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Experiment

Aircraft

Hours

Expendables

Synoptic Surveillance (p. 6 Hurricane Field Program Plan (HFP))

Alex, Bonnie (1, 2, 3), Danielle, Earl, TD-8, Georges (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (G-IV)), Mitch

20 : G-IV

6: WP-3D (4 two-plane; 2 single-plane)
2 : DC-8; 1: ER2

178

93

17

569 sondes

~240 sondes, 48 AXBTs

~10 sondes

Air-sea Interaction (p. 41 HFP)

Bonnie, Danielle

2 : WP-3D (1 two-plane; 1 single-plane)
1 : DC-8, ER-2

29

16

57 sondes, 48 AXBTs

~10 sondes

Rainband Structure (p. 47 HFP)

Bonnie, TD-8, Georges (ER-2)

2 : WP-3D (single-plane)

2 : DC-8, 3 : ER-2, UND Citation

9

16

55 sondes, 18 AXBTs

~20 sondes

TC Windfields at Landfall (p. 32 HFP)

Bonnie, Earl, Georges

4: WP-3D (single-plane)

2 : DC-8, ER-2, UND Citation

38

24

136 sondes, ~60 AXBTs

~5 sondes

Extended Cyclone Dynamics (XCDX, p. 11 HFP)

Danielle, Georges

2 : WP-3D (single-plane)

2 : DC-8, ER-2

14

20

65 sondes, 23 AXBTs

~15 sondes

Vortex Motion and Evolution (VME, p. 19 HFP)

Danielle

1 : WP-3D (two-plane)

1 : DC-8

19

8

24 sondes,26 AXBTs

33 HRD sondes

Eyewall Vertical Motion Structure Experiment (p.64 HFP)

Mitch

 1 : WP-3D (single-plane)

 8

38 sondes,8 AXBTs

Reconnaissance

Georges

5 - WP-3D (single-plane)

~47

25 sondes, ~5 AXBTs

Total

G-IV (20 sorties)

WP-3D (29 sorties)

NASA (17 sorties)

UND Citation (2 sorties)

178

257

~94

~10

569 sondes

629 sondes, ~236 AXBTs

60 sondes, 33 HRD sondes


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Updated Monday, 19 October 1998