Mission Summary
20180709H1 Aircraft 42RF
Tropical Storm Chris (AL03)
Tail Doppler Radar

Aircraft Crew (42RF)
Aircraft CommanderNate Kahn
Co-pilotRobert Mitchell
Co-pilotKevin Doremus
Flight EngineerJosh Sanchez
Flight EngineerChris Lalonde
NavigatorChris Sloan
NavigatorBrian Richards
Flight DirectorMike Holmes
System EngineerJoe Greene
Data TechnicianMike Mascaro
Dropsonde OperatorJeff Hartberger

Scientific Crew (42RF)
LPSKelly RyanHRD
DropsondeBachir AnnaneHRD
RadarSim AbersonHRD
ObserverJeff PriceHarris, MMR Contractor
ObserverIshak Yinnon BroderElta, MMR Contractor
ObserverDavid NaamanElta, MMR Contractor

Scientific Crew (Ground)
RadarJohn GamcheHRD


Proposed NOAA 42 track
Final flight track

Mission Plan :

NOAA 42RF (N42) will conduct an EMC-tasked tail Doppler radar (TDR) mission into Tropical Storm Chris.

TDR MISSION PLAN: Chris
Prepared by the Hurricane Research Division
August 07, 2018
Aircraft: N42RF
Proposed takeoff: 09/0830Z
DROP LOCATION TABLE
# LAT LON RAD/AZM Time
deg min deg min n mi/deg hr:min
1S31 0074 30 90/1801:21
2S34 0074 30 90/0002:08
3S32 3076 17 90/2702:42
4S32 3072 43 90/0903:30
5S33 3473 14 90/0453:48
6S31 2775 45 90/2254:36
7S31 2773 15 90/1355:10
8S33 3475 46 90/3155:57

Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
Linder-Lakeland Airport, FL 08:31 UTC Linder-Lakeland Airport, FL 15:51 UTC
Penetrations 4

Problems :

Mission Data :


Pass #1
Timeseries wind, pressure, SFMR wind and rain, temp plots
Pass #2
Timeseries wind, pressure, SFMR wind and rain, temp plots
Pass #2 & 3
Timeseries wind, pressure, SFMR wind and rain, temp plots

Timeseries wind, SFMR wind, rain rate, altitude and pressure plots
Recon plot

Flight track
Temperature and Moisture
Wind and Atlitude

Flight track

Flight Director's log | Flight Director's manifest | NetCDF data | serial data | 1 second data
LPS log | Radar log | Drop log

Page last updated Jul. 30, 2018
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