Mission Summary

19831013I1 N43RF
Hurricane Tico 1983

Flight Crew ( N43RF )
FlightDirectr Darby
Pilot Turner
Pilot Noble
Navigator Nelson
FlightEnginer Ricci
Radio Operatr Calvert
ElectEngineer Schricker
ElectEngineer Dugranrut
Electric Tech Stone

Scientific Crew ( N43RF )
Lead Proj Sci Jorgensen NHRL
Radar Science Bogert NHRL
Radar Science LeMone NCAR
Cloud Physics Churchill UWash
Doppler Sci Lord NHRL

Take off Landing
Acapulco, Mexico 1504 UTC Acapulco, Mexico 2216 UTC

Mission Summary :

Raindband and water-budget experiment, Hurricane Tico, 7 fixes, two planes, mission aborted
The flight took off from Acapulco, Mexico at 1504Z on 10/13/1983 and landed at Acapulco, Mexico at 2216Z with 7 penetrations.


Mission Data :

1 second data

Flight Director log | Lead Scientist log | Radar log | Cloud Physics log


Flight Track

Temp & Dew Point

Wind & Altitude

Data Tapes
Radar 13 1556 Z2200 Z
Doppler 11 1607 Z2135 Z
PMS cloudphy 22 1614 Z2136 Z
OAO Standard 1 1504 Z2217 Z
Slow 1 1504 Z2217 Z

Films
Nose film 1 1504 Z2216 Z
Right film 1 1504 Z2216 Z
Left film 1 1504 Z2216 Z


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