Mission Summary
20150827I1 Aircraft 43RF
SALEX mission Storm Erika

Aircraft Crew (43RF)
Aircraft CommanderMark Sweeney
Co-pilotJustin Kibbey
Co-pilotAdam Abitbol
NavigatorTim Gallagher
Flight DirectorRich Henning
Flight EngineerPaul Darby
Flight EngineerKen Heystek
Data TechnicianTerry Lynch
Data TechnicianBill Oleny
Data TechnicianTodd Richards
Dropsonde OperatorMacairo

Scientific Crew (43RF)
Lead ScientistEric Uhlhorn
Radar ScientistBrad Klotz
Doppler Wind Lidar ScientistKelly Ryan


Proposed NOAA 43 track

Mission Plan :

NOAA 43RF will conduct an HRD-tasked SALEX mission in front of Tropical Storm ERIKA in the Atlantic east of Barbados.

SALEX MISSION PLAN: Erika
Prepared by the Hurricane Research Division
August 20, 2015
Aircraft: N43RF
Proposed takeoff: 27/0500Z
TURN LOCATION TABLE
# LAT LON RAD/AZM LEG TOTAL Time
deg min deg min naut mi/deg nmi nmi hr:min
1 BARBADOS 0.0. 0:01
2S 16 12 61 00 90/180 208. 208. 0:54
3S 19 12 61 00 90/000 180. 388. 1:39
4S 17 42 62 34 90/270 127. 515. 2:12
5S 17 42 59 26 90/090 180. 695. 2:57
6S 18 46 59 54 90/04569. 765. 3:16
7S 16 38 62 06 90/225 180. 945. 4:01
8S 16 38 59 54 90/135 127.1072. 4:34
9S 18 46 62 06 90/315 180.1252. 5:19
10S 16 38 59 54 90/135 180.1432. 6:05
11 BARBADOS216.1648. 6:49

Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
Barbados, BWI05:00 UTC Barbados, BWI13:00 UTC

Problems :

Mission Data :


Flight track
Temperature and Moisture
Wind and Atlitude

Lead Scientist's log | Radar Scientist's log | Dropsonde Scientist's log
Flight Director's log | NetCDF data | 1 second data | serial data

Page last updated December 3, 2015
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