Mission Summary
20160922N1 Aircraft 49RF
Tropical Storm Karl
Rapid Intensification research

Aircraft Crew (49RF)
Aircraft CommanderKris Twining
Co-pilotBrad Fritzler
Co-pilotDavid Cowan
EngineerJim Roles
Flight DirectorPaul Flaherty
Flight DirectorMike Holmes
Data TechnicianJohn Hill
Dropsonde OperatorGabe Defeo
Dropsonde OperatorJorge Delgado


Proposed NOAA 49 track

Mission Plan :

NOAA 49RF will conduct HRD-tasked RI experiment on Tropical Storm Karl in the Atlantic.

MISSION PLAN: KARL
Prepared by the Hurricane Research Division
September 22, 2015
Aircraft: N49RF
Proposed takeoff: 22/1730Z
DROP LOCATION TABLE
# LAT LON RAD/AZM Time
deg min deg min n mi/deg hr:min
1S23 2063 13 105/1800:50
2S26 5263 18 105/0001:19
3S25 0961 25 105/0901:40
4S25 1365 49 130/2702:14
5S26 2965 52 150/3002:25
6S27 4563 31 150/0002:46
7S26 3361 09 150/0603:07
8S24 0561 15 150/1203:28
9S22 5263 41 150/1803:50
10S24 0966 06 150/2404:11
11S27 5968 42 300/3004:49
12S23 0368 38 300/2405:30
13S20 3664 02 300/1806:12
14S23 1059 26 300/1206:53
Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
St. Croix, USVI 17:04 UTC St. Croix, USVI 01:05 UTC

21 drops, 20 good and sent, 1 bad.

Problems :


Mission Data :

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


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