Mission Summary
20190817H1 Aircraft 42RF
Genesis

Aircraft Crew (42RF)
Aircraft CommanderPat Didier
Co-pilotAdam Abitol
Co-pilotRobert Mitchell
Flight EngineerKey Heystek
Flight EngineerChris Lalonde
NavigatorBrian Richards
Flight DirectorMike Holmes
Flight DirectorAshley Lundry
System EngineerTodd Richards
Data TechnicianMike Mascaro
AVAPSDelgado

Science crew (42RF)
LPSJon ZawislakHRD
DropsondeJasonDunionHRD
RadarLisaBucciHRD

Science crew (Ground)
RadarPaul ReasorHRD


Figure 1. Flight plan for 20190817H1 mission for Genesis

Figure 1. Flight track for 20190817H1 mission for Genesis

Mission Plan :

NOAA42 will conduct a research mission in the East Pacific for the HFP-IFEX Genesis Stage Experiment and in collaboration with the NCAR/NSF OTREC flight of their G-V jet.

Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
Liberia, Costa Rica 13:02 UTC Liberia, Costa Rica 19:15 UTC
Expendables 15 GPS sondes 0 bad
15 AXBT 6 bad

RESEARCH MISSION PLAN: GENESIS
Prepared by the Hurricane Research Division
Aug. 16, 2019 5:55 PM EDT
Aircraft: N42RF
Proposed takeoff: 17/1300Z
DROP LOCATION TABLE
# LAT LON Time
deg min deg min hr:min
1 12 0090 00 0:52
2I12 0091 30 1:10
3I12 0093 00 1:27
4I12 0094 30 1:45
5 12 0096 00 2:04
6 11 0096 00 2:17
7I11 0094 30 2:35
8I11 0093 00 2:52
9I11 0091 30 3:10
10 11 0090 00 3:29
11 10 0090 00 3:42
12I10 0091 30 3:59
13I10 0093 00 4:17
14I10 0094 30 4:35
15 10 0096 00 4:54
16 9 0096 00 5:07
17I 9 0094 30 5:25
18I 9 0093 00 5:42
19I 9 0091 30 6:00
20 9 0090 00 6:19

Mission Evaluation / Problems :


Mission Data :


Flight track

Temperature and Moisture

Wind and Atlitude

LPS log | Radar log | Drop log
Flight Director's log | Flight Director's manifest | NetCDF data | 1 second data| SFMR data


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