Mission Summary
20110826I1 Aircraft 43RF
TDR Mission Hurricane Irene

Aircraft Crew (43RF)
Aircraft CommanderHarris Halverson
Co-pilotMark Nelson
Co-pilotCathy Martin
Flight EngineerJoe Klippel
Flight EngineerKen Heystek
NavigatorRyan Kidder
Flight DirectorA. Barry Damiano
Data TechnicianTerry Lynch
Data TechnicianDana Naeher
Electronics TechnicianDamon San Souci
Electronics TechnicianJim Warnecke
Scientific Crew (43RF)
Lead ScientistEric Uhlhorn (HRD)
Radar ScientistPaul Reasor (HRD)
Dropsonde ScientistKathryn Sellwood (HRD)
KibitzerFrank Marks (HRD)
ObserverJack Hayes (NWS)
ObserverDavid Kennedy (NOS)
ObserverShanna Piter (NOAA)


Proposed Flight Track

Mission Plan :

NOAA 43RF will fly a TDR mission into Hurricane Irene east of Florida. The P-3 will leave Macdill AFB, FL by 0800 UTC and will land at Macdill AFB, FL by 1600 UTC the same day.

Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
MacDill AFB, FL26/08:07 UTC MacDill AFB, FL26/15:38 UTC

NOAA 43RF flew a TDR mission into Hurricane Irene east of Florida. The P-3 left Macdill AFB, FL at 080y UTC and will land at Macdill AFB, FL at 1538 UTC the same day. Five eye penetrations were recorded with 29 dropsondes launched of which 26 were transmitted.

Problems :


Mission Data :


Track

Temperature and Moisture

Wind and Atlitude

1 second data | NetCDF | serial data | SFMR (NetCDF)

LPS log | Radar log | Dropsonde log


Page last updated September 07, 2011
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