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| Lead Scientist | Peter Black |
| Radar scientist | Peter Dodge |
| GPS Dropsonde | Shirley Murillo |
| HRD Workstation | Paul Leighton |
| SRA | Ed Walsh (NASA) |
| Scripps laser alt. | Joel Hazard (Scripps) |
Mission Briefing:
This mission was designed to test the hurricane planetary boundary layer (PBL) flight pattern in weak tropical storm conditions, to flight test new CBLAST instrumentation in wind and rain. A two-plane CBLAST/Ocean Winds research mission in TS Hanna is scheduled for September 13, 2002, departing MacDill AFB at Noon EDT and recovering at MacDill approximately 6.5 hours later.
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Mission Synopsis
The NOAA P-3 aircraft completed a shortened CBLAST/Ocean Winds mission this afternoon into Tropical Storm Hanna. Both planes left MacDill around noon EDT today. N43RF returned at 4:00 p.m. after a bird hit the plane and the nose radar sustained minor damage. N42RF returned a half-hour later after encountering problems with the IWRAP instruments.
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