Mission Summary
20190902H2 Aircraft 42RF
TDR

Aircraft Crew (42RF)
Aircraft CommanderJustin Kibbey
Co-pilotJohn Rossi
Co-pilot Abitol
Co-pilotTim Gallagher
Flight EngineerPaul Darby
Flight EngineerTuffnel
NavigatorSam Urato
Flight DirectorJack Parrish
System EngineerMac McAllister
Data TechnicianMike Mascaro
AVAPSTodd Richards

Science crew (42RF)
LPSFrank MarksHRD
DropsondeKathryn SellwoodHRD
RadarXuejin ZhangHRD
ObserverJoe SappNESDIS
ObserverJC ClarkNESDIS
GuestRalph AbrahamUS Congress

Science crew (Ground)
RadarJohn GamacheHRD


Figure 1. Flight plan for 20190902H2 mission for Dorian
Figure 2. Actual Flight track for 20190902H2 mission for Dorian

Mission Plan :

NOAA42 will conduct a TDR mission into Hurricane Dorian.

Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
Linder_Lakeland, FL 20:03 UTC Linder_Lakeland, FL 02:51 UTC
Penetrations 6

TDR MISSION PLAN: DORIAN
Prepared by the Hurricane Research Division
Aug. 30, 2019 12:15 PM EDT
Aircraft: N42RF
Proposed takeoff: 02/2000Z
DROP LOCATION TABLE
# LAT LON RAD/AZMON Time
deg min deg min deg nm hr:min
1S26 5479 47 50/2700:27
2S26 5477 10 90/0901:02
3S28 2478 51 90/3601:35
4S25 2478 51 90/1802:21
5S25 5077 41 90/1352:39
6S27 5880 02 90/3153:24
7S25 5080 01 90/2253:57
8S27 5877 40 90/0454:43

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 January 09, 2020
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