Mission Summary
20190827H1 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 EngineerTodd Riechards
Data TechnicianMike Mascaro
AVAPSMike McAllister
ObserverJeff Carrion
ObserverJim McFadden
ObserverDaemon San Souci

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

Science crew (Ground)
RadarJohn GamacheHRD


Figure 1. Flight plan for 20190827H1 mission for Dorian
Figure 2. Actual flight tack for 20190827H1 mission for Dorian

Mission Plan :

NOAA42 will conduct a TDR mission into Tropical Storm Dorian .

Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
St. Croix, USVI 21:31 UTC Barbados, BWI 02:28 UTC
Expendables

TDR MISSION PLAN: DORIAN
Prepared by the Hurricane Research Division
Aug. 26, 2019 7:11 PM EDT
Aircraft: N42RF
Proposed takeoff: 27/2100Z
DROP LOCATION TABLE
# LAT LON RAD/AZMON Time
deg min deg min deg nm hr:min
1S16 1064 42 90/3150:19
2S14 0262 31 90/1351:04
3S15 0662 03 90/0901:23
4S15 0665 09 90/2702:08
5S14 0264 41 90/2252:26
6S16 1062 30 90/0453:12
7S16 3663 36 90/3603:30
8S13 3663 36 90/1804:16

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
Flight Director's manifest | NetCDF data | AVAPS log

Page last updated Nov 18, 2019
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