Mission Summary
20021002 H1 Aircraft 42RF
NESDIS Ocean-wind survey mission into Hurricane Lili

Scientific Crew (42RF)
Lead scientistPaul Chang (NESDIS)
Workstation scientistPaul Leighton


Mission Briefing:

NOAA N42RF flew an ocean-wind survey experiment into Hurricane Lili. It departed MacDill AFB at noon and recovered at MacDill AFB at 9 PM.


Mission Synopsis

List of sonde drops
Drop # Sonde ID Time
(UTC)
Latitude
°N
Longitude
°W
101371805317342325.42510-88.52540
201363523417451425.41780-89.35450
301363526617475825.41030-89.57250
401371502418354825.50300-89.55650
501363526518365925.56250-89.61290
601394514418382225.59100-89.71320
701371505319174525.91980-89.70840
801396803919185425.85590-89.71640
901371504719192025.83240-89.71960
1001371505119310225.82500-89.76700
1101371501919314325.81410-89.73320
1201396803819323225.79010-89.69340
1301394515119324925.78100-89.68080
1401371504819374325.82280-89.74560
1501394514119415825.88740-89.73790
1601396803619501125.92910-89.69490
1701371805419513825.87100-89.72580
1801371505219545325.84540-89.95170
1901371504620130125.90130-89.98000
2001394513720160225.91210-89.77130
2101394515620184225.91420-89.60820
2201394515220593026.54170-89.26760
2301396812621053626.32890-89.64130
2401396809121100326.17700-89.93400
2501396800521125226.04960-90.09710
2601396812321183425.89180-89.67510
2701396808821362426.03740-89.92940
2801396812821392126.17580-90.08880
2901396807621430026.33210-90.01630
3001396807521455126.43680-89.90240
3101396807922012026.40740-89.99180
3201396800622034026.30680-90.14550
3301394518622052026.23450-90.25190
3401396809022203726.39890-90.06460
3501396812222210926.41880-90.03180
3601396812722365826.49620-90.10660
3701371503622470326.44030-90.10100
3801394515322472326.44180-90.07960
3901396807722473926.44200-90.06110
4001397815622480326.44150-90.03610
4101371503323021226.59230-90.25000
4201371504023024226.62850-90.24840
4301371504223030626.65510-90.24780
4401394513823032726.67880-90.24790
4501371503523101227.14070-90.25240
4601397815323130127.33880-90.25420
4701371503123160327.54710-90.25710

PDF of flight track

PDF of drop locations


Mission Data

PDF plots of dropsonde data

One minute listing

Flight Data


Flight track detail

Temperature and Moisture

Wind and Atlitude

Flight track

Flight track ferry in

Flight track ferry out


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