WHO, WHEN, WHERE, HOW

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• Hurricane Research Division (HRD), NOAA/AOML (Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory) - Dr. Hugh Willoughby (Director); public affairs officer (PAO): Jana Goldman (301-713-2483); in Miami: Erica Van Coverden (305-361-4541)
• Aircraft Operations Center (AOC), Office of Marine and Aviation Operations - CAPT Robert Maxson (Director); PAO: Lori Sumner (813-828-3310 x3072) (2 WP-3D and a G-IVSP research aircraft)
• Tropical Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center (TPC/NHC), NOA A/National Weather Service - Max Mayfield (Director); PAO: Frank Lepore (305-229-4470).
• Fourth Convection and Moisture Experiment (CAMEX-4) - NASA - Dr. Ramesh Kakar (Project Manager); PAO: David Steitz (202-358-1730) (DC-8 and ER-2 research aircraft)
• Environment Canada's Atmsopheric Environment Service (AES) and Institute for Aerospace Research (IAR), Flight Research Laboratory - AES - Dr. James Abraham (Convair 580 research aircraft)
• U.S. Weather Research Program, Bob Gall, Lead Scientist ; Russ Elsberry, Associate Lead Scientist for Hurricane Landfall

Other groups providing support:

• 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, U.S. Air Force Reserve - 403rd Wing, PAO: Michele Rivera (228-377-2056) (WC-130 reconnaissance aircraft)
• Chief, Airborne Reconnaissance Coordination, All Hurricanes, (CARCAH), U.S. Air Force Reserve

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WHO, WHEN, WHERE, HOW

NOAA Hurricane Field Program: 9 August - 10 October 2001

CAMEX-4: 15 August - 24 September 2001

Canadi an Extra-tropical Transition flights: 15 September - 2 November 2001

Atlantic Hurricane Frequency (1896-1996)

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WHO, WHEN, WHERE, HOW

NOAA HFP: Anywhere in the Atlantic or east Pacific Basin : primary base of operations: MacDill AFB, FL other bases: Miami, FL; St. Croix, USVI	NOAA HFP Flight Area
CAMEX-4: Flights within 1200 nm of Jacksonville NAS, FL
Canadian Extra-tropical Transition flights:	primary base of operations: Halifax, NS Operate north of 40°N

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WHO, WHEN, WHERE, HOW

Each year HRD receives 100-200 flight hours to use NOAA WP-3D aircraft for hurricane research and to support TPC/NHC operations. HRD also supports TPC/NHC operations by designing flight tracks and processing dropsonde data from the NOAA G-IVSP aircraft.

RESEARCH

• Staff designs and executes (fly on the aircraft) experiments to study hurricane behavior (track and intensity).
• Same scientists analyze data and publish papers describing results.

SUPPORT OPERATIONS

• Transmit real-time information to TPC/NHC and NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction via an aircr aft-satellite data link and satellite cell-phone.
• HRD airborne workstation generates dropsonde, flight-level, and radar products for transmission.
• HRD scientist at TPC/NHC processes aircraft data to generate products for hurricane specialists.

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