OPERATIONS
Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013
G-IV: Is flying the Tropical Cyclogenesis Experiment flight mission. They took off around 1400 UTC (10AM Eastern) from St Croix and will recover back in St. Croix seven hours later. The G-IV will fly the remnants of Gabrielle. No HRD scientists are on this flight.
NOAA42: Is flying the Tropical Cyclogenesis Experiment in the remnants of Gabrielle. Three HRD scientists are on this flight. They took off ~1500 UTC (11AM Eastern) from St. Croix and will recover back in St. Croix eight hours later. NOAA42 is flying a square spiral pattern.
NOAA43: Is flying the Tropical Cyclogenesis Experiment in the remnants of Gabrielle. Three HRD scientists are on this flight. They took off ~1500 UTC (11AM Eastern) from St. Croix and will recover back in St. Croix eight hours later. NOAA43 is flying various module patterns.
Sunday, Sept. 8, 2013
G-IV: Is tentatively scheduled to fly the Tropical Cyclogenesis Experiment flight mission. They will take off at 1400 UTC (10AM Eastern) from St Croix and recover back in St. Croix. The G-IV will fly the remnants of Gabrielle. No HRD scientist are on this flight.
NOAA42: Is tentatively scheduled to fly the Tropical Cyclogenesis Experiment in the remnants of Gabrielle. Three HRD scientists will be on this flight. The plan is to take off ~1400 UTC (10AM Eastern) from St. Croix and recover back in St. Croix. NOAA42 will fly a square spiral pattern.
NOAA43: Is scheduled to fly the NESDIS Ocean Winds and Rain Experiment in the remnants of Gabrielle. Three HRD scientists will be on this flight. The plan is to take take off ~1400 UTC (10AM Eastern) from St. Croix and recover back in St. Croix. NOAA43 will fly a figure four pattern.
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