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Experiment	Aircraft	Hours	Expendables
Synoptic Surveillance (p. 6 Hurricane Field Program Plan (HFP)) Dora (EPAC); Eugene (EPAC); Bret; Dennis #1, #2, #3, #4, #5; Cindy #1; Emily; Floyd #1, #1, #3, #4, #5; Gert; Harvey; TD 11 #1, #2; Irene #1; Jose #1, #2; Lenny #1, #2	23-N49RF 5-N42RF 2-N43RF (6 two-plane missions of which 2 use both WP-3D)	197.2 45.0 18.0	828-GPS sondes
TC Air-sea Interaction (p. 34 HFP) (all storm flights but Irene with XCDX) Early season #1, #2; Bret #1, #2; Dennis #1, #2, #3; Floyd, Pre-storm #1, #2, Irene (with reconn)	4-N42RF 7-N43RF	35.6 46.6	7-GPS sondes 223-AXBT 35-AXCP 31-AXCTD
TC Windfields at Landfall (p. 26 HFP) (Dennis & Floyd #1 with XCDX/Air-sea) Bret, Dennis #1, #2, Floyd #1, #2; Irene	2-N42RF 4-N43RF	12.0 35.6	90-GPS sondes
Extended Cyclone Dynamics (XCDX, p. 10 HFP) (all but Floyd with Air-sea) Bret #1, #2; Dennis #1, #2, #3; Floyd	2-N42RF 4-N43RF	17.1 46.1	160-GPS sondes
Reconnaissance Irene, Lenny #1, #2	3-N43RF	26.0	27-GPS sondes
Total	23-N49RF 11-N42RF 14-N43RF	205.2 101.6 127.6	1112-GPS sondes 223-AXBT 35-AXCP 31-AXCTD

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Updated Wednesday, 24 November 1999