Mission Summary
20190828H1 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 Hazelton>HRD
ObserverZorana JelenakNESDIS
ObserverJoe SappNESDIS

Science crew (Ground)
RadarJohn GamacheHRD


Figure 1. Flight plan for 20190828H1 mission for Dorian
Figure 2. Actual Flight track for 20190828H1 mission for Dorian

Mission Plan :

NOAA42 will conduct a TDR mission into Tropical Storm Dorian .

Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
Barbados, BWI 20:05 UTC Linder_Lakeland, FL 03:29 UTC
Expendables

TDR MISSION PLAN: DORIAN
Prepared by the Hurricane Research Division
Aug. 28, 2019 12:15 PM EDT
Aircraft: N42RF
Proposed takeoff: 28/2000Z
DROP LOCATION TABLE
# LAT LON RAD/AZMON Time
deg min deg min deg nm hr:min
1S17 0065 42 90/1801:20
2S20 0065 42 90/3602:06
3S19 1567 04 90/3002:29
4S17 4564 20 90/1203:15
5S19 1564 20 90/0603:38
6S17 4567 04 90/2404:24

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 log | Flight Director's manifest | NetCDF data |

Page last updated Nov 20, 2019
Return to Mission page.