Mission Summary
20020912N1 Aircraft 49RF
Synoptic Surveillance flight
around Tropical Depression #9 2002

Scientific Crew (49RF)
Lead ScientistChris Landsea
Visiting Scientists Pay-Liam Lin
Jing-Shan Hong
Mission :

The G-IV jet, with scientific crew of Chris Landsea and Taiwanese scientists Jing-Shan Hong and Pay-Liam Lin, conducted an NHC-tasked synoptic surveillance mission around TD #9 at the nominal time of 00 UTC/September 13. Take-off time was at 1:30 PM EDT from MacDill AFB and landing at 10:00 PM EDT at MacDill AFB, FL.


PDF plots of drop data

Trop Depr #9
PLANNED mission drops
Aircraft: N49RF Takeoff: 12/1730Z Landed: 13/0200Z
DROP LOCATIONS
Drop # LAT
(d m)
LON
(d m)
TIME
(h:mm)
131 0079 300:34
231 0077 000:53
331 0074 301:12
428 3074 301:32
528 3076 151:46
628 3078 001:59
725 0078 002:28
824 1580 302:48
923 3083 003:09
1022 4585 303:29
1122 0088 003:50
1222 0091 004:14
1320 3793 224:36
1419 1595 454:57
1522 0097 005:22
1622 3094 005:46
1725 0092 306:10
1828 0092 006:34
1928 0089 306:54
2025 0089 307:18
2126 3088 157:34
2228 0087 007:49


Trop Depr #9
PLANNED mission turns
Aircraft: N49RF Takeoff: 12/1730Z Landing: 13/0200Z
TRACK DISTANCES
Drop # LAT
(d m)
LON
(d m)
LEG
(nm)
TOTAL
(nm)
TIME
(h:mm)
0MACDILL0.0.0:00
131 0079 30254.254.0:34
231 0074 30278.531.1:12
328 3074 30150.681.1:32
428 3078 00197.878.1:59
525 0078 00210.1088.2:28
622 0088 00602.1690.3:50
722 0091 00173.1864.4:14
81 9 1595 45321.2185.4:57
922 0097 00180.2365.5:22
1022 3 094 00176.2541.5:46
1125 0092 30173.2714.6:10
1228 00 92 00182.2896.6:34
1328 0089 30141.3037.6:54
1425 0089 30180.3217.7:18
1528 0087 00229.3446.7:49
16MACDILL253.3699.8:24


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