Mission Summary
20160924N1 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


Proposed NOAA 49 track

Final NOAA 49 track

Mission Plan :

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

MISSION PLAN: KARL
Prepared by the Hurricane Research Division
September 24, 2015
Aircraft: N49RF
Proposed takeoff: 24/1730Z
DROP LOCATION TABLE
# LAT LON RAD/AZM Time
deg min deg min n mi/deg hr:min
1S30 5259 38 180/1801:56
2I32 5659 30 2:14
3I34 5959 22 2:31
4S37 0359 15 180/0002:48
5 40 0054 00 3:30
6 38 0053 00 3:48
7I36 1253 57 4:05
8S34 2354 54 180/0904:21
9I34 2757 12 4:38
10I34 3059 30 4:53
11S34 3461 48 180/2705:09
12 37 0062 00 5:30
13I39 0062 30 5:46
14 41 0063 00 6:04
15I40 1565 30 6:21
16 39 3068 00 6:38
17I37 4367 10 6:54
18I35 5666 20 7:09
19I34 0965 31 7:25
Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
St. Croix, USVI 17:29 UTC Bermuda 01:11 UTC

NOAA 49RF conducted an HRD-tasked Extratropical Transition experiment on Tropical Storm Karl in the Atlantic.

Problems :


Mission Data :

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


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