Mission Summary
20030914H1 Aircraft 42RF
Ocean Winds experiment
into Hurricane Isabel 2003

Scientific Crew (42RF)
Lead ScientistPaul Chang
Sonde ScientistRob Rogers
Radar ScientistChris Landsea
Workstation ScientistPaul Leighton
Mission Plan :

The flight will leave St. Croix, USVI at 11:00 AM AST and recover at 6:00 PM AST at St. Croix, USVI.It is doing a one plane Ocean Winds experiment.

Mission Summary :

The flight left St. Croix, USVI at 10:50 AM AST, and returned to St. Croix, USVI at 8:00 PM AST.

The two P3s first flew a synchronized leg into Isabel's core, entering from the south. They then circumnavigated the large diameter eye collecting radar data, and subsequently exited with a coordinated northbound leg. After that, N42RF continued executing a figure 4 and fthen flew wedges as part of the Ocean Winds experiment, making a total of seven penetrations at 7,000 feet.

Mission Data :

One minute listing

Flight Data


Flight track
Temperature and Moisture
Wind and Altitude

Flight track detail

Problems :

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