Mission Summary
20160923I1 Aircraft 43RF
Tropical Storm Karl

Aircraft Crew (43RF)
Aircraft CommanderChris Kerns
Co-pilotAdam Abitbol
Co-pilotCathy Martin
Flight EngineerPaul Darby
Flight EngineerChris Lalonde
NavigatorPeter Freeman
NavigatorTim Gallagher
Flight DirectorRich Henning
Data TechnicianTodd Richards
Dropsonde OperatorBill Olney
Dropsonde OperatorMike Mascaro

Scientific Crew (43RF)
LPSPaul ReasorHRD
RadarJun ZhangHRD
DropsBrittany DahlHRD
LPSPaul ChangNESDIS
Ocean WindsMark RomerNESDIS

Mission Plan :


Proposed flight track

Final flight track

Final flight track (detail)

NOAA43 will fly a HRD-tasked Rapid Intensification Mission into Tropical Storm Karl.

MISSION PLAN: KARL
Prepared by the Hurricane Research Division
File: current1.ftk
September 21, 2016
Aircraft: N43RF
Proposed takeoff: 23/0600Z
DROP LOCATION TABLE
# LAT LON RAD/AZM Time
deg min deg min n mi/deg hr:min
1S25 3263 20 90/1351:29
2S27 4065 41 90/3152:17
3S25 3265 40 90/2252:51
4S27 4063 19 90/0453:38
5S28 0664 30 90/0003:57
6S25 0664 30 90/1804:44
7S26 3662 50 90/0905:18
8S26 3666 10 90/2706:06
Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
St. Croix, USVI 05:35 UTC St. Croix, USVI 14:03 UTC

Problems :


Mission Data :


Final flight track

Final flight track detail

Plot of raw High Density Obs

Plot of raw Flight Level winds

Plot of raw SFMR winds

LPS's log | Radar Scientist's log | Dropsonde Scientist's log

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


Page last updated Feb. 24, 2017
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