Mission Summary
20080907H1 Aircraft 42RF
Ike Ocean Winds flight 2008

Scientific Crew (42RF)
Lead ScientistPaul Chang (NESDIS)
NESDIS ScientistZorana Jelenak
NESDIS ScientistJoe Manus
ObserverGuest

Flight Crew (42RF)
PilotsBarry Choy
Al Girimonte
Flight DirectorBarry Damiano
NavigatorJoe Bishop
Flt. Eng.Greg Bast
Data TechBobby Peek
Elec. TechBill Olney
Steve Wade

Mission Plan :

N42RF will fly an NESDIS-tasked Ocean Winds mission into Hurricane Ike leaving St. Croix, USVI at 18:00 UTC and recovering at MacDill AFB at 02:00 UTC.

Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
St. Croix, USVI17:58 UTC MacDill AFB, FL01:29 UTC

Problems :

Mission Data

NetCDF listing

Ten second listing

Flight Data


Flight track
Temperature and Moisture
Wind and Atlitude

Flight track detail

Page last updated September 8, 2008
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