Mission Summary
20190922H1 Aircraft 42RF
Ocean Winds/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
ObserverBill Olney
ObserverJeff Carrion
ObserverSam Urato
ObserverJim McFadden

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

Science crew (Ground)
RadarJohn GamacheHRD


Figure 1. Flight plan for 20190922H1 mission for Jerry
Figure 2. Actual flight track for 20190922H1 mission for Jerry

Mission Plan :

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

Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
St. Croix, USVI 14:21 UTC Linder-Lakeland, FL 22:30 UTC
Expendables 15 GPS sondes

MISSION PLAN: JERRY
Prepared by the Hurricane Research Division
Aug. 30, 2019 12:15 PM EDT
Aircraft: N42RF
Proposed takeoff: 22/1430Z
DROP LOCATION TABLE
# LAT LON RAD/AZMON Time
deg min deg min deg nm hr:min
1S24 1866 11 90/1501:16
2S26 5467 50 90/3302:01
3S25 3668 40 90/2702:24
4S25 3665 20 90/0903:10
5S26 5466 10 90/0303:33
6S24 1867 49 90/2104:19

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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