Mission Summary
20110724I1 Aircraft 43RF
Decay Mission Hurricane Dora
Aircraft Crew (43RF)
| Aircraft Commander | Harris Halverson |
| Co-pilot | Chris Kerns |
| Co-pilot | Mark Nelson |
| Flight Engineer | Joe Klippel |
| Flight Engineer | Paul Darby |
| Navigator | Ryan Kidder |
| Flight Director | Ian Sears |
| Flight Director | Jack Parrish |
| Data Technician | Joe Bosko |
| Electronics Technician | Bill Olney |
| Electronics Technician | Todd Richards |
Scientific Crew (49RF)
| Lead Scientist | Mike Black (HRD) |
| Workstation | Paul Leighton (HRD) |
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 1700 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: 24/1700Z
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DROP LOCATIONS
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| Drop #
| LAT
| LON
| TIME (UTC)
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| deg min N
| deg min W
| hh:mm
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| 1 | 25°27.5798' | -117°18.9157' | 17:34
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| 2 | 23°59.7548' | -116°27.7706' | 17:56
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| 3 | 24°0.2781' | -115°34.3471' | 18:10
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| 4 | 24°0.4748' | -114°51.4788' | 18:20
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| 5 | 24°0.4765' | -114°10.1791' | 18:31
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| 6 | 24°0.2493' | -113°22.5382' | 18:43
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| 7 | 24°0.9665' | -112°32.7978' | 18:56
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| 8 | 25°34.1318' | -113°30.3892' | 19:25
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| 9 | 24°49.6623' | -113°59.3442' | 19:39
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| 10 | 24°19.3294' | -114°18.7995' | 19:49
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| 11 | 23°45.2720' | -114°40.4288' | 20:00
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| 12 | 23°10.8090' | -115°2.0928' | 20:11
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| 13 | 22°27.2568' | -115°27.2370' | 20:25
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| 14 | 22°27.2454' | -113°31.7467' | 20:55
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| 15 | 23°12.3480' | -113°59.7867' | 21:09
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| 16 | 23°47.4162' | -114°21.8430' | 21:20
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| 17 | 24°19.1706' | -114°42.0157' | 21:30
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| 18 | 24°51.7860' | -115°2.9415' | 21:40
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| 19 | 25°32.6017' | -115°29.4346' | 21:54
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Mission Summary :
| Take off
| Landing
| San Diego NAS, CA | 24/16:59 UTC
| San Diego NAS, CA | 25/00:32 UTC
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NOAA 43RF flew a Decay mission into Hurricane Dora in the eastern Pacific.
The P-3 left San Diego NAS, CA by 1659 UTC and landed at San Diego NAS, CA
at 0032 UTC on the 24rd.
17 dropsondes were released, all were transmitted. 12 AXBTs released.
Problems :
Mission Data :
serial data |
1 second data |
NetCDF |
sondes |
SFMR (NetCDF)
Page last updated February 13, 2012
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