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NOAA P-3 N42RF

WINTER OCEAN WINDS

Flight ID: 060220H

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 no time/data gaps.

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

From 232100Z – 232423 RA159 output was replaced with the value 1. From 232424Z – 232642Z RA159 output was replaced with altitude values from the ASHTECH GPS.

Dewpoint sensor #1 values were replaced with Dewpoint sensor #2 values during the following time frames: 234958Z – 235855Z and 032149Z – 032952Z. Dewpoint sensor #1 values were modified between 0105Z – 0109Z and 0205Z – 0210Z using auto regressive techniques.

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 1016.2 mb	1014.0 mb

Corrected Tower Pressure 1013.7 mb	1012.7 mb

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

2005-10-14T11:04:00