Mission Summary
20190826H1 Aircraft 42RF
TDR into Dorian

Aircraft Crew (42RF)
Aircraft CommanderNate Kahn
Co-pilotJohn Rossi
Co-pilotAdam Abitbol
Flight EngineerMike Sanchez
Flight EngineerPaul Darby
NavigatorSam Urato
Flight DirectorJack Parrish
Flight DirectorJames Carpenter
System EngineerMichael McAlister
AVAPSTodd Richards
Data TechnicianMike Mascaro
ObserverDaemon San Souci
ObserverJeff Carrion

Science crew (42RF)
LPSJon ZawislakHRD
DropsondeJun ZhangHRD
RadarAndy HazeltonHRD
LPSPaul ChangNESDIS
ObserverJoe SappNESDIS
ObserverZorana JelenakNESDIS

Science crew (Ground)
RadarJohn GamacheHRD


Figure 1. Flight plan for 20190826H1 mission for Dorian
Figure 2. Actual Flight track for 20190826H1 mission for Dorian

Mission Plan :

NOAA42 will conduct a TDR mission into Tropical Storm Dorian .

Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
Linder-Lakeland, FL 19:39 UTC St. Croix, USVI 03:48 UTC
Expendables

TDR MISSION PLAN: DORIAN
Prepared by the Hurricane Research Division
Aug. 25, 2019 5:55 PM EDT
Aircraft: N42RF
Proposed takeoff: 26/1800Z
DROP LOCATION TABLE
# LAT LON RAD/AZMON Time
deg min deg min deg nm hr:min
1S13 5657 50 105/0454:52
2S11 2860 21 105/2255:45
3S11 2857 51 105/1356:23
4S13 5660 22 105/3157:16

Mission Evaluation / Problems :

Mission Data :


Flight level wind along track
Flight level wind along track in storm

SFMR wind along flight track
SFMR wind along flight track in storm

Altitude, Pressure, Rain Rate, and Wind

LPS log | Radar log | Drop log | Drop catalog
Flight Director's manifest | NetCDF data |

Page last updated Nov. 19, 2019
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