Navigational Parameters | Instruments |
Position, position update (and other required parameters) | INE and GPS |
Radar and pressure altitude | Radar and pressure altimeters |
Meteorological Parameters | |
Free air temperature (derived) | Rosemount total temperature |
Static and dynamic pressure | Rosemount |
Dew point temperature | General Eastern |
Horizontal wind (computed) | INE/TAS; GPS |
Vertical wind (computed) | High-resolution angle of attack, pitch angle, vertical acceleration |
Radiation Parameters | |
Sea surface temperature | AOC modified PRT-5 |
CO2 air temperature | AOC modified PRT-5 |
Long wave radiation | Eppley radiometers |
Miscellaneous Parameters | |
Cloud structure; surface wind | Video photography (nose, side and vertical) |
Momentum flux | Friehe radome-mounted gust probe (10-Hz) |
Example: Time-series of flight-level tangential, radial, and vertical wind components, with surface pressure for Hurricane Hugo (1989)