 Proposed track |
 Final track |
| 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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Proposed track |
Final track |
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: 24/0600Z
DROP LOCATION TABLE
| #
| LAT
| LON
| RAD/AZM
| Time
|
| deg min
| deg min
| n mi/deg
| hr:min
| 1S | 29 03 | 64 12 | 105/180 | 2:06
| 2S | 32 33 | 64 12 | 105/000 | 3:02
| 3S | 31 41 | 65 58 | 105/300 | 3:29
| 4S | 29 56 | 62 27 | 105/120 | 4:25
| 5S | 31 41 | 62 26 | 105/060 | 4:53
| 6S | 29 56 | 65 57 | 105/240 | 5:48
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| Take off | Landing
| St. Croix, USVI
| 05:29 UTC
| St. Croix, USVI
| 14:19 UTC
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14 dropsondes released, 13 good and sent, 1 bad (IR).
6 AXBTs deployed, all good and sent.
Problems :
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Final flight track |
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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 | Flight Director's log | serial data