Lead Scientist | Sean White |
Visiting Scientists |
Pay-Liam Lin Jing-Shan Hong |
The G-IV jet, with scientific crew of Sean White and Taiwanese scientists Jing-Shan Hong and Pay-Liam Lin, will conducte an NHC-tasked synoptic surveillance mission around the remanents of TD #10 at the nominal time of 00 UTC/September 18. Take-off time is schedule at 1:30 PM EDT from MacDill AFB and landing at 10:00 PM EDT at MacDill AFB, FL.
Mission Summary :
A phone calls was placed to the NHC Specialist on duty, Richard
Pasch. Important information relayed to the specialist :
DROP LOCATIONS | |||
Drop # | LAT (d m) |
LON (d m) |
TIME (h:mm) |
1 | 23 15 | 80 30 | 0:40 |
2 | 22 30 | 78 00 | 1:01 |
3 | 21 45 | 76 45 | 1:12 |
4 | 21 00 | 75 30 | 1:24 |
5 | 22 30 | 75 15 | 1:37 |
6 | 24 00 | 75 00 | 1:49 |
7 | 23 00 | 73 45 | 2:02 |
8 | 22 00 | 72 30 | 2:14 |
9 | 20 00 | 73 45 | 2:34 |
10 | 19 00 | 76 00 | 2:53 |
11 | 18 15 | 74 45 | 3:05 |
12 | 17 30 | 73 30 | 3:17 |
13 | 16 00 | 75 00 | 3:34 |
14 | 17 00 | 77 00 | 3:52 |
15 | 15 00 | 78 00 | 4:10 |
16 | 16 00 | 79 30 | 4:25 |
17 | 15 15 | 80 45 | 4:36 |
18 | 14 30 | 82 00 | 4:48 |
19 | 16 00 | 83 30 | 5:05 |
20 | 17 30 | 81 30 | 5:26 |
21 | 19 00 | 82 00 | 5:38 |
22 | 20 15 | 81 45 | 5:49 |
23 | 21 30 | 81 30 | 5:59 |
24 | 21 15 | 83 30 | 6:15 |
25 | 19 00 | 84 00 | 6:34 |
26 | 18 30 | 85 30 | 6:47 |
27 | 18 00 | 87 00 | 6:59 |
28 | 20 30 | 86 30 | 7:20 |
29 | 22 30 | 85 00 | 7:40 |
30 | 24 00 | 83 30 | 7:57 |
TRACK DISTANCES | |||||
Drop # | LAT (d m) |
LON (d m) |
LEG (nm) |
TOTAL (nm) |
TIME (h:mm) |
0 | MACDILL | 0. | 0. | 0:00 | |
1 | 23 15 | 80 30 | 299. | 299. | 0:40 |
2 | 22 30 | 78 00 | 151. | 450. | 1:01 |
3 | 21 00 | 75 30 | 170. | 620. | 1:24 |
4 | 24 00 | 75 00 | 182. | 802. | 1:49 |
5 | 22 00 | 72 30 | 187. | 990. | 2:14 |
6 | 20 00 | 73 45 | 140. | 1130. | 2:34 |
7 | 19 00 | 76 00 | 144. | 1274. | 2:53 |
8 | 17 30 | 73 30 | 172. | 1446. | 3:17 |
9 | 16 00 | 75 00 | 126. | 1572. | 3:34 |
10 | 17 00 | 77 00 | 132. | 1704. | 3:52 |
11 | 15 00 | 78 00 | 134. | 1837. | 4:10 |
12 | 16 00 | 79 30 | 107. | 1944. | 4:25 |
13 | 14 30 | 82 00 | 173. | 2117. | 4:48 |
14 | 16 00 | 83 30 | 126. | 2243. | 5:05 |
15 | 17 30 | 81 30 | 148. | 2391. | 5:26 |
16 | 19 00 | 82 00 | 95. | 2486. | 5:38 |
17 | 21 30 | 81 30 | 153. | 2638. | 5:59 |
18 | 21 15 | 83 30 | 117. | 2755. | 6:15 |
19 | 19 00 | 84 00 | 138. | 2893. | 6:34 |
20 | 18 00 | 87 00 | 185. | 3078. | 6:59 |
21 | 20 30 | 86 30 | 153. | 3231. | 7:20 |
22 | 22 30 | 85 00 | 148. | 3379. | 7:40 |
23 | 24 00 | 83 30 | 125. | 3504. | 7:57 |
24 | MACDILL | 238. | 3742. | 8:30 |
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