Mission Summary
20190915H1 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
AVAPSJames Warnecke

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

Science crew (Ground)
RadarJohn GamacheHRD


Figure 1. Flight plan for 20190915H1 mission for Td09
Figure 2. Actual flight track for 20190915H1 mission for Td09

Mission Plan :

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

Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
Linder_Lakeland, FL 20:44 UTC Linder_Lakeland, FL 01:23 UTC
Expendables 13 GPS sondes

TDR MISSION PLAN: Humberto
Prepared by the Hurricane Research Division
Sept. 13, 2019 12:15 PM EDT
Aircraft: N42RF
Proposed takeoff: 15/2100Z
DROP LOCATION TABLE
# LAT LON RAD/AZMON Time
deg min deg min deg nm hr:min
1S28 4479 50 105/2400:25
2S30 2976 21 105/0601:18
3S31 2178 06 105/3601:45
4S27 5178 06 105/1802:38
5S28 4476 22 105/1203:05
6S30 2979 51 105/3003:58

Mission Evaluation / Problems :

Mission Data :

Flight Director's log | Flight Director's manifest | NetCDF data | serial data | 1 second data
LPS log | Radar log | Drop log

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