Mission Summary
20161006I2 Aircraft 43RF
Hurricane Matthew

Aircraft Crew (43RF)
Aircraft CommanderChris Kerns
Co-pilotNate Kahn
Co-pilotCathy Martin
Flight EngineerBrigham
Flight EngineerChris Lalonde
NavigatorTim Gallagher
NavigatorPete Freeman
Flight DirectorJack Parrish
Flight DirectorJess Williams
Data TechnicianBobby Peek
Data TechnicianDana Naeher
Dropsonde OperatorSteve Paul

Scientific Crew (43RF)
LPSJoe Cione(HRD)
RadarEvan Kalina(HRD)
DropsKelly Ryan(HRD)
ObserverJoe Sapp(UMass)
ObserverJ.C. Clark(AOC)
ObserverLt. Miller(OPC)

Mission Plan :


Proposed flight track

Final flight track

NOAA43 will fly a EMC-tasked Tail Doppler Radar mission into Hurricane Matthew east of Florida.

MISSION PLAN: MATTHEW
Prepared by Hurricane Research Division
Prepared by the Hurricane Research Division File: current1.ftk
October 06, 2016 10:00:00 AM
Aircraft: N43RF
Proposed takeoff: 6/1800Z
DROP LOCATION TABLE
# LAT LON RAD/AZM Time
deg min deg min n mi/deg hr:min
1S24 3879 28 90/2251:53
2S26 4677 07 90/0452:42
3S26 4679 29 90/3153:16
4S24 3877 08 90/1354:05
5S25 4276 38 90/0904:24
6S25 4279 58 90/2705:12
7S24 1278 18 90/1805:47
8S27 1278 18 90/0006:36
Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
MacDill AFB, FL 17:52 UTC MacDill AFB, FL 01:46 UTC

Problems :


Mission Data :


Final flight track

Plot of raw High Density Obs

Plot of raw Flight Level winds

Plot of raw SFMR winds

Flight track

Temperature and Moisture

Wind and Atlitude

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

Flight Director's log | Flight Director's manifest | NetCDF data
1 second data | SFMR data | serial data


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