Mission Summary
20190905H1 Aircraft 42RF
TDR/Ocean Winds

Aircraft Crew (42RF)
Aircraft CommanderJustin Kibbey
Co-pilotKevin Doremus
Co-pilotRobert Mitchell
Flight EngineerMike Sanchez
Flight EngineerKen Heystek
NavigatorPete Freeman
Flight DirectorMike Holmes
Flight DirectorLundry
System EngineerTerry Lynch
Data TechnicianNick Underwood
AVAPSJames Warnecke

Science crew (42RF)
LPSRob RogersHRD
DropsondeJason DunionHRD
RadarBrittany DahlHRD
LPSPaul ChangNESDIS
ObserverWayn PullenAOC
ObserverPhil McCauslandUniv. OK
ObserverEdgar Serranounk

Science crew (Ground)
RadarJohn GamacheHRD


Figure 1. Flight plan for 20190905H1 mission for Dorian

Figure 2. Actual flight track for 20190905H1 mission for Dorian

Mission Plan :

NOAA42 will conduct a EMC-taskedTDR mission into Hurricane Dorian followed by an Ocean Winds module.

Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
Linder_Lakeland, FL 08:21 UTC Linder_Lakeland, FL 15:41 UTC
Penetrations 8
Expendables GPS sondes 20 good, 1 bad

TDR MISSION PLAN: DORIAN
Prepared by the Hurricane Research Division
Aug. 30, 2019 12:15 PM EDT
Aircraft: N42RF
Proposed takeoff: 05/0800Z
DROP LOCATION TABLE
# LAT LON RAD/AZMON Time
deg min deg min deg nm hr:min
1S30 1879 24 105/1800:38
2S33 4879 24 105/3601:31
3S32 5681 12 105/3001:57
4S31 1077 38 105/1202:50
5S32 5677 36 105/0603:18
6S31 1581 00 95/2404:08
7S30 2580 06 105/2004:26
8S33 3278 46 95/0205:17
9S31 5080 51 75/2605:54

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 06, 2019
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