Mission Summary
20161005I2 Aircraft 43RF
Hurricane Matthew

Aircraft Crew (43RF)
Aircraft CommanderChris Kerns
Co-pilotNate Kahn
Co-pilotCathy Martin
Flight EngineerBrigham
Flight EngineerChris Lalonde
NavigatorTim Gallagher
NavigatorPete Freeman
Flight DirectorJack Parrish
Flight DirectorJess Williams
Data TechnicianBobby Peek
Data TechnicianDana Naeher
Dropsonde OperatorSteve Paul

Scientific Crew (43RF)
Lead ScientistJoe Cione(HRD)
COYOTEEvan Kalina(HRD)
DWLKelly Ryan

Scientific Crew (43RF)
LPSJoe Cione(HRD)
RadarEvan Kalina(HRD)
DropsKelly Ryan(HRD)
Ocean WindsJoe Sapp(UMass)
MediaJim van Fleet(WTSP)
ObserverNick Rossi(Senate)

Scientific Crew (Ground)
RadarPaul ReasorHRD

Mission Plan :


Proposed flight track
Detail final flight track
Final flight track

NOAA43 will fly a EMC-tasked Tail Doppler Radar mission into Hurricane Matthew north of the Windward Passage.

MISSION PLAN: MATTHEW
Prepared by Hurricane Research Division
Prepared by the Hurricane Research Division File: current1.ftk
October 05, 2016 10:00:00 AM
Aircraft: N43RF
Proposed takeoff: 5/1800Z
DROP LOCATION TABLE
# LAT LON RAD/AZM Time
deg min deg min n mi/deg hr:min
1S23 5376 57 105/3002:28
2S22 0773 40 105/1203:24
3S23 5373 39 105/0603:53
4S22 0776 56 105/2404:49
5S21 1575 18 105/1805:18
6S24 4575 18 105/0006:14
Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
MacDill AFB, FL 18:14 UTC MacDill AFB, FL 01:39 UTC

Problems :

Mission Data :


Final flight track
Detail Final flight track

Plot of raw High Density Obs
Plot of raw Flight Level winds
Plot of raw SFMR winds


Flight track
Temperature and Moisture
Wind and Atlitude

LPS's log | Radar Scientist's log | Ground Radar Scientist's log | Dropsonde Scientist's log |

SFMR data | Flight Director's log | Flight Director's manifest | serial data | 1 second data | NetCDF data

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