N49RF Performance Characteristics
- NOAA's Gulfstream-IVSP is a state of the art, high altitude research platform
- Certified ceiling--45,000 ft (12 km),
- range--4075 nm (7000 km),
- true air speed--440 kt (240 m/s).
- Instrumentation to provide:
- 1-Hz flight-level data
- GPS dropwindsonde system
- Tail Doppler Radar
- AVAPS Workstation with 9600 BD satellite communications link
- G-IV enhances NOAA's tropical cyclone forecast capability in 3 basic areas:
- Improve track forecasts
- Provide a platform to develop the next generation reconnaissance capability
- Research into intensity change and storm motion
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Updated Feb. 26, 2014
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