A NOAA P-3 ("Kermit") mission into Tropical Storm Barry this morning successfully sampled the structure of the storm and completed data collection objectives for NOAA/NCEP Environmental Modeling Center (EMC). Shown below, they completed a rotated Figure 4 pattern, four passes through the center, dropping dropsondes throughout the pattern and collecting valuable Doppler radar data. The … Continue reading Hurricane Field Program Update — Friday, July 12, 2019
Category: IFEX – Hurricane Field Program
Daily updates on NOAA’s Intensity Forecast Experiment including HRD’s Hurricane Field Program and operational and NESDIS partners
Hurricane Field Program Update — Thursday, July 11, 2019
The second EMC-tasked NOAA P-3 (NOAA 42, aka "Kermit") mission into Tropical Storm Barry successfully completed their flight objectives this morning, landing back in Lakeland, FL around 11 am EDT. Below shows the completed flight pattern, in which the crew flew a "butterfly" pattern sampling multiple legs through the developing center of the storm. After the … Continue reading Hurricane Field Program Update — Thursday, July 11, 2019
Hurricane Field Program Update — Wednesday, July 10, 2019
The first NOAA P-3 mission of the 2019 hurricane season is scheduled to takeoff from Lakeland, FL at 4 pm EDT (2000 UTC) this afternoon to sample Potential Tropical Cyclone Two in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. The P-3 "Kermit" (NOAA42) will fly a lawnmower pattern (shown below) to collect data for NOAA's National Centers … Continue reading Hurricane Field Program Update — Wednesday, July 10, 2019
2019 Hurricane Field Program Plan now available
One of the key aspects of NOAA’s Mission is, “To understand and predict changes in the climate, weather, oceans, and coasts...” with a long-term goal of achieving a, “Weather-ready Nation,” in which society is able to prepare for, and respond to, weather-related events. This objective specifies the need to improve the understanding and prediction of … Continue reading 2019 Hurricane Field Program Plan now available
Study of Hurricane Bonnie highlighted in the March issue of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Paper on coherent turbulence in Hurricane Rita measured from the NOAA P3s highlighted in the January issue of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
HRD Monthly Science Meeting of December 2018
December’s science meeting consisted of seven presentations: Dave Raymond: "The Organization of Tropical East Pacific Convection (OTREC) Field Campaign" Xuejin Zhang: "Development of Hurricane Analysis and Forecasting System" Rob Rogers: "Summary of the 2018 HFP-IFEX" Dr. Chris Barnett: "Overview of JPSS Atlantic/SAL Field Campaign Activities" Gus Alaka: "Verification of the 2018 Basin-Scale HWRF" Michael Fischer: … Continue reading HRD Monthly Science Meeting of December 2018
HRD Debrief for missions into Hurricane Michael – 26 October 2018
HRD researchers discussed the results from the 6 P-3 and 3 G-IV missions into Hurricane Michael, AL14 (8-10 October 2018). The agenda for the discussion was: Agenda: Missions Overview (Jon Zawislak) Deployment Overview (Jon Zawislak) 20181008H1 (Kelly Ryan) 20181009H1 (Rob Rogers) 20181009N2 (Jason Dunion/ John Kaplan) 20181009H2/Coyote (Kelly Ryan) 20181010H1 (Rob Rogers/ Jon Zawislak) EMC … Continue reading HRD Debrief for missions into Hurricane Michael – 26 October 2018
HRD Debrief for missions into Hurricane Florence, EP96 Genesis, and G-IV SAL Mission – 22 October 2018
HRD researchers discussed the results from the 3 P-3 and 9 G-IV missions into Hurricane Florence, AL06 (8-13 September 2018). The agenda for the discussion was: Agenda: Missions Overview (Jon Zawislak) Deployment Overview 20180908H1 (Jon Zawislak) 20180909H1 (Jon Zawislak) 20180910H1 (Jon Zawislak) NESDIS / Ocean Winds (Joe Sapp NESDIS) HRD researchers also discussed the results … Continue reading HRD Debrief for missions into Hurricane Florence, EP96 Genesis, and G-IV SAL Mission – 22 October 2018
HRD observation team monthly meeting – 18 October 2018
The purpose of the observation team meetings is to bring together the people who use observations in their research on a regular basis to discuss issues they’re having, provide updates on observations they’re analyzing or collecting, and any other information that may be of interest to the broader group. These meetings are also an excellent … Continue reading HRD observation team monthly meeting – 18 October 2018
