20171005H1 mission

Mission Summary
20171005H1 Aircraft 42RF
Tropical Storm Nate
Ocean Survey

**Aircraft Crew (42RF)**
Aircraft Commander	Price
Co-pilot	Mitchell
Co-pilot	Rees
Flight Engineer	Ken Heystek
Flight Engineer	Mike Sanchez
Navigator	Sloan
Flight Director	Jess Williams
System Engineer	James Warnecke
Data Technician	Mike Mascaro
Dropsonde Operator	Patel

Scientific Crew (aircraft)
Lead Scientist Jun Zhang HRD
Radar Scientist Josh Wadler
AXBT Scientist Benjamin Jaime UMiami
Observer Kevin Doremus unk
Observer Brian Richards unk

**Scientific Crew (aircraft)**
Lead Scientist	Jun Zhang	HRD
Radar Scientist	Josh Wadler
AXBT Scientist	Benjamin Jaime	UMiami
Observer	Kevin Doremus	unk
Observer	Brian Richards	unk

Mission Plan :

NOAA 42RF (N42) will perform an HRD-tasked Ocean Survey mission ahead of Tropical Storm Nate.

Proposed flight track for 20171005H1
Green lines are tracks of floating buoys

Actual flight track for 20171005H1

TDR MISSION PLAN: Nate
Prepared by the Hurricane Research Division September 21, 2017 Aircraft: N42RF Proposed takeoff: 26/0500Z
DROP LOCATION TABLE
#	LAT	LON
	deg min	deg min
1	-85.50	28.00
2	-86.00	28.00
3	-86.50	28.00
4	-87.00	28.00
5	-87.50	28.00
6	-88.00	28.00
7	-88.50	28.00
8	-89.00	28.00
9	-89.50	28.00
10	-90.00	28.00
11	-90.50	28.00
12	-90.50	27.00
13	-90.00	27.00
14	-89.50	27.00
15	-89.00	27.00
16	-88.50	27.00
17	-88.00	27.00
18	-87.50	27.00
19	-87.00	27.00
20	-86.50	27.00
21	-86.00	27.00
22	-85.50	27.00
23	-85.50	26.00
24	-86.00	26.00
25	-86.50	26.00
26	-87.00	26.00
27	-87.50	26.00
28	-88.00	26.00
29	-88.50	26.00
30	-89.00	26.00
31	-89.50	26.00
32	-90.00	26.00
33	-90.50	26.00
34	-90.50	25.00
35	-90.00	25.00
36	-89.50	25.00
37	-89.00	25.00
38	-88.50	25.00
39	-88.00	25.00
40	-87.50	25.00
41	-87.00	25.00
42	-86.50	25.00
43	-86.00	25.00
44	-85.50	25.00