Mission Summary
20120824H1 Aircraft 42RF
Tropical Storm Isaac TDR flight

Aircraft Crew (42RF)
Aircraft CommanderMark Nelson
Co-pilotMark Sweeny
Co-pilotChris Kerns
NavigatorRyan Kidder
Flight EngineerPaul Darby
Flight EngineerKen Heystek
Flight DirectorIan Sears
Data TechnicianJoe Bosko
EngineerSteven Paul
EngineerCarlos Quiles
EngineerCharles Lynch
TransitJustin Kibbey
TransitHarris Halverson
TransitTerry Lynch
TransitDevin Brakob
TransitJoe Klippel
Scientific Crew (42RF)
Lead ScientistJason Dunion (HRD)
Radar ScientistPaul Reasor(HRD)
Dropsonde ScientistLisa Bucci(HRD)


Proposed track

Mission Plan :

NOAA 42RF will fly a TDR mission into Tropical Storm Isaac to gather tail doppler data. The P-3 will leave Barbados 2000 UTC and will recover at MacDill AFB, FL by 0400 UTC the next day.

Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
Barbados07:44 UTC MacDill AFB, FL15:22 UTC

Problems :


Mission Data :

Flight Director log | Flight Director's manifest | LPS log | Radar log | Drop log |

serial data | 1 sec data | NetCDF file | SFMR data


Flight track

Temperature and Moisture

Wind and Atlitude

Flight track detail


Page last updated Feb. 20, 2013
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