Firsts

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• first 3-plane synoptic surveillance mission in Bonnie (980820) (four more)
• first NASA DC-8 and ER-2 missions into an Atlantic Hurricane in Bonnie (980823)
• first coordinated six-plane mission in Bonnie (980924): 2 WP-3D, DC-8, ER-2, WC-130, and G-IVSP
• first 3-plane VME mission with drops from 35,000 ft using NASA DC 8 in Danielle (980829)
• first two-dimensional wave-spectra measurements from the NASA/GSFC Scanning Radar Altimeter (SRA) in Hurricane Bonnie (980824) (repeated in Earl and Georges)
• first direct storm surge measurements from SRA in Bonnie (980826) (repeated in Earl and Georges)
• first airborne profiler (C-SCAT/VSDR) measurements in a hurricane (Georges)
• first instrumented tower (Texas Tech) observations on land during landfall of TS Charlie (980822) (repeated in Bonnie, Charlie, Earl, and Georges - also Clemson and University Oklahoma towers)
• first dual-DOW (University Oklahoma/NCAR) deployment during landfall of Bonnie (980826) (repeated in Georges 980928)
• first portable profiler (University Alabama/Huntsville) deployment during landfall of Earl (980902) (repeated in Georges 980928)
• first (University Oklahoma/NSSL) mobile mesonet surface observations made during landfall of Hurricane Georges (980927 in FL and 980928 in MS and AL)
• first C-MAN high time resolution data set recorded at Cape San Blas, FL in Earl (980902)
• first NASA/ER-2 Doppler radar (EDOP) data set in a hurricane in Bonnie (980823)
• first dual-PRF airborne Doppler radar measurements in a hurricane in Bonnie (980820)
• first EVTD wind field transmitted to NOAA TPC/NHC during Danielle VME (980929) (repeated in Georges)
• first GBEVTD wind field run on KEVX WSR-88D level IV products at NHC in Earl (980902)

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Updated Thursday, 15 October 1998