Mission Summary
20030924H Aircraft 42RF
Ocean Winds calibration flight

Scientific Crew (42RF)
Lead Project Scientist Daniel Esteban (UMass)
IWRAP scientist B. Kerr (UMass)
Flight Director Tom Shepherd
Flight Director trainee Paul Flaherty

Mission Synopsis :

The flight left MacDill AFB, FL at 14:43 UTC and recovered at MacDill at 19:06 UTC. Six dropsondes were deployed over the Gulf of Mexico while the IWRAP instrument was tested. Two sondes had no winds.


Last update November 3, 2003
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