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WHO, WHEN, WHERE, HOW

NOAA WP-3Ds G-IVSP

NASA ER-2 DC-8

53RD WS AFRES WC-130

Hurricane Research Division (HRD), NOAA/AOML (Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory) - Dr. Hugh Willoughby (Director); public affairs officer (PAO): Dane Konop (301-713-2483, dane.konop@noaa.gov)
Aircraft Operations Center (AOC), Office of NOAA Corps Operations - CAPT Don Winter (Director); PAO: LT Mark Moran (813-828-3310 x3028) (2 WP-3D and a G-IVSP research aircraft)
Tropical Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center (TPC/NHC), NOAA/National Weather Service - Jerry Jarrell (Director); PAO: Frank Lepore (305-229-4470, lepore@nhc.noaa.gov).
Third Convection and Moisture Experiment (CAMEX-3) - NASA - Dr. Ramesh Kakar (Project Manager); PAO: Tim Tyson (256-544-0994, Tim.E.Tyson@msfc.nasa.gov)

Other groups providing support:

53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, U.S. Air Force Reserve http://www.403wg.afrc.af.mil (WC-130 reconnaissance aircraft)
Chief, Airborne Reconnaissance Coordination, All Hurricanes, (CARCAH), U.S. Air Force Reserve carcah@nhc.noaa.gov

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WHO, WHEN, WHERE, HOW

4 August - 31 October 1998

CAMEX-3: 6 August - 23 September

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: Miami, FL
other bases: Tampa, FL; Barbados; St. Croix, Bermuda; Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

NOAA HFP Flight Area

CAMEX-3:

Flights within 1200 nm of Patrick AFB, FL

CAMEX-3

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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 NHC operations. HRD also supports 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 NHC and NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction via an aircraft-satellite data link.
HRD airborne workstation generates dropsonde, flight-level, and radar products for transmission.
HRD workstation at NHC processes aircraft data to generate products for hurricane specialists.

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For information about NOAA Hurricane Field Program marks@aoml.noaa.gov

For information about NASA CAMEX-3 Robbie.Hood@msfc.nasa.gov

Updated Thursday, 15 October 1998