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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) |
178 93 17 |
569 sondes ~240 sondes, 48 AXBTs ~10 sondes |
Air-sea Interaction (p. 41 HFP) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
1 : WP-3D (single-plane) | 8 |
38 sondes,8 AXBTs |
Reconnaissance |
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 |