Mission Summary
20180904H1 Aircraft 42RF
Tropical Storm Gordon (EP10)
Synoptic Surveillance

Aircraft Crew (42RF)
Aircraft CommanderJustin Kibby
Co-pilotPat Didier
Co-pilotJohn Rossi
NavigatorSam Urato
Flight EngineerPaul Darby
Flight EngineerChris Lalonde
Flight DirectorMike Holmes
System EngineerBobby Peek
Data TechnicianTodd Richards
AVAPS OperatorJames Warnecke

Scientific Crew (42RF)
LPSGus AlakaHRD
RadarShirley MurilloHRD
DropsondeKathryn SellwoodHRD
ObserverJoshua AllandSUNY

Scientific Crew (Ground)
RadarHRD


Proposed NOAA 42 track

Mission Plan :

NOAA 42RF (N42) will conduct an EMC-tasked TDR mission into Tropical Storm Gordon.

MISSION PLAN: Gordon
Prepared by the Hurricane Research Division
Aircraft: N42RF
Proposed takeoff: 4/0830Z
DROP LOCATION TABLE
# LAT LON RAD/AZM Time
deg min deg min nmi/deg hr:min
1S 29 39 85 36 105/360 0:41
2S 26 09 85 36 105/180 1:34
3S 27 54 83 37 105/090 2:12
4S 27 54 87 35 105/270 3:05
5S 26 40 86 59 105/225 3:26
6S 29 09 84 12 105/045 4:19
7S 29 09 87 00 105/315 4:57
8S 26 40 84 13 105/135 5:50

Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
Linder-Lakeland, FL 08:34 UTC Linder-Lakeland, FL 15:22 UTC
Penetrations 4

Problems :

Mission Data :


Timeseries wind, SFMR wind, rain rate, altitude and pressure plots
Flightlevel wind plot


Flight track
Temperature and Moisture
Wind and Atlitude

Flight Director's log | Flight Director's manifest | NetCDF data | serial data
LPS log | Radar log | Air-Sea log | Drop log

Page last updated Sept. 19, 2018
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