Mission Summary
20190914H1 Aircraft 42RF
TDR

Aircraft Crew (42RF)
Aircraft CommanderNate Kahn
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
AVAPSTodd Richards

Science crew (42RF)
LPSSim AbersonHRD
DropsondeTrey AlveyHRD
RadarLisa BucciHRD
LPSPaul ChangNESDIS
ObserverVanBuskirkNESDIS
GuestLora Darby
GuestJenni Franklin

Science crew (Ground)
RadarJohn GamacheHRD


Figure 1. Flight plan for 20190914H1 mission for Td09
Figure 2. Actual flight track for 20190914H1 mission for Td09

Mission Plan :

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

Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
Linder_Lakeland, FL 20:52 UTC Linder_Lakeland, FL 02:00 UTC
Expendables 15 GPS sondes

TDR MISSION PLAN: TD09
Prepared by the Hurricane Research Division
Sept. 13, 2019 12:15 PM EDT
Aircraft: N42RF
Proposed takeoff: 14/2100Z
DROP LOCATION TABLE
# LAT LON RAD/AZMON Time
deg min deg min deg nm hr:min
1S28 3681 16 105/2900:12
2S27 1777 12 125/1101:10
3S29 2177 35 125/0501:42
4S26 5280 54 105/2302:40
5S26 1779 04 105/1703:07
6S29 4379 45 105/3504:00

Mission Evaluation / Problems :

Mission Data :

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

LPS log | Drop log Radar log |

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