Mission Summary
20190913H2 Aircraft 42RF
TDR

Aircraft Crew (42RF)
Aircraft CommanderPat Didier
Co-pilotJohn Rossi
Co-pilotDean Legidakes
Flight EngineerKen Heysteck
Flight EngineerMike Sanchez
NavigatorBrian Richards
Flight DirectorJack Parrish
Flight DirectorAshley Lundry
System EngineerDana Naeher
Data TechnicianMac McAllister
AVAPSJames Warnecke

Science crew (42RF)
LPSSim AbersonHRD
DropsondeTrey AlveyHRD
RadarLisa BucciHRD
LPSPaul ChangNESDIS

Science crew (Ground)
RadarJohn GamacheHRD


Figure 1. Flight plan for 20190913H2 mission for Td09
Figure 2. Actual flight track for 20190913H2 mission for Td09

Mission Plan :

NOAA42 will conduct a TDR mission into Tropical Depression #09.

Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
Linder_Lakeland, FL 21:11 UTC Linder_Lakeland, FL 02:51 UTC
Expendables 16 GPS sondes
1 bad

TDR MISSION PLAN: TD09
Prepared by the Hurricane Research Division
Sept. 13, 2019 12:15 PM EDT
Aircraft: N42RF
Proposed takeoff: 13/2100Z
DROP LOCATION TABLE
# LAT LON RAD/AZMON Time
deg min deg min deg nm hr:min
1S25 5478 50 105/2700:40
2S25 5474 58 105/0901:34
3S27 2575 56 105/0302:01
4S24 2377 51 105/2102:54
5S24 2375 57 105/1503:21
6S27 2577 52 105/3304:14

Mission Evaluation / Problems :

Mission Data :

Flight Director's log | Flight Director's manifest | NetCDF data | 1 second data

Page last updated February 26, 2020
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