| Science Objectives | ||||
| Instrument Acronym | General Hurricane | Landfalling Hurricane | TRMM Science Cal/Val | Alternate Science |
| AMMR | ||||
| ARMAR | Vertical velocity studies; Eyewall structure |
Precipitation radar validation studies (clear air and rain); Rain type classification; Beamfilling studies |
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| AVAPS | Incremental observational resolution of hurricane dynamic and thermodynamic structure | Impact of adaptive observations on intensification and tracking forecasts | Input to radiative transfer models | CAMEX-3 sensor validations |
| CAPAC | Cloud particle size distributions and condensate mass | Condensate mass to compare w/ remotely sensed values | ||
| JPL SAW | ||||
| Laser Hygrometer | ||||
| LASE | Characterize hurricane environment using water vapor, aerosol, & cloud measurements; Input to models & assimilation schemes; Fill in sonde data voids | |||
| LIP | Convection/Storm intensity relationships, eye wall structure, rain mapping, relationships of lightning/electrification to storm dynamics/microphysics | Rain mapping; changes of convection in; landfalling storms; relationship of electrification to; signal storm intensity changes | CAL/VAL: Validation of LIS and rain algorithms | Validation of Optical Transiet Detector (OTD) |
| MACAWS | Eyewall dynamics, role of low-level inflow in rapid intensification | Impact of lidar adaptive observation on intensification & tracking forecasts | Relationship between wind environment and deep convection | Near-sea surface wind comparison w/ scatterometers; Satellite Doppler wind lidar performance simulations (incl. SPARCLE); Aerosol backscatter validation w/ MSFC Continuous Wave lidar; Angular dependence of sea surface scattering |
| MMS | ||||
| PSR | Image precipitation bands and surface winds around eyewall; improve algorithms for wind, cloud, and rain reterival; study high-resolution polarimetric signature structure within rain bands. | Improve passive microwave precipitation retrieval algorithms for near-shore areas; | Compare colocated TRMM/PSR polarimetric signals for consistency; study beam-filling effects using high-resolution passive microwave imagery; compare retrieved PSR products to peak TRMM products to determine level of bias in extreme parameter regions. Compare PSR raw observations and retrieved products with those of TMI and SSM/I. | Obtain first high-resolution multiband polarimetric conically-scanned imagery over strong convection and winds. |
