Mission Summary
20160921N1 Aircraft 49RF
Tropical Storm Karl

Aircraft Crew (49RF)
Aircraft CommanderKris Twining
Co-pilotBrad Fritzler
Co-pilotDavid Cowan
EngineerJim Roles
Flight DirectorPaul Flaherty
Flight DirectorMike Holmes
Data TechnicianJohn Hill
Dropsonde OperatorGabe Defeo
Dropsonde OperatorJorge Delgado

Scientific Crew (49RF)
Dropsonde ScientistHui Christopherson HRD


Proposed NOAA 49 track

Final NOAA 49 track

Mission Plan :

NOAA 49RF will conduct HRD-tasked RI experiment on Tropical Storm Karl in the Atlantic.

MISSION PLAN: KARL
Prepared by the Hurricane Research Division
September 21, 2015
Aircraft: N49RF
Proposed takeoff: 21/1730Z
DROP LOCATION TABLE
# LAT LON RAD/AZM Time
deg min deg min n mi/deg hr:min
1S22 4961 37 105/2700:50
2S22 5057 57 105/0901:19
3S21 0559 57 105/1801:41
4S25 0160 06 130/0002:14
5S25 0158 47 150/0302:24
6S22 5257 32 150/0902:45
7S20 4259 00 150/1503:07
8S20 4361 46 150/2103:29
9S22 5363 15 150/2703:51
10S25 0462 00 150/3304:12
11S27 1563 29 300/3304:34
12S22 5566 20 300/2705:16
13S18 3763 45 300/2105:57
14S18 3858 38 300/1506:38
Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
St. Croix, USVI 16:56 UTC St. Croix, USVI 20:10 UTC

Problems :


Mission Data :

Flight Director's log | Flight Director's manifest | NetCDF (part 1) | NetCDF (part 2) raw | serial


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