Mission Plan :

NOAA 42RF (N42) will perform an HRD-tasked Doppler Winds LIDAR and COYOTE mission into Hurricane Maria. Takeoff from Lakeland is at 1700Z . Following the Figure-4 vortex survey, aircraft will turn downwind and then release first Coyote UAS at Pt 5. Aircraft will then navigate in a lawnmower pattern toward the eye. The second Coyote UAS will be released within the eye. As during previous flight, aircraft circumnavigate with repeated penetrations into and out of the eyewall, maintaining close communications with the Coyote UAS as the Coyote spirals outward into the eyewall. N42 flight altitude will be 8000-10000ft. The pattern may be updated for center position at time of mission. To the extent possible, keep straight legs heading to center during the initial Figure-4, as TDR data will be transmitted to EMC in real time.

Proposed flight track for 20170923H1

Detail of proposed flight track for 20170923H1

Final flight track for 20170923H1

Mission Summary :

Expendables: 3 COYOTEs, 15 AXBTs (1 bad), 21 dropsondes (15 IR, 2 RD41, 2 test)

Mission Evaluation:

Problems :

NetCDF SFMR data
Timeseries wind, rain rate, and pressure plots
Flight level wind plots full flight	Flight level wind plots in storm
SFMR wind plots full flight	SFMR wind plots in storm

COYOTE #1 data 15:34-18:46 Z COYOTE #2 data 19:26-19:56 Z COYOTE #3 data 20:21-20:51 Z

Flight track	Temperature and Moisture	Wind and Atlitude
Flight track detail

LPS log | Radar log | DWL log | Drop log
SFMR data | Flight Director's manifest NetCDF data | serial data | 1 second data

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