Aircraft Commander | Jason Mansour |
Co-pilot | David Cowan |
Co-pilot | Brad Fritzler |
Flight Director | Barry Damiano |
Flight Director | Jack Parrish |
Data Technician | Joe Greene |
Data Technician | Gabe DeFeo |
Dropsonde Operator | James Warnecke |
Dropsonde Operator | Leonard Miller |
Crew Chief | Angel Negron |
None |
![]() Proposed NOAA 49 track |
![]() Actual NOAA 49 track |
Mission Plan :
NOAA 49RF will conduct EMC-tasked experimental TDR mission into Tropical Storm Danny in the Atlantic east of Barbados. The flight will also sample the SAL air mass and its interaction with the storm.
Prepared by the Hurricane Research Division August 20, 2015 Aircraft: N49RF Proposed takeoff: 22/1730Z
DROP LOCATION TABLE
| #
| LAT
| LON
| RAD/AZM
| Time
|
| deg min
| deg min
| n mi/deg
| hr:min
| 2S | 17 52 | 50 43 | 240/330 | 1:21
| 3S | 14 26 | 52 52 | 240/270 | 1:55
| 4S | 12 27 | 52 20 | 240/240 | 2:13
| 5S | 11 00 | 50 52 | 240/210 | 2:30
| 6S | 12 59 | 51 32 | 180/240 | 2:48
| 7S | 14 29 | 51 30 | 150/270 | 3:01
| 8S | 16 41 | 50 16 | 150/330 | 3:23
| 9S | 16 42 | 47 44 | 150/030 | 3:44
| 10S | 14 33 | 46 31 | 150/090 | 4:05
| 11S | 12 25 | 47 52 | 150/150 | 4:26
| 12S | 12 26 | 50 29 | 150/210 | 4:48
| 13S | 13 36 | 51 01 | 120/240 | 4:59
| 14S | 15 22 | 50 37 | 90/300 | 5:15
| 15S | 16 08 | 49 19 | 90/360 | 5:28
| 16S | 15 24 | 48 00 | 90/060 | 5:41
| 17S | 13 54 | 48 03 | 90/120 | 5:54
| 18S | 13 40 | 49 25 | 60/180 | 6:06
| 19S | 14 06 | 49 46 | 40/210 | 6:12
| 20S | 14 41 | 50 08 | 40/270 | 6:18
| 21S | 15 16 | 49 49 | 40/330 | 6:25
| 22S | 15 16 | 49 08 | 40/030 | 6:31
| 23S | 14 42 | 48 49 | 40/090 | 6:37
| 24S | 14 08 | 49 10 | 40/150 | 6:44
| 25S | 14 08 | 49 53 | 40/210 | 6:50
| |
Take off | Landing
Barbados, BWI | 17:02 UTC
| Barbados, BWI | 00:43 UTC
| |
Problems :
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![]() Temperature and Moisture |
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Flight Director's log | Flight Director's manifest | NetCDF data | 1 second data | serial data