Mission Summary
20140917N1 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 St. Croix, USVI at 1300 UTC on September 17th 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: 17/1100Z
DROP LOCATIONS
# LAT LON RAD/AZM TIME
deg min deg min nm/dg hr:mn
233 5358 13 216/2400:48
335 4456 12 90/2701:09
437 3858 08 216/3001:30
537 1155 08 90/3301:51
639 3354 08 216/3602:12
737 2053 09 90/0302:33
837 5650 08 216/0602:54
936 1152 05 90/0903:14
1034 2850 04 216/1203:34
1135 0252 52 90/1503:54
1232 4853 42 216/1804:14
1335 1154 33 90/2104:36
1436 3155 25 90/2704:49
1537 5254 27 90/3305:03
1637 5552 34 90/0305:16
1736 4051 36 90/0905:29
1835 2552 29 90/1505:42
1935 2754 16 90/2105:54
2035 0257 04 216/2406:14
Mission Summary :

Flight was cancelled due to mechanical problems

Problems :


Mission Data :

Page last updated September 17, 2014
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