Lead Scientist | Chris Landsea |
Visiting Scientists |
Pay-Liam Lin Jing-Shan Hong |
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.
DROP LOCATIONS | |||
Drop # | LAT (d m) |
LON (d m) |
TIME (h:mm) |
1 | 31 00 | 79 30 | 0:34 |
2 | 31 00 | 77 00 | 0:53 |
3 | 31 00 | 74 30 | 1:12 |
4 | 28 30 | 74 30 | 1:32 |
5 | 28 30 | 76 15 | 1:46 |
6 | 28 30 | 78 00 | 1:59 |
7 | 25 00 | 78 00 | 2:28 |
8 | 24 15 | 80 30 | 2:48 |
9 | 23 30 | 83 00 | 3:09 |
10 | 22 45 | 85 30 | 3:29 |
11 | 22 00 | 88 00 | 3:50 |
12 | 22 00 | 91 00 | 4:14 |
13 | 20 37 | 93 22 | 4:36 |
14 | 19 15 | 95 45 | 4:57 |
15 | 22 00 | 97 00 | 5:22 |
16 | 22 30 | 94 00 | 5:46 |
17 | 25 00 | 92 30 | 6:10 |
18 | 28 00 | 92 00 | 6:34 |
19 | 28 00 | 89 30 | 6:54 |
20 | 25 00 | 89 30 | 7:18 |
21 | 26 30 | 88 15 | 7:34 |
22 | 28 00 | 87 00 | 7:49 |
TRACK DISTANCES | |||||
Drop # | LAT (d m) |
LON (d m) |
LEG (nm) |
TOTAL (nm) |
TIME (h:mm) |
0 | MACDILL | 0. | 0. | 0:00 | |
1 | 31 00 | 79 30 | 254. | 254. | 0:34 |
2 | 31 00 | 74 30 | 278. | 531. | 1:12 |
3 | 28 30 | 74 30 | 150. | 681. | 1:32 |
4 | 28 30 | 78 00 | 197. | 878. | 1:59 |
5 | 25 00 | 78 00 | 210. | 1088. | 2:28 |
6 | 22 00 | 88 00 | 602. | 1690. | 3:50 |
7 | 22 00 | 91 00 | 173. | 1864. | 4:14 |
8 | 1 9 15 | 95 45 | 321. | 2185. | 4:57 |
9 | 22 00 | 97 00 | 180. | 2365. | 5:22 |
10 | 22 3 0 | 94 00 | 176. | 2541. | 5:46 |
11 | 25 00 | 92 30 | 173. | 2714. | 6:10 |
12 | 28 00 | 92 00 | 182. | 2896. | 6:34 |
13 | 28 00 | 89 30 | 141. | 3037. | 6:54 |
14 | 25 00 | 89 30 | 180. | 3217. | 7:18 |
15 | 28 00 | 87 00 | 229. | 3446. | 7:49 |
16 | MACDILL | 253. | 3699. | 8:24 |
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