Mission Summary
20140916N1 Aircraft 49RF
Model Evaluation flight

Aircraft Crew (49RF)
Aircraft Commander
Co-pilot
Co-pilot
Flight Director
Flight Director
Electronic Technician
Electronic Technician
Electronic Technician
Data Engineer

Scientific Crew (49RF)
Remote Dropsonde ScientistKathryn Sellwood (HRD)

Mission Plan :

NOAA 49RF will fly a HRD-tasked Model Evaluation missions around Edouard. The G-IV will leave Bermuda at 1300 UTC on September 16th and will recover at Bermuda 1930 UTC the same day.


Proposed track
(earth relative)

Proposed track
(storm relative)

MODEL EVALUATION MISSION PLAN: Edouard
Prepared by the Hurricane Research Division
September 14, 2014 02:50 PM
Aircraft: N49RF
Proposed takeoff: 16/1300Z
DROP LOCATIONS
# LAT LON RAD/AZM TIME
deg min deg min nm/dg hr:mn
233 2460 51 216/3000:30
332 5658 03 90/3300:50
435 1757 10 216/3601:11
533 0356 17 90/0301:31
633 3853 29 216/0601:52
731 5255 23 90/0902:13
830 0753 31 216/1202:33
930 4056 15 90/1502:54
1028 2657 06 216/1803:14
1130 4757 58 90/2103:35
1230 2060 42 216/2403:56
1332 1258 50 90/2704:17
1433 3257 56 90/3304:30
1533 3456 12 90/0304:43
1632 1855 18 90/0904:56
1731 0356 11 90/1505:09
1831 0557 55 90/2105:22
1932 2558 48 90/2705:36
2034 1860 42 216/3005:57
Mission Summary :

Mission cancelled due to mechanical problems

Problems :


Mission Data :

Page last updated September 16, 2014
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