TC-4
Tropical Cloud Systems and Processes
Location: San Jose, Costa Rica | Coordinates: 09°59′N 84°12′W
Flights focused on dynamics and thermodynamics of precipitating cloud systems during July 2005, with an emphasis on tropical cyclogenesis, including wave-to-depression transition in the western Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and Eastern Pacific Oceans.
- About 100 hours flown.
- Coordinated flights with ER-2, NOAA P3's.
- Flights focused on dynamics and thermodynamics of precipitating cloud systems during July 2005.
- Emphasis on tropical cyclogenesis, including wave-to-depression transition in the western Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and Eastern Pacific Oceans.
- ER-2 Instruments: AMPR, CRS, EDOP, HAMSR, LIP, MTP, MAS, REVEAL.