AOML/HRD has concluded research missions in the central North Atlantic. The goal of these flights was to sample the interactions between two tropical waves and the Saharan Air Layer, to gain a better understanding of tropical cyclogenesis processes as part of NOAA APHEX Genesis objectives, and to use model ensembles to target areas of forecast sensitivity to improve model forecasts. This overall effort included:
- Daily flight track planning
- Onboard and ground-based lead project scientist support
- Onboard quality controlling of 78 GPS dropsondes that were transmitted to the Global Telecommunication System
- Successful deployment of 4 Airborne eXpendable BathyThermographs to measure profiles of ocean temperature
- Overflight of a Saildrone uncrewed surface vehicle near Barbados and deployment of a GPS dropsonde and AXBT to measure atmospheric conditions and ocean temperature in proximity to the Saildrone. Data from the aircraft expendables and Saildrone will also be compared.
The NOAA G-I V sampled two tropical waves that did not develop, and the data will be critical in studies of why development didn’t occur. The aircraft and personnel will now return home and wait for the next opportunity to go back into the field.
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