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| Aircraft Commander | Chris Kerns |
| Co-pilot | Adam Abitbol |
| Co-pilot | Cathy Martin |
| Flight Engineer | Paul Darby |
| Flight Engineer | Chris Lalonde |
| Navigator | Peter Freeman |
| Navigator | Tim Gallagher |
| Flight Director | Rich Henning |
| Data Technician | Todd Richards |
| Dropsonde Operator | Bill Olney |
| Dropsonde Operator | Mike Mascaro |
| LPS | Paul Reasor | HRD |
| Radar | Jun Zhang | HRD |
| Drops | Brittany Dahl | HRD |
| LPS | Paul Chang | NESDIS |
| Ocean Winds | Mark Romer | NESDIS |
Mission Plan :
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NOAA43 will fly a HRD-tasked Rapid Intensification Mission into Tropical Storm Karl.
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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
| 1S | 25 32 | 63 20 | 90/135 | 1:29
| 2S | 27 40 | 65 41 | 90/315 | 2:17
| 3S | 25 32 | 65 40 | 90/225 | 2:51
| 4S | 27 40 | 63 19 | 90/045 | 3:38
| 5S | 28 06 | 64 30 | 90/000 | 3:57
| 6S | 25 06 | 64 30 | 90/180 | 4:44
| 7S | 26 36 | 62 50 | 90/090 | 5:18
| 8S | 26 36 | 66 10 | 90/270 | 6:06
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| Take off | Landing
| St. Croix, USVI
| 05:35 UTC
| St. Croix, USVI
| 14:03 UTC
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Problems :
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Final flight track |
Final flight track detail |
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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 | NetCDF data