Aircraft Commander | Mark Sweeney |
Co-pilot | Chris Kerns |
Co-pilot | Pat Didier |
Navigator | Tim Gallagher |
Flight Engineer | Joe Heystek |
Flight Engineer | Chris Lalonde |
Flight Director | Ian Sears |
Flight Director | Mike Holmes |
System Engineer | Dana Naeher |
Data Technician | Terry Lynch |
AVAPS | Damon San Souci |
LPS | Paul Chang (NESDIS) |
Radar | Eric Uhlhorn (HRD) |
IWRAP | Sulieman Alweiss (NESDIS) |
IWRAP | Joe Sapp (NESDIS) |
Mission Plan :
NOAA43 will conduct both an HRD-tasked Ocean Survey and a NESDIS-tasked Ocean Winds mission. It will collect IWRAP data in precipitation coincident with polar satellite overpasses, and launch AXBTs near the glider grid to the north of Puerto Rico and perform a calm ocean HI-SFMR module. Takeoff is scheduled for 1500 UTC from St. Croix, USVI and recover there at 2100 UTC.
Mission Summary :
Take off | Landing
St. Croix, USVI | 15:29 UTC
| St. Croix, USVI | 20:59 UTC
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Mission Evaluation:
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