Mission Summary
20040804N1 Aircraft 49RF
Tropical Depression #2 2004
| Sonde Scientist | Jason Dunion |
| Sonde Scientist | Jason Dunion |
The G-IV jet, with scientific crew of Jason Dunion will conduct a Synoptic Flow mission around TD #2 from St Croix and recover in Barbados.
Mission Summary :
The GIV successfully completed a synoptic surveillance mission around the now-declassified TD#2. The aircraft departed from St. Croix at 1:30 PM AST and recovered in Barbados at 8:20 PM AST. A total of 23 dropsondes were launched during the flight.
| DROP # | LOCATION | TIME (h:mm) | |
| LAT (d m) | LON (d m) | ||
| 1 | 18 51 | 64 04 | 0:21 |
| 2 | 17 46 | 62 34 | 0:36 |
| 3 | 18 00 | 59 00 | 1:03 |
| 4 | 18 00 | 57 00 | 1:19 |
| 5 | 20 00 | 57 00 | 1:35 |
| 6 | 20 00 | 59 00 | 1:51 |
| 7 | 22 00 | 59 00 | 2:07 |
| 8 | 23 00 | 61 00 | 2:24 |
| 9 | 24 00 | 63 00 | 2:41 |
| 10 | 24 00 | 65 00 | 2:56 |
| 11 | 24 00 | 67 00 | 3:11 |
| 12 | 22 00 | 66 00 | 3:29 |
| 13 | 21 00 | 68 00 | 3:46 |
| 14 | 20 00 | 70 00 | 4:03 |
| 15 | 18 30 | 68 12 | 4:22 |
| 16 | 17 06 | 69 27 | 4:37 |
| 17 | 16 00 | 68 00 | 4:51 |
| 18 | 15 00 | 70 00 | 5:09 |
| 19 | 13 00 | 69 00 | 5:27 |
| 20 | 14 14 | 67 26 | 5:43 |
| 21 | 13 09 | 65 56 | 5:58 |
| 22 | 13 09 | 64 04 | 6:13 |
| 23 | 14 14 | 62 34 | 6:28 |
| 24 | 13 04 | 59 29 | 6:54 |