Neal Dorst talks about human efforts to stop hurricanes in Florida Today
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NOAA’s G-IV jet will collect data over Karl this afternoon
The G-IV jet is set to take off in about an hour to fly around and over Karl for a 7.5 hour mission. The jet will collect data over and around the surrounding environment of Karl. Below is the proposed flight track. The dots on the flight track (shown in green) represent the aircraft turn points. […]
Hurricane Field Program Update – Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016 11AM Eastern
OPERATIONS Wednesday, 21 Sept. 2016 NOAA43: Flew a research mission into Karl. Take off was around 0600 UTC (2AM Eastern) to and from St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. Three HRD scientists were on this flight. G-IV: Is scheduled to fly a research mission around and over Karl. Take off is scheduled for 1730 UTC (1:30PM Eastern) to and from St. Croix, […]
It’s a second flight into Tropical Storm Karl for the NOAA P3 aircraft
NOAA’s P3 hurricane hunter aircraft is set to fly into Tropical Storm Karl. They will take off at 2AM for an eight hour mission from St. Croix. The data collected on this and all the flights helps us understand the interaction between Karl and its surrounding environment. Below is the proposed flight track. The dots […]
Here are our flight plans for collecting data in Tropical Storm Karl
NOAA’s hurricane hunter aircraft will fly today to collect data in, around, and over Tropical Storm Karl. Currently the aircraft are stationed in St. Croix. The G-IV will take off first at 1:30PM (1730 UTC) followed by NOAA43 that will take off at 2:00PM (1800 UTC). The objective for these two missions is to collect data. This information […]
Hurricane Field Program Update – Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016 11AM Eastern
OPERATIONS Tuesday, 20 Sept. 2016 G-IV: Is scheduled to fly a research mission into Tropical Storm Karl. Take off is scheduled for 1730 UTC (1:30PM Eastern) to and from St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. No HRD scientists will be on this flight. NOAA43: Is scheduled to fly a research mission into Karl. Take off is scheduled […]
Digital copies of Ted Fujita and Roger Wakimoto’s hurricane landfall analyses now available
After the landfall of very strong hurricanes, NOAA contracted with Drs. Ted Fujita of the University of Chicago and Roger Wakimoto of the University of California Los Angeles to produce damage surveys of the affected areas. With the help of Duane J. Stiegler, survey teams visited the devastated areas to assess the wind effects using […]
Hurricane Field Program Update – Monday, Sept. 19, 2016 11AM Eastern
OPERATIONS Monday, 19 Sept. 2016 NOAA43: Is scheduled ferry down to St. Croix, US Virgin Islands to begin future flights into Karl. G-IV: Is scheduled ferry down to St. Croix,US Virgin Islands to begin future flights into Karl. Global Hawk: No flights are scheduled. Tuesday, 20 Sept. 2016 G-IV: Is scheduled to fly a research mission into Tropical Storm […]
Reddit Science AMA with NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters – 22 September 2016
NOAA will host a Reddit Ask Me Anything (AMA) about the Science of Hurricane Hunting to Improve Forecasts on September 22, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. Hurricane scientist Frank Marks, Sc.D., Director of the Hurricane Research Division at AOML and NOAA Corps Lieutenant Commander Justin Kibbey, a veteran P-3 pilot, will answer questions. For more details […]
HRD Debrief for missions into Hurricane Hermine – 15 September 2016
HRD researchers discussed the results from the 11 P-3 missions into AL99, TD9, and eventually Hurricane Hermine (25 August to 2 September 2016). The agenda for the discussion was: Slides from the debrief are available at: ftp://ftp.aoml.noaa.gov/pub/hrd/blog/meetings/2016/HFP/Hermine_debrief.pptx.zip
