Mission Summary
20190920H1 Aircraft 42RF
AIPEX/TC in shear

Aircraft Crew (42RF)
Aircraft CommanderPat Didier
Co-pilotNate Kahn
Co-pilotDean Legidakes
Flight EngineerChris Lelonde
Flight EngineerMike Sanchez
NavigatorPete Freeman
Flight DirectorMike Holmes
Flight DirectorAshley Lundry
System EngineerBobby Peek
Data TechnicianMike Mascaro
AVAPSJoe Greene

Science crew (42RF)
LPSJon ZawislakHRD
DropsondeKelly RyanHRD
RadarRob RogersHRD
LPSPaul ChangNESDIS
ObserverZorana JelenakNESDIS

Science crew (Ground)
RadarJohn GamacheHRD


Figure 1. Flight plan for 20190920H1 mission for Jerry
Figure 2. Actual flight track for 20190920H1 mission for Jerry

Mission Plan :

NOAA42 will conduct an HRD-tasked AIPEX/TC in Shear research mission into Hurricane Jerry.

Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
St. Croix, USVI 10:57 UTC St. Croix, USVI 19:09 UTC
Expendables 21 GPS sondes
1 bad

MISSION PLAN: JERRY
Prepared by the Hurricane Research Division
Aug. 30, 2019 12:15 PM EDT
Aircraft: N42RF
Proposed takeoff: 20/1100Z
DROP LOCATION TABLE
# LAT LON RAD/AZMON Time
deg min deg min deg nm hr:min
1S17 1658 01 105/1351:13
2S19 4460 36 105/3152:06
3S18 3061 09 105/2702:27
4S18 3057 27 105/0903:20
5S19 4458 00 105/0453:41
6S17 1660 35 105/2254:34
7S16 4559 18 105/1804:55
8S20 1559 18 105/3605:48

Mission Evaluation / Problems :

Mission Data :

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

Page last updated January 16, 2020
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