Mission Summary
20160921I1 Aircraft 43RF
Tropical Storm Karl

Aircraft Crew (43RF)
Aircraft CommanderChris Kerns
Co-pilotAdam Abitbol
Co-pilotCathy Martin
Flight EngineerPaul Darby
Flight EngineerChris Lalonde
NavigatorPeter Freeman
NavigatorTim Gallagher
Flight DirectorRich Henning
El TechnicianBill Olney
Data TechnicianTodd Richards
El TechnicianMike Mascaro
Scientific Crew (43RF)
LPSPaul ReasorHRD
RadarJun ZhangHRD
DropsBrittany DahlHRD

Mission Plan :


Proposed flight track

Final flight track

NOAA43 will fly a HRD-tasked Rapid Intensification Mission into Tropical Storm Karl.

MISSION PLAN: KARL
Prepared by the Hurricane Research Division
File: current1.ftk
September 21, 2016
Aircraft: N43RF
Proposed takeoff: 21/0600Z
DROP LOCATION TABLE
# LAT LON RAD/AZM Time
deg min deg min n mi/deg hr:min
1S20 3257 08 90/2251:27
2S22 4054 52 90/0452:13
3S22 4057 08 90/3152:45
4S20 3254 52 90/1353:31
5S21 3654 23 90/0903:49
6S21 3657 37 90/2704:34
7S20 0656 00 90/1805:07
8S23 0656 00 90/0005:53
Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
St. Croix, USVI 06:00 UTC St. Croix, USVI 14:00 UTC

Problems :


Mission Data :


Final flight track

Plot of raw High Density Obs

Plot of raw Flight Level winds

Plot of raw SFMR winds
LPS's log | Radar Scientist's log | Dropsonde Scientist's log |

Flight Director's log | NetCDF data | Flight Director's manifest | serial data


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