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HRD employees recognized at AOML Awards ceremony

Posted on December 16, 2016 by

At a recent awards ceremony, HRD Director Frank Marks and AOML Deputy Director Molly Beringer presented recognitions to several employees whose service went above-and-beyond during the past year. Bachir Annane was recognized for comprehensive and timely analyses using the OSSE framework … Continue reading →

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2016 Hurricane Season ends

Posted on November 30, 2016 by

Today marks the last day of the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season, and it was a busy one for us.  AOML’s Hurricane Research Division (HRD) participated in 57 missions into six different tropical cyclones: Colin, Earl, Javier (East Pacific), Hermine, Karl, … Continue reading →

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HRD observation team monthly meeting – 17 November 2016

Posted on November 20, 2016 by

The purpose of the observation team meetings is to bring together the people who use observations in their research on a regular basis to discuss issues they’re having, provide updates on observations they’re analyzing or collecting, and any other information … Continue reading →

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HRD Debrief for missions into Tropical Storm Colin, Hurricane Earl, and Tropical Storm Javier – 18 August 2016

Posted on August 18, 2016 by

HRD researchers discussed the results from the 5 P-3, and 2 G-IV missions into Tropical Storm Colin (5-6 June 2016), Hurricane Earl (2-3 August 2016), and Tropical Storm Javier (8-9 August 2016). The agenda for the discussion was: Slides from … Continue reading →

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The P3 aircraft flies again in the East Pacific into Tropical Storm Javier

Posted on August 9, 2016 by

The P3 hurricane hunter aircraft will fly again into Tropical Storm Javier. They will take off at 1:00AM central time from Harlingen, TX for an eight hour mission. The science objective of this flight is to collect data with the Doppler … Continue reading →

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NOAA’s P3 Hurricane Hunter aircraft will fly into Tropical Storm Javier today

Posted on August 8, 2016 by

The NOAA43 aircraft is ready to fly in the East Pacific into Tropical Storm Javier. They will take off at 1:00PM central time from Harlingen, TX for an eight hour mission. The science objective of this flight is to collect data with the … Continue reading →

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Hurricane Field Program Update – Monday, Aug. 8, 2016 11AM Eastern

Posted on August 8, 2016 by

OPERATIONS Monday, 8 Aug 2016 NOAA43: Is scheduled to fly a Doppler Wind Lidar/Coyote research mission. The goals of this mission is to gather data with the Doppler Wind Lidar instrument and to launch the Unmanned aircraft – the Coyote … Continue reading →

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Hurricane Field Program Update – Sunday Aug. 7, 2016

Posted on August 7, 2016 by

OPERATIONS Sunday, 7 Aug 2016 NOAA43: Will ferry to Harlingen, TX for possible flights in the East Pacific into Tropical Depression 11. Take off is scheduled for 3PM Eastern. No HRDers will be on this flight. Monday, 8 Aug 2016 G-IV: … Continue reading →

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NOAA’s P3 hurricane hunter aircraft gears up for its third and final flight into Earl

Posted on August 3, 2016 by

Engines are on as the NOAA43 aircraft is set off to fly its third and final mission into Earl. They will take off at 2:00PM eastern from MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, FL for an eight hour mission. This is an … Continue reading →

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The second P3 hurricane hunter flight into Earl takes off at 2AM Eastern

Posted on August 3, 2016 by

NOAA43 is getting ready for its second flight into Earl. The hurricane hunter aircraft will take off at 2:00AM eastern from MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, FL for an eight hour mission. This is an operational tasked mission by NOAA’s … Continue reading →

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