Mission Summary
20190916N1 Aircraft 49RF
JPSS Satellite Ground Truth
Aborted

Aircraft Crew (49RF)
Aircraft CommanderJason Mansour
Co-pilotRebecca Waddington
Co-pilotMatthew Nardi
Crew CheifAngel Negron
Flight DirectorRich Henning
Flight DirectorJames Carpenter
System EngineerCharles Lynch
Data TechnicianSteve Paul
AVAPSLeonard Miller
AVAPSNick Underwood

Science crew (49RF)
DropsondeJohn KaplanHRD


Figure 1. Flight plan for 20190916N1 mission for Al97
Figure 2. Actual flight track for 20190916N1 mission for Al97

Mission Plan :

NOAA49 will fly from Barbados into disturbance AL97 to provided ground truth for the NESDIS/Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS). .

Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
Barbados, BWI 12:46 UTC Barbados, BWI 15:03 UTC
Expendables 0 drops

Mission was Aborted due to mechanical problems.

HURRICANE SYNOPTIC SURVEILLANCE MISSION PLAN: AL97 GENESIS
Prepared by the Hurricane Research Division
September 15, 2019 3:25:42 PM
Aircraft: N49RF
Proposed takeoff: 16/1300Z
DROP LOCATION TABLE
# LAT LON Time
deg min deg min hr:min
1 14 0056 00 0:31
2I14 0053 15 0:53
3I14 0050 30 1:14
4I14 0047 45 1:36
5 14 0045 00 1:59
6I14 0044 00 2:07
7I14 0043 00 2:15
8I14 0042 00 2:23
9I14 0041 00 2:30
10I14 0040 00 2:38
11 14 0039 00 2:47
12I13 1539 00 2:53
13 12 3039 00 3:01
14I12 3040 00 3:09
15I12 3041 00 3:16
16I12 3042 00 3:24
17I12 3043 00 3:32
18I12 3044 00 3:40
19 12 3045 00 3:49
20I11 4545 00 3:55
21 11 0045 00 4:03
22I11 0043 48 4:12
23I11 0042 36 4:22
24I11 0041 24 4:31
25I11 0040 12 4:41
26 11 0039 00 4:52
27I10 1539 00 4:58
28 9 3039 00 5:05
29I 9 3040 30 5:17
30I 9 3042 00 5:29
31I 9 3043 30 5:41
32 9 3045 00 5:54
33I 9 5347 15 6:13
34I10 1549 30 6:31
35I10 3851 45 6:49
36 11 0054 00 7:08

Mission Evaluation / Problems :

Mission Data :

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

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