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NOAA P-3 N42RF

WINTER OCEAN WINDS

Flight ID: 060209H

Sensor or system	Number or Name

INE	2

Accelerometer	2

Temperature Probe	1

Dew Point Probe	1 (General Eastern)

Altitude (for vertical wind)	Pressure Altitude

Static Pressure	Rosemount Fuselage

Dynamic Pressure	Rosemount Fuselage 1281

Time Source	Micro 99

Constants File	CO3061.CON (HP)

n42_ocwnds06.adc

Notes:

There were three time/data gaps:

195853Z – 195859Z, 001629Z – 001634Z and 001702Z – 001725Z.

These data/time gaps could lead to erroneous vertical wind values.

The King and Johnson-Williams Liquid Water sensors were unavailable during the flight.

During the flight there were instances where dewpoint temperature exceeded derived ambient temperature. This occurred primarily during heavy precipitation events.

All other sensors worked optimally.

The selected aircraft INE positions were renavigated with respect to GPS.

SPECIAL NOTE!!!	Locations 80, 81 and 82 of record five on the HP standard tape, and the variable names dpj_wgs, dpj_was and dpj_wz in the netCDF file represent vertical ground, vertical air and vertical wind speeds, respectively, computed using Dave Jorgensen’s vertical wind algorithm. It is recommended that these values be used for vertical wind analysis.

Takeoff	Landing

Aircraft Static Pressure 1005.0 mb	997.4 mb

Corrected Tower Pressure 1001.6 mb	996.2 mb

Flight Director:	A. Barry Damiano (813) 828-3310 ext. 3073

2005-10-14T11:04:00