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  • Complete three-dimensional mapping of a tropical cyclone within 1000 km of the center from 100 m deep in the ocean to 65,000 ft in the atmosphere in Hurricane Humberto (COVES experiment) 23 and 24 September 2001.
  • High-volume precipitation sampler (HVPS), with twice the sampling volume than our usual sensors, observations of ice and rain particles in tropical cyclones Humberto (N42RF).
  • Combined CN/CCN measurements in tropical cyclone environment Chantal, and again in Erin, Gabrielle, and Humberto (N42RF).
  • GPS-sonde from 65,000 ft (ER-2) Chantal and again in Erin, Gabrielle, and Humberto.
  • GPS-sonde in the eye from 65,000 ft (ER-2) Erin.
  • Full-up GPS-sonde measurements in tropical cyclone environment (ER-2, WP-3D) Chantal and again in Erin, Gabrielle, and Humberto.
  • Dual-polarized, dual-wavelength (Ka- and Ku-band) radar data collected in a tropical cyclone (DC-8) in Humberto.
  • SMART-R C-band Doppler radar measurements in tropical cyclone Gabrielle.
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