OPERATIONS NOAA P-3s Tuesday September 14 NOAA-42: N42’s scheduled IFEX Genesis mission in AL92 is cancelled. Departure from St. Croix is at 2000 UTC (4:00 PM EDT) ferrying back to McDill AFB/Tampa. NOAA-43: DOWN DAY – No flight. Wednesday September 15 NOAA-43: will ferry back to McDill AFB/Tampa. Takeoff time TBA. G-IV Tuesday, September 14 […]
As AL92 passed just south of Jamaica (visible outlined in black at the top of the images) a NOAA P-3 mission collected airborne Doppler radar data to use in improving our understanding of tropical cyclogenesis, as well as for initializing and evaluating model guidance. Included here you will see images of the horizontal winds within […]
As AL92 passed just south of Hispaniola (visible outlined in black at the top of the images) the first NOAA P-3 mission collected airborne Doppler radar data to use in improving our understanding of tropical cyclogenesis, as well as for initializing and evaluating model guidance. Included here you will see images of the horizontal winds […]
OPERATIONS NOAA P-3s Monday, September 13 NOAA-42: N42 completed an IFEX Genesis mission in AL92 at 1718 UTC. Departure was from MacDill AFB/Tampa at ~0910 UTC (5:10 AM EDT) recovering in St. Croix. NOAA-43: N43 is scheduled to fly an IFEX Genesis mission in AL92. Departure from St. Croix at 2000 UTC (4:00 PM EDT) […]
The current system of interest is PGI44/AL92 NOAA/IFEX: The NOAA G-IV will takeoff Sunday 9/12 at 1730 UTC from Tampa, fly AL92 near environment and inner core (7.5 hr) and recover in St. Croix. NOAA G-IV will have a Monday flight 13SEP/1730Z from St Croix to St Croix. NOAA will fly one P-3 (N43) from Tampa, […]
OPERATIONS NOAA P-3s Sunday, September 12 NOAA-43: N43 is scheduled to fly an IFEX Genesis mission in AL92, with departure from MacDill AFB/Tampa at 2000 UTC (4 PM EDT) and recovering in St. Croix. Monday, September 13 NOAA-42: N42 is scheduled to fly an IFEX Genesis mission in AL92, with departure from MacDill AFB/Tampa at […]
OPERATIONS NOAA P-3s The missions below are tentative. They will be discussed at the 9:00 AM teleconference Sunday September 12 Sunday September 12 NOAA 43: N43 is scheduled to fly an IFEX Rapid Intensification and 3D Doppler mission in AL92 with a 2000 UTC takeoff Sunday, September 12, starting at McDill in Tampa, ending at […]
Mission Synopsis for Sept. 10, 2010 The system of interest for the next 3 days (possibly more) is PGI44/AL92 NOAA/IFEX: No flights planned Saturday. The NOAA G-IV will takeoff Sunday 9/12 at 1730 UTC from Tampa, fly AL92 and recover in St. Croix. NOAA has a tentative plan to fly one P-3 (N42) from Tampa […]
The presentation from September’s Science meeting are available on the anonymous ftp site at: ftp://ftp.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/pub/blog/meetings/2010/science/HRD_scmeet_20100909.ppt
The recording of George’s seminar on “Ocean Modeling and Observing System Evaluation for the DWH Oil Spill and Hurricane Forecasting: AKA, “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly”” is available online at: ftp://ftp.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/pub/blog/seminars/2010/Halliwell_AOML_seminar_20100908.mp4
