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NOAA Hurricane Conference1 December 2009 Miami, FL

NOAA Aircraft Operations Center

MacDill AFB, FL

Jim McFadden, Jack Parrish, Paul Flaherty and Nancy Ash

2009 HURRICANE SEASN

STARTED LATE!

ENDED EARLY!

Total 366.7 hrs. 67 flights

• P-3 197.1 hours 39 flights

• G-IV 169.6 hours 28 flights

FY09 Hurricane Summary

Total 689.4 hrs. 115 flights

• P-3P-3 422.1 hours422.1 hours 64 flights64 flights

• G-IVG-IV 192.1 hours192.1 hours 26 flights26 flights

FY08 Hurricane Summary

• D.A.D.A. 75.2 hours 75.2 hours 25 flights25 flights

Total 272.7 hrs. 45 flights

• P-3 207.9 hours 37 flights

• G-IV 64.8 hours 9 flights

FY07 Hurricane Summary

Tropical Storm Missions

Hurricane Felicia (EP)

TS Ana

Hurricane Bill

TS Danny

2009 NOAA HURRICANE CONFERENCE

AOC HFIP Activities FY09

Flight Hour and Expendables: $1,507,391

• 100 flight hours purchased/101.5 hrs. flown

• $618.5K for dropsondes resulted in 900 sondes at combined old and new prices.

• $150K for AXBT rcvrs. deferred to FY10.

• $290K for AXBT/AXCP and AXCTDs - 60 AXCPs for $98,312 ordered and received.

• One AXBT Gulf survey mission flown in FY09.

• FY09 totas were 67 flts. For 366.1 hrs.

Gulfstream IV-SP (G-IV) (1)

DeHavilland Twin Otter (4)

Lockheed WP-3D Orion (2) Gulfstream Jet Prop (1) Rockwell Aero Commander (2)

Cessna Citation II (1)

NOAA Aircraft StatusNOAA Aircraft Status7 Types – 12 Aircraft7 Types – 12 AircraftNOAA Aircraft StatusNOAA Aircraft Status7 Types – 12 Aircraft7 Types – 12 Aircraft

King Air 350 (1)

2009 Program Accomplishments

P-3s Hurricane FIP, research and reconnaissance, Ocean Winds Winter/Summer, Outreach

G-IV T-PARC Winter, Winter Storms Reonnaissance, Hurricane FIP, research and surveillance

Twin Otters

NERW, SERW, COMIDA, BWASP, BOFEST, Sea Turtles, Delphinids, Stellar Sea Lions, CSD LIDAR, LMR

Citation Coastal Mapping, GRAV-D

Turbo Cmdr

Snow Survey, Harbor Seals, Stellar Sea Lions

Shrikes Snow Survey, Harbor Seals, Stellar Sea Lions

King Air 350

RSD, Coastal Mapping

All Training, Public Outreach

T-PARC / WSR2009

Bowhead Whale Feeding Ecology Study (BOWFEST)

FY09 Flight Hours

Acft. Svcs. Hrs.Acft. Svcs. Hrs. 2,821.92,821.9

Prog. Fund. Hrs.Prog. Fund. Hrs. 1,188.71,188.7

Reimbrs. Hrs.Reimbrs. Hrs. 481.1 481.1

TotalTotal 4.491.74.491.7

FY09 Heavy Aircraft Goals

AOC focuses AOC focuses FY09FY09 on the Service on the Service Depot Level Depot Level MaintenanceMaintenance of the WP-3D of the WP-3D N42RFN42RF, installation of , installation of P-3P-3 and and G-IVG-IV radarradar modifications, upgrades to modifications, upgrades to P-3P-3 high-high-speed satcomspeed satcom system, installation of the new system, installation of the new aircraft aircraft data systemsdata systems, integration of the , integration of the new dropsonde new dropsonde systemsystem, completion of the , completion of the 33rdrd P-3 overhaul P-3 overhaul, rollout of , rollout of the Citation replacement the Citation replacement King Air 350King Air 350, and , and integrationintegration of these two aircraft in FY 09.of these two aircraft in FY 09.

FY10 Plans

• 680 Hr. Hurricane Ops. (P-3/G-IV)680 Hr. Hurricane Ops. (P-3/G-IV)

• 2435 Acft. Svcs. Flt. Hrs. 2435 Acft. Svcs. Flt. Hrs.

• 180 Hr. LA Basin AQ Study (P-3)180 Hr. LA Basin AQ Study (P-3)

• 310 Hr. Winter Storm Ops. (G-IV)310 Hr. Winter Storm Ops. (G-IV)

• 2429 Pgm./Reimb Flt. Hrs. 2429 Pgm./Reimb Flt. Hrs.

FY10 Issues

• G-IV Tail Doppler Radar G-IV Tail Doppler Radar

• 3rd P-3 Delivery 3rd P-3 Delivery

Foam (AFFF) Incident at IMP May 18, 2008

Picture Taken Sunday night by Dave Gossen He was one of the First Responders

2009 T-PRC and WSR-09

2009 T-PRC and WSR-09

G-IV OSAT Flight Profiles

WSR-88D IntercomparisonWSR-88D Intercomparison

Convection Intercomp.

Convection Intercomp.

FY10 Issues

• G-IV Tail Doppler Radar G-IV Tail Doppler Radar

• 3rd P-3 Delivery and Syst. Install 3rd P-3 Delivery and Syst. Install

• P-3 Radar UpgradeP-3 Radar Upgrade

• Data System Upgrade (AAMPS)Data System Upgrade (AAMPS)

• Hi-speed SATCOM upgradeHi-speed SATCOM upgrade

• Sufficient Personnel for aboveSufficient Personnel for above

FY10 Issues

Questions?Questions?