Mission Summary
20130906H1 Aircraft 42RF
Ferry to St.Croix for operations into Tropical Disturbance Gabrielle

Aircraft Crew (42RF)
Aircraft CommanderAl Giamonte
Co-pilotJustin Kibby
Co-pilotChris Kerns
Flight EngineerJoe Klippel
Flight EngineerAl Puls (USN)
Flight DirectorRich Henning
Flight DirectorJack Parrish
Radar TechnicianDamon Sans Souci
Dropsonde OperatorJeff Smith
El TechnicianTodd Richards
MaintenanceWes Couch
Scientific Crew (42RF)
LPSEric Uhlhorn
AXBTJoe Cione
RadarPaul Reasor
DropsondeLisa Bucci

Mission Plan :


Proposed track

NOAA 42RF will ferry to St. Croix for HRD-tasked Model Evaluation missions into Tropical Disturbance Gabrielle. Along the way they will pass through the center of Gabrielle and deploy AXBTs to measure the ocean's response to the storm. The P-3 will leave St. Croix, USVI by 1400 UTC on Sept. 6th and will recover at St. Croix by 2022 UTC on the same day.

Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
MacDill AFB, FL 15:18 UTC St. Croix, USVI 21:35 UTC

Problems :


Mission Data :

FDir log | Flight Director's manifest | LPS log | AXBT log
NetCDF file | 1 second data | serial data

Flight track

Temperature and Moisture

Wind and Atlitude


Page last updated Sept. 5, 2013
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