Hurricane Science
The GHRC serves as the DAAC for several of NASA’s field campaigns related to the Hurricane Science Research Program. This includes the Convection and Moisture Experiments (CAMEX) series and the Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes (GRIP) mission. Other campaigns include the Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) Earth Venture 1 mission targeted to investigate the processes that underlie hurricane intensity change in the Atlantic Ocean basin as well as the East Pacific Origins and Characteristics of Hurricanes (EPOCH) campaign, among others. GHRC is collaborating with the Airborne Data Management Group (ADMG) and anticipates hosting additional, older hurricane science campaigns that have not yet been assigned to a DAAC.
NASA training opportunity and sample tropical cyclogenesis or intensification of an Eastern Pacific hurricane over the Pacific Ocean. August 1, 2017 - August 31, 2017.
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/EPOCH/DATA101
Two unmanned Global Hawk aircraft carry instruments to monitor tropical storms and the surrounding environment to investigate the processes that underlie hurricane formation and intensity change in the Atlantic Ocean basin. Field measurements occurred for one month each during the hurricane seasons of 2012-2014.
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/HS3/DATA101
NASA's DC-8 aircraft, the WB-57 aircraft, and the Global Hawk Unmanned Airborne System (UAS) were configured with a suite of in situ and remote sensing instruments to observe and characterize the lifecycle of hurricanes. The GRIP deployment was 15 August – 30 September 2010 with bases in Ft. Lauderdale, FL for the DC-8, at Houston, TX for the WB-57, and at NASA Dryden Flight Research Facility, CA for the Global Hawk.
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GRIP/DATA101
Investigated atmospheric structure, properties and processes in the tropical Eastern Pacific, using aircraft observations to validate observations from NASA's satellite "A-Train". Costa Rica, July 2007.
Characterized the evolution and structure of African Easterly Waves (AEWs) and Mesoscale Convective Systems over continental western Africa, and their associated impacts on regional water and energy budgets. Cape Verde Islands, August 2006.
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/NAMMA/DATA101
12 NASA ER-2 science flights included missions to Hurricanes Dennis and Emily, Tropical Storm Gert, and an eastern Pacific mesoscale complex that may possibly have further developed into Tropical Storm Eugene. Costa Rica, July 1-27, 2005.
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/TCSP/DATA101
Used the remotely-piloted Altus II aircraft to gather electrical, magnetic and optical measurements of thunderstorms. This marked the first time a UAV was used to conduct lightning research. Naval Air Station Key West in Florida, August 2002.
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/ACES/DATA101
The fourth in the CAMEX series, flew instrumented DC-8 and ER-2 research airborne platforms over, through, and around selected hurricanes as they approached landfall in the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and along the east coast of the United States. Jacksonville Naval Air Station, Florida, 16 August - 24 September, 2001.
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/CAMEX-4/DATA101
The third in the CAMEX series, collected data for research in tropical cyclone development, tracking, intensification, and landfalling impacts using NASA-funded aircraft and surface remote sensing instrumentation. Patrick Air Force Base, Florida from 6 August - 23 September, 1998.
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/CAMEX-3/DATA101
GPM-GV
The NASA Global Precipitation Measurement Mission (GPM) Ground Validation (GV) program, as a member of the broader NASA Precipitation Measurement Mission, is providing ground and airborne precipitation datasets supporting physical validation of satellite-based precipitation retrieval algorithms. The GHRC is working with the GPM-GV Science Manager to support these GPM GV physical process studies, which rely on targeted field observations lasting roughly six weeks for intensive observation periods.
Focus on the measurement, physics, and improved prediction of heavy orographic snow in the PyeongChang region of South Korea. February - March 2018.
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/ICEPOP/DATA101
Hydrologic validation in extreme coastal and topographic gradients. Washington's Olympic Peninsula, Nov 2015-Feb 2016.
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/OLYMPEX/DATA101
Characterized warm season orographic precipitation regimes, and the relationship between precipitation regimes and hydrologic processes in regions of complex terrain. North Carolina, Apr-June, 2014.
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/IPHEX/DATA101
Studied characteristics, variability, and roles of rain and rainfall and other factors in flood genesis. Northeast Iowa, April-June 2013.
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/IFLOODS/DATA101
HyMeX aimed to improve the understanding, quantifying, and modeling of the hydrological cycle in the Mediterranean, with an emphasis on the predictability and evolution of extreme weather events, inter-annual to decadal (10 years) variability of the Mediterranean coupled system, and associated trends in the context of global change. NASA GPM-GV participation: Italy and France, Sept-Nov 2012.
Collaborative effort between the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility and NASA's GPM-GV program, to provide complete characterization of convective cloud systems, precipitation, and the environment. Ponca City, OK, April-May, 2011, partnered with DOE-ARM.
https://doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/MC3E/DATA101
Addressed shortcomings in GPM snowfall retrieval algorithm by collecting microphysical properties, associated remote sensing observations, and coordinated model simulations of precipitating snow. Ontario, Canada, Jan-Feb. 2012, partnered with Environment Canada.
https://doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/GCPEX/DATA101
Collected microphysical properties, associated remote sensing observations, and coordinated model simulations of high latitude precipitation systems. Helsinki, Finland, fall-winter 2010, partnered with CloudSat.
https://doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/LPVEX/DATA101
The Canadian CloudSat/CALIPSO Validation Project (C3VP) is part of the international CloudSat program. With C3VP, the Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC), Environment Canada, has been performing extensive validation of the satellite products in the context of the Canadian climate. October 2006 - April 2007.
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/C3VP/DATA101
