientific crew of Mike Black and John Kaplan flew a Synoptic Flow mission around Hurricane Frances.They left St. Croix, USVI at 01:30 PM EDT and recovered at Barbados 09:30 PM EDT. 27 GPS dropsondes were transmitted to NHC.
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Aircraft: N49RF Altitude: FL410-450 Takeoff: 29/1730Z | |||
| DROP LOCATIONS | |||
| Drop # | LAT (d m) | LON (d m) | TIME (h:mm) |
| 1 | 18 01 | 62 19 | 0:30 |
| 2 | 18 20 | 59 49 | 0:49 |
| 3 | 20 06 | 60 24 | 1:04 |
| 4 | 21 52 | 59 49 | 1:19 |
| 5 | 22 57 | 58 20 | 1:33 |
| 6 | 22 57 | 56 28 | 1:47 |
| 7 | 25 00 | 56 00 | 2:04 |
| 8 | 25 00 | 54 00 | 2:19 |
| 9 | 26 00 | 52 00 | 2:36 |
| 10 | 26 00 | 50 00 | 2:51 |
| 11 | 24 00 | 50 00 | 3:07 |
| 12 | 24 00 | 52 00 | 3:22 |
| 13 | 22 00 | 51 00 | 3:40 |
| 14 | 22 00 | 49 00 | 3:55 |
| 15 | 20 00 | 50 00 | 4:13 |
| 16 | 18 00 | 51 00 | 4:31 |
| 17 | 20 00 | 52 00 | 4:49 |
| 18 | 22 00 | 53 00 | 5:07 |
| 19 | 21 52 | 54 59 | 5:22 |
| 20 | 20 06 | 54 24 | 5:37 |
| 21 | 18 20 | 54 59 | 5:52 |
| 22 | 18 00 | 53 00 | 6:08 |
| 23 | 16 00 | 53 00 | 6:24 |
| 24 | 16 00 | 55 00 | 6:40 |
| 25 | 17 15 | 56 28 | 6:55 |
| 26 | 17 15 | 58 20 | 7:10 |
| 27 | 15 30 | 58 00 | 7:24 |
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