Mission Summary
20130831N1 Aircraft 49RF
Genesis Mission Tropical Disturbance AL97

Aircraft Crew (49RF)
Aircraft CommanderKristie Twining
Co-pilotNick Toth
Co-pilotRon Moyers
Flight DirectorIan Sears
Flight DirectorPaul Flaherty
Radar TechnicianJoe Greene
Dropsonde OperatorDale Carpenter
Dropsonde OperatorJohn Hill
Dropsonde OperatorJeff Smith
Scientific Crew (49RF)
None


Proposed NOAA 49 track

Mission Plan :

NOAA 49RF will fly an HRD-tasked Genesis mission around Tropical Disturbance Pouch 25. The G-IV will leave St. Croix, USVI 1300 UTC on Aug. 31st and will recover back at St. Croix, USVI by 2100 UTC the same day.

TROPICAL DISTURBANCE SYNOPTIC SURVEILLANCE MISSION PLAN: AL97
Hurricane Research Division
August 29, 2013 2:42:01 PM
Aircraft: N49RF
Altitude: FL410-450
Proposed takeoff: 31/1300Z
DROP LOCATIONS
# LAT LON TIME
deg min deg min hh:mm
1 17 3058 001:03
2 12 3058 001:44
3 12 3052 002:32
4 17 3052 003:12
5 17 3057 003:51
6 13 3057 004:24
7 13 3053 004:56
8 16 3053 005:20
9 16 3056 005:44
10 14 3056 006:00
11 14 3054 006:16
12 15 3054 006:24
13 15 3055 306:36

Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
St. Croix, USVI13:29 UTC St. Croix, USVI21:27 UTC

25 of 26 sondes sent.

Problems :


Mission Data :

Flight Director's manifest | 1 sec data | NetCDF file | FDir log


Page last updated Aug. 29, 2013
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