Mission Summary
20190830H1 Aircraft 42RF
TDR

Aircraft Crew (42RF)
Aircraft CommanderPat Didier
Co-pilotKevin Doremus
Co-pilotRobert Mitchell
Flight EngineerChris Lelonde
Flight EngineerKen Heystek
NavigatorPete Freeman
Flight DirectorMike Holmes
Data TechnicianDana Naeher
AVAPSJoe Greene

Science crew (42RF)
LPSGus AlakaHRD
DropsondeJason SippelHRD
RadarBrittany DahlHRD
LPSPaul ChangNESDIS
ObserverMike GonsalvesNESDIS
ObserverJoe Newcombunk
ObserverChad Meckleyunk
ObserverChristine Surunk

Science crew (Ground)
RadarJohn GamacheHRD


Figure 1. Flight plan for 20190830H1 mission for Dorian
Figure 2. Actual flight track for 20190830H1 mission for Dorian

Mission Plan :

NOAA42 will conduct a TDR mission into Hurricane Dorian.

Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
Linder_Lakeland, FL 09:22 UTC Linder_Lakeland, FL 17:02 UTC
Penetrations 3
Expendables 23 sondes
5 AXBTs

TDR MISSION PLAN: DORIAN
Prepared by the Hurricane Research Division
Aug. 30, 2019 12:15 PM EDT
Aircraft: N42RF
Proposed takeoff: 30/0930Z
DROP LOCATION TABLE
# LAT LON RAD/AZMON Time
deg min deg min deg nm hr:min
1S25 1571 02 90/3001:53
2S23 4568 11 90/1202:39
3S25 1568 10 90/0603:03
4S23 4571 01 90/2403:48
5S23 0069 36 90/1804:11
6S26 0069 36 90/3604:57

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

Page last updated Oct 08, 2019
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