Mission Summary
20190903H1 Aircraft 42RF
TDR

Aircraft Crew (42RF)
Aircraft CommanderPat Didier
Co-pilotKevin Doremus
Co-pilotRobert Mitchell
Flight EngineerMike Sanchez
Flight EngineerKen Heystek
NavigatorPete Freeman
Flight DirectorMike Holmes
Flight DirectorLundry
System EngineerTerry Lynch
Data TechnicianDana Naeher
AVAPSJoe Greene

Science crew (42RF)
LPSRob RogersHRD
DropsondeJason DunionHRD
RadarBrittany DahlHRD
LPSPaul ChangNESDIS
ObserverWayn PullenAOC
ObserverJim BrewerAOC
ObserverAlex HudsonNatGeo

Science crew (Ground)
RadarJohn GamacheHRD


Figure 1. Flight plan for 20190903H1 mission for Dorian
Figure 2. Actual Flight track for 20190903H1 mission for Dorian

Mission Plan :

NOAA42 will conduct a TDR mission into Hurricane Dorian.

Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
Linder_Lakeland, FL 07:40 UTC Linder_Lakeland, FL 14:59 UTC
Penetrations 5
Expendables 27 GPS sondes

TDR MISSION PLAN: DORIAN
Prepared by the Hurricane Research Division
Aug. 30, 2019 12:15 PM EDT
Aircraft: N42RF
Proposed takeoff: 03/0400Z
DROP LOCATION TABLE
# LAT LON RAD/AZMON Time
deg min deg min deg nm hr:min
1S27 1880 01 60/2700:23
2S27 1876 56 105/0901:05
3S29 0378 54 105/0001:42
4S25 3378 54 105/1802:35
5S26 0477 31 105/1352:56
6S28 4380 30 120/3153:53
7S26 2979 49 70/2254:29
8S28 2277 42 90/0455:09

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 | AVAPS log | NetCDF data

Page last updated December 03, 2019
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