Mission Summary
20190905H2 Aircraft 42RF
TDR/Landfall

Aircraft Crew (42RF)
Aircraft CommanderNate Kahn
Co-pilotJohn Rossi
Co-pilotAdam Abitbol
Flight EngineerLalonde
Flight EngineerPaul Darby
NavigatorRichards
Flight DirectorJack Parrish
System EngineerMike McAllister
Data TechnicianTodd Richards
AVAPSJeff Smith

Science crew (42RF)
LPSFrank MarksHRD
DropsondeKathryn SellwoodHRD
RadarXuejin ZhangHRD
ObserverZorana JelenakNESDIS
ObserverJoe SappNESDIS
ObserverElise Colon
ObserverElizabeth Telim Rosse
ObserverMilton Telmum Zluego
ObserverCharles Edwards

Science crew (Ground)
RadarJohn GamacheHRD


Figure 1. Flight plan for 20190905H2 mission for Dorian

Figure 2. Actual Flight track for 20190905H2 mission for Dorian

Mission Plan :

NOAA42 will conduct an EMC-tasked TDR mission into Hurricane Dorian followed by a landfall module.

Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
Linder_Lakeland, FL 19:50 UTC Linder_Lakeland, FL 02:58 UTC
Penetrations 8
Expendables 34 GPS sondes

TDR MISSION PLAN: DORIAN
Prepared by the Hurricane Research Division
Aug. 30, 2019 12:15 PM EDT
Aircraft: N42RF
Proposed takeoff: 05/2000Z
DROP LOCATION TABLE
# LAT LON RAD/AZMON Time
deg min deg min deg nm hr:min
1S31 5178 06 105/1800:58
2S34 2678 06 50/3601:38
3S34 0178 58 50/3001:51
4S32 4476 18 105/1202:30
5S34 2976 16 105/0602:57
6S32 4479 54 105/2403:51
7S32 0579 08 105/2104:05
8S34 1977 36 50/0304:44
9S32 4479 54 105/2405:23

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 | AXBT log | Drop log Flight Director's log | Flight Director's manifest | NetCDF data |


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