Mission Summary
20080908I1 Aircraft 43RF
Ike pre-storm Ocean Surveyflight 2008

Scientific Crew (43RF)
Lead Project ScientistEric Uhlhorn
AXBT ScientistBen Jaimes de la Cruz (UMiami)
AXBT ScientistJodi Brewster (UMiami)
AXBT ScientistPatrick Meyers (UMiami)

Flight Crew (43RF)
PilotsM. Nelson
A. Ebhardt
Flight DirectorJack Parrish
NavigatorT. Gallagher
Flt. Eng.
Data TechT. Lynch
J. Smith
Elec. TechS. Naeher
D. SansSouci

Mission Plan :

N43RF will fly an AXBT deployment mission over the loop current in front of Hurricane Ike. It will leave MacDill AFB, FL at 16:00 UTC and arrive back at MacDill, FL at 22:00 UTC. The flight is at 8000' unpressurized.


Figure 1. Flight track and forecast tracks with AXBT drop locations (left), and altimeter-derived heat content distribution (right). Red asterisks are failed probes. The actual track of Ike is shown tracking directly over the pre-storm ocean experimental domain.

Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
MacDill AFB, FL15:36 UTC MacDill AFB, FL22:11 UTC

The mission was flown according to plan. AXBTs were dropped every 1/2° longitude/latitude. A slight deviation for convection occurred at 24°N 90°W. All AXBTs were channel 12 transmitters. A total of 47 AXBT were deployed, of which 45 returned temperature profiles.

Problems :

None. Very successful mission. Plane landed safely. Went to happy hour immediately afterward. Saw Sam the Bartender.

EWU
23 April 2009

Mission Data

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Flight Data


Flight track
Temperature and Moisture
Wind and Atlitude

Page last updated April 24, 2009
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