N49RF Instrumentation

• Aircraft position and attitude
  High Altitude Radar Altimeter
  GPS-PPS (precision positioning system)
  flow angle pressure transducers

• Meteorological parameters
  pressure
  temperature
  humidity

• Remote sensing
  PRT-5 radiometer (downward)
  C-band Nose Radar

• Airborne Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System (AVAPS)

• Data Processing
  Main Aircraft Data System (MADS)
  Hurricane Analysis Processing System (HAPS)

• Communications
  SATCOM satellite communication
  HF, UHF, and VHF radio communication

For information about the instrumentation Alan.S.Goldstein@noaa.gov

For information about the HAPS Joe.Griffin@noaa.gov

Updated Dec. 8, 1995