Mission Summary
20190901H1 Aircraft 42RF
TDR

Aircraft Crew (42RF)
Aircraft CommanderPat Didier
Co-pilotRobert Mitchell
Flight EngineerChris Lelonde
Flight EngineerKen Heystek
NavigatorPete Freeman
Flight DirectorIan Sears
System EngineerTerry Lynch
Data TechnicianDana Naeher
AVAPSJoe Greene
ObserverJoe Klippel
ObserverBill Olney

Science crew (42RF)
LPSJon ZawislakHRD
DropsondeBrittany DahlHRD
RadarJason DunionHRD
ObserverJason SippelHRD
LPSPaul ChangNESDIS
ObserverGerard Ricciottiunk

Science crew (Ground)
RadarJohn GamacheHRD


Figure 1. Flight plan for 20190901H1 mission for Dorian
Figure 2. Actual Flight track for 20190901H1 mission for Dorian

Mission Plan :

NOAA42 will conduct a TDR mission into Hurricane Dorian.

Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
Linder_Lakeland, FL 12:04 UTC New Orleans, LA 18:00 UTC
Penetrations 3
Expendables 27 sondes, 25 good

TDR MISSION PLAN: DORIAN
Prepared by the Hurricane Research Division
Aug. 30, 2019 12:15 PM EDT
Aircraft: N42RF
Proposed takeoff: 01/0930Z
DROP LOCATION TABLE
# LAT LON RAD/AZMON Time
deg min deg min deg nm hr:min
1S27 2177 39 90/3000:45
2S25 5174 46 90/1201:30
3S27 2174 45 90/0601:54
4S25 5177 38 90/2402:39
5S25 0676 12 90/1803:03
6S28 0676 12 90/3603:48

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 |

Page last updated November 26, 2019
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