OPERACIONES
Friday, 21 August 2015
G-IV: Is scheduled to fly a Tail Doppler Radar (TDR) research mission around Danny. Take off time is scheduled for 1730 UTC (1:30PM local) from Barbados and recovering there eight hours later. No HRD scientists will be on-board.
NOAA43: Is scheduled to fly a pre-storm ocean survey research mission ahead of Danny. Take off is scheduled for 1400 UTC (10AM local) from Barbados. An HRD scientist will be on this flight.
Saturday, 22 August 2015
G-IV: Is scheduled to fly a Tail Doppler Radar (TDR) research mission around Danny. Take off time is scheduled for 1730 UTC (1:30PM local) from Barbados and recovering there eight hours later. No HRD scientists will be on-board.
NOAA43: Is scheduled to fly an operationally tasked Tail Doppler Radar (TDR) mission. This means that NOAA’s Environmental Modeling Center (EMC) is interested in collecting data and has request this flight into Danny. Take off is scheduled for 1800 UTC (2:00PM local) from Barbados. Three HRD scientist will be on this flight.
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