The NOAA Gulfstream IV


General Information
Specialized data base
Datasets in the FASTEX Central Archive
Information on available data
Flights
Data selection page

General Information
  • Description
  • Name : Gulfstream IV SP
  • Owner : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
  • Operator : Aircraft Operations Center (AOC)
  • Tail Number : N49RF
  • In-air call sign : NOAA 49
  • Location:
  • Home site : MaxDill Air Force Base, Tampa, Florida
  • Base during FASTEX: Shannon Airport, Ireland
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  • FASTEX Instruments
  • C-Band nose radar
  • GPS Dropwindsondes ( more information on the NCAR/ATD Web server dropsonde Page )
  • flight level data
  • Aircraft characteristics and instrumentation
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    Specialized data base :

  • NOAA/NSSL for high resolution dropsonde data
    (thermodynamic and wind data collected every 0.5 second)


    • Data sets in the FASTEX Central Archive:

  • Low resolution dropsonde data
  • High resolution dropsonde data
  • Aircraft in-situ meteorological data
  • Retrieved TEMP from hi. res dropsonde data


    • Information on available data in the FASTEX Central Archive

  • Low and High resolution dropsounding data per hour
  • In-situ Meteorological Measurements


    • Miscellaneous information

  • Gulfstream IV flights during FASTEX

    FT = Flight track
    CR = Chief Scientists Report

    # IOPTake offBlock inCommentsFTCR
    04 17 Jan 09:00Z17 Jan 15:40Z MSA mission. 28 dropsondes X X
    05 22 Jan 10:33Z22 Jan 13:54Z MSA mission. No dropsonde. X
    06 23 Jan 17:57Z24 Jan 01:20Z MSA mission. 22 dropsondes
    		X
    07 25 Jan 17:00Z25 Jan 23:30Z NUS mission. 28 dropsondes. X X
    08 29 Jan 09:00Z29 Jan 16:10Z Shannon-Greenland-Shannon. 19 dropsondes X X
    09 01 Feb 09:00Z01 Feb 16:00Z Shannon-Greenland-St Johns. FUS mission. 30 dropsondes X X
    10 03 Feb 15:30Z03 Feb 21:15Z St Johns-Shannon. FUS mission
    38 dropsondes     		X X
    11 05 Feb 22:30Z06 Feb 04:00Z MSA mission. 42 dropsondes X X
    11A08 Feb 09:30Z08 Feb 15:00Z Shannon-St Johns. NUS+FUS mission. 26 dropsondes. X X
    12 09 Feb 09:21Z09 Feb 13:23Z St Johns-Shannon. Ferry. No dropsonde. X X
    14 13 Feb 12:00Z13 Feb 17:00Z Shannon-St Johns. Ferry. No dropsonde. X
    15 15 Feb 03:00Z15 Feb 09:30Z St_Johns-Shannon through Low 38. NUS mission. 30 dropsondes. X X
    16 17 Feb 08Z17 Feb 13Z Shannon-St.Johns. Ferry. No dropsonde. X X
    17 17 Feb 15Z17 Feb 20:30Z FUS Targetting flight nearby Saint-Johns. 22 dropsondes. X X
    17 18 Feb 15:00Z18 Feb 22:00Z St Johns-Shannon through Low 41. NUS+FUS mission. 54 dropsondes. X X
    17 19 Feb 17:46Z20 Feb 00:50Z Cyclone phase through Low41. MSA mission. 37 dropsondes. X X
    18 22 Feb 08:00Z22 Feb 14:30Z Shannon-to-Goose Bay. FUS target mission on Low 44. 28 dropsondes. X X
    18 22 Feb 16:30Z22 Feb 21:10Z Goose Bay-to-Shannon. NUS+FUS mission on Low 44. 33 dropsondes. X X
    19 27 Feb 10:00Z27 Feb 17:30Z MSA mission. 48 dropsondes.


    • Updated : 2 Sept 1999
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