Mission Summary
20150828I1 Aircraft 43RF
TDR 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
Final NOAA 43 track

Mission Plan :

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

TDR MISSION PLAN: Erika
Prepared by the Hurricane Research Division
August 27, 2015
Aircraft: N43RF
Proposed takeoff: 28/0600Z
TURN LOCATION TABLE
# LAT LON RAD/AZM LEG TOTAL Time
deg min deg min naut mi/deg nmi nmi hr:min
1 BARBADOS0. 0. 0:01
2S 17 48 67 24 90/180 540. 540. 2:16
3S 20 48 67 24 90/000 180. 720. 3:01
4S 19 18 68 59 90/270 127. 847. 3:34
5S 19 18 65 49 90/090 180.1026. 4:20
6 MACDILL ****2079. 7:51

Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
Barbados, BWI05:56 UTC Barbados, BWI13:06 UTC

Problems :

Mission Data :


Flight track
Temperature and Moisture
Wind and Atlitude

Flight track detail

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

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