Mission Summary
20140802H1 Aircraft 42RF
Ocean Survey Tropical Storm Bertha

Aircraft Crew (42RF)
Aircraft CommanderJustin Kibbey
Co-pilotChris Kerns
Co-pilotAdam Abitbol
NavigatorTim Gallagher
Flight EngineerKen Heystek
Flight EngineerChris Lalonde
Flight DirectorIan Sears
Flight DirectorMike Holmes
System EngineerTerry Lynch
System EngineerBill Olney
Data TechnicianJoe Bosko
AVAPSTodd Richards

Scientific Crew (42RF)
LPSEric Uhlhorn (HRD)
RadarRob Rogers (HRD)

Mission Plan :


Proposed track

NOAA42 will conduct an HRD-tasked Ocean Survey mission ahead of Bertha. Take off is from St. Croix, USVI at 18:00 UTC and recover at St. Croix, USVI by 02:00 UTC the follwing day.

TROPICAL STORM MISSION PLAN: BERTHA
Hurricane Research Division
August 01, 2014 9:12:15 AM
Aircraft: N42RF
Proposed takeoff: 02/1400Z
TURN LOCATIONS
# LAT LON LEG TOTAL TIME
deg min deg min nm nm hr:mm
2 20 0065 00139.139. 0:36
3 20 0068 00169.308. 1:19
4 18 0068 00120.428. 1:50
5 18 0070 00114.543. 2:20
6 17 0070 00 60.603. 2:35
7 17 0068 00115.718. 3:05
8 16 0068 00 60.778. 3:21
9 16 0070 00116.893. 3:51
10 15 0070 00 60.954. 4:06
11 15 0066 30203.1157. 4:58
12 16 0066 30 60.1217. 5:13
13 19 0066 30180.1397. 5:57
14 17 3068 00124.1522. 6:28
15 17 3065 00172.1694. 7:10

Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
St. Croix, USVI17:32 UTC St. Croix, USVI01:29 UTC

Mission Data :

LPS log | Radar log | AXBT

NetCDF file | One second data


Flight track

Temperature and Moisture

Wind and Atlitude


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