Mission Summary
20150822N1 Aircraft 49RF
TDR/SAL mission Tropical Storm Danny

Aircraft Crew (49RF)
Aircraft CommanderJason Mansour
Co-pilotDavid Cowan
Co-pilotBrad Fritzler
Flight DirectorBarry Damiano
Flight DirectorJack Parrish
Data TechnicianJoe Greene
Data TechnicianGabe DeFeo
Dropsonde OperatorJames Warnecke
Dropsonde OperatorLeonard Miller
Crew ChiefAngel Negron
Scientific Crew (49RF)
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.

TDR MISSION PLAN: Danny
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
2S17 5250 43 240/3301:21
3S14 2652 52 240/2701:55
4S12 2752 20 240/2402:13
5S11 0050 52 240/2102:30
6S12 5951 32 180/2402:48
7S14 2951 30 150/2703:01
8S16 4150 16 150/3303:23
9S16 4247 44 150/0303:44
10S14 3346 31 150/0904:05
11S12 2547 52 150/1504:26
12S12 2650 29 150/2104:48
13S13 3651 01 120/2404:59
14S15 2250 37 90/3005:15
15S16 0849 19 90/3605:28
16S15 2448 00 90/0605:41
17S13 5448 03 90/1205:54
18S13 4049 25 60/1806:06
19S14 0649 46 40/2106:12
20S14 4150 08 40/2706:18
21S15 1649 49 40/3306:25
22S15 1649 08 40/0306:31
23S14 4248 49 40/0906:37
24S14 0849 10 40/1506:44
25S14 0849 53 40/2106:50
Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
Barbados, BWI17:02 UTC Barbados, BWI00:43 UTC

Problems :


Mission Data :


Flight track

Temperature and Moisture

Wind and Atlitude

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