| Lead Scientist | P. Black |
| AXCP/AXCTD Scientist | D. Jacob |
| Observer | Maloy
J. Carswell Castells |
Mission Briefing:
This flight was the AXBT version of the early-season, air-sea interaction experiment designed to map the boundaries of the Gulf Loop Current and associated warm anticyclonic eddies as well as obtain an initial estimate of the heat content anomalies associated with these features. The experiment is designed to determine the effect of heat content in anomalous warm eddies in the Gulf of Mexico on hurricane intensity change. A secondary objective was to test the aircraft receiver system with three expendable probe types: AXBT (measures temperature vs. depth), AXCP (measures temperature and current vector vs. depth) and AXCTD (measures temperature and conductivity (salinity) vs. depth from which density is calculated).
Mission Synopsis
The flight departed MacDill AFB at 1257 UTC and landed there at 1735 UTC, a duration of 4.5 hours.
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Mission Data
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