NASA’S GENESIS AND RAPID INTENSIFICATION PROCESSES (GRIP) FIELD EXPERIMENT

• Published in: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Vol. 94; no. 3; pp. 345 - 363
• Main Authors: Braun, Scott A., Kakar, Ramesh, Zipser, Edward, Heymsfield, Gerald, Albers, Cerese, Brown, Shannon, Durden, Stephen L., Guimond, Stephen, Halverson, Jeffery, Heymsfield, Andrew, Ismail, Syed, Lambrigtsen, Bjorn, Miller, Timothy, Tanelli, Simone, Thomas, Janel, Zawislak, Jon
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Goddard Space Flight Center American Meteorological Society 01.03.2013
• Subjects: Aerosols; Aircraft; Dropsondes; Eddies; Energy conversion; Experiments; Hurricanes; Lidar; Meteorology; Meteorology And Climatology; Ocean circulation; Precipitation; Radar; Rain; Remote sensing; Satellites; Space flight; Storms; Vehicular flight; Water outflow; Wind shear; Wind velocity; Hurricane; Remote Sensing; Rapid Intensification

In August–September 2010, NASA, NOAA, and the National Science Foundation (NSF) conducted separate but closely coordinated hurricane field campaigns, bringing to bear a combined seven aircraft with both new and mature observing technologies. NASA's Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes (G...