Mission Summary
20161008I2 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 OperatorJames Wernecke
MechanicLonnie Kregelka

Scientific Crew (43RF)

Scientific Crew (43RF)
LPSJoe CioneHRD
Lead ScientistPaul ChangNESDIS
RadarEvan KalinaHRD
DropsKelly RyanHRD
ObserverAaron Faberunk
ObserverJerry Dellingerunk
MediaMark ClarkABC News

Scientific Crew (Ground)
RadarPaul ReasorHRD

Mission Plan :


Proposed flight track

Detail 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 08, 2016 10:00:00 AM
Aircraft: N43RF
Proposed takeoff: 08/1800Z
DROP LOCATION TABLE
# LAT LON RAD/AZM Time
deg min deg min n mi/deg hr:min
1S31 5680 15 90/2251:58
2S34 0477 44 90/0452:47
3S33 2179 25 30/3153:13
4S31 5677 45 90/1353:45
5S33 0077 13 90/0904:05
6S33 0079 36 30/2704:37
7 32 0679 004:55
8 32 0678 484:58
9 32 2478 485:04
10 32 2479 125:10
11 32 0679 125:16
12 32 0679 005:20
13 32 2479 005:26
14 32 2478 485:29
15 32 4278 485:35
16 32 4279 125:41
17 32 2479 125:47
18 32 2479 005:51
19 32 4279 005:57
20 32 4278 486:00
21 33 0078 486:06
22 33 0079 126:12
23 32 4279 126:18
24 32 4279 006:22
25 33 0079 006:28
Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
MacDill AFB, FL 19:03 UTC MacDill AFB, FL 00:42 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 | Ground Radar Scientist's log | Dropsonde Scientist's log

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


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