Mission Summary
20110723I1 Aircraft 43RF
Decay Mission Hurricane Dora

Aircraft Crew (43RF)
Aircraft CommanderHarris Halverson
Co-pilotChris Kerns
Co-pilotMark Nelson
Flight EngineerJoe Klippel
Flight EngineerPaul Darby
NavigatorRyan Kidder
Flight DirectorIan Sears
Flight DirectorJack Parrish
Data TechnicianJoe Bosko
Electronics TechnicianBill Olney
Electronics TechnicianTodd Richards
MechanicLonnie Kregelka
Scientific Crew (49RF)
Lead ScientistMike Black (HRD)
WorkstationPaul Leighton (HRD)
ObserverPeter Curran (FEMA)
ObserverDiana Goeller (NHC)


Actual Flight Track

Mission Plan :

NOAA 43RF will fly a Decay mission into Hurricane Dora in the eastern Pacific. The P-3 will leave San Diego NAS, CA by 1600 UTC and will land at San Diego NAS, CA by 0100 UTC on the 24rd.

DROPSONDE MISSION PLAN: DORA
Prepared by the Hurricane Research Division
Aircraft: N43RF
Altitude: FL10k
Proposed takeoff: 23/1600Z
DROP LOCATIONS
Drop # LAT LON TIME (UTC)
deg min sec N deg min sec W hh:mm
124°0'21.77"114°18'45.55" 17:58
223°9'42.16"113°32'42.27" 18:12
323°17'1.19"112°0'57.93" 18:31
422°34'48.68"112°0'57.93" 18:43
521°55'54.16"112°0'57.93" 18:53
621°30'36.14"112°0'57.93" 19:00
721°7'32.82"112°0'57.93" 19:07
819°44'43.25"111°59'5.63" 19:31
920°37'59.90"111°2'9.27" 19:51
1021°28'22.73"110°7'22.90" 20:11
1121°30'24.12"110°5'9.73" 20:12
1221°30'58.45"111°0'45.13" 20:26
1321°31'7.90"111°38'36.42" 20:36
1421°31'7.83"112°24'59.72" 20:48
1521°30'57.88"113°3'56.10" 20:58
1621°30'29.63"113°57'12.97" 21:11
1722°20'33.77"114°45'38.55" 21:30
1823°4'25.22"115°20'5.31" 21:42
1924°0'46.14"116°1'27.65" 21:57

Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
San Diego NAS, CA23/16:59 UTC San Diego NAS, CA24/00:56 UTC

NOAA 43RF flew a Decay mission into Hurricane Dora in the eastern Pacific. The P-3 left San Diego NAS, CA at 1659 UTC and landed at San Diego NAS, CA at 0056 UTC on the 24rd.
23 dropsonde were released, 21 were transmitted. 21 AXBTs were released.

Problems :


Mission Data :


Track

Temperature and Moisture

Wind and Atlitude

Track detail
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Page last updated February 13, 2011
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