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NOAA P-3 N42RF

WINTER OCEAN WINDS

Flight ID: 060223H

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.

Dewpoint sensor #1 values were removed and patched (.2) during the time frame:

231900Z – 232655Z. Also dewpoint sensor #1 values were replaced with dewpoint sensor #2 values from 005524Z – 010511Z and 013208Z – 014508Z.

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 1023.0 mb	1024.8 mb

Corrected Tower Pressure 1019.8 mb	1022.2 mb

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

A. Barry Damiano

2005-10-14T11:04:00