Mission Summary
20120827H2 Aircraft 42RF
Tropical Storm Isaac TDR flight

Aircraft Crew (42RF)
Aircraft CommanderHarris Halverson
Co-pilotCathy Martin
Co-pilotJustin Kibby
NavigatorRyan Kidder
Flight EngineerPaul Darby
Flight EngineerKen Heystek
Flight DirectorJess Williams
Data TechnicianJoe Bosko
EngineerSteven Paul
AVAPSCarlos Quiles
Electronics TechnicianCharles Lynch
MechanicWes Crouch
Scientific Crew (42RF)
Lead ScientistJason Dunion (HRD)
Radar ScientistPaul Reasor (HRD)
Dropsonde ScientistLisa Bucci(HRD)


Proposed track

Mission Plan :

NOAA 42RF will fly a TDR mission into Tropical Storm Isaac to gather tail doppler data. The P-3 will leave Jacksonville Intl, FL 2000 UTC and will recover at Jacksonville Intl, FL by 0400 UTC the next day.

Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
MacDill AFB, FL19:58 UTC MacDill AFB, FL03:33 UTC

Problems :


Mission Data :

Flight Director log | LPS log | Radar log | Drop log | AXBT

serial data | 1 sec data | NetCDF file | SFMR file


Flight track

Temperature and Moisture

Wind and Atlitude


Page last updated Feb. 20, 2013
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