GRIP

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The GRIP deployment is planned for 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. This campaign will be conducted to capitalize on a number of ground networks, airborne science platforms (both manned and unmanned), and space-based assets. The field campaign will be executed according to a prioritized set of scientific objectives.

NASA's Global Hawk, an unmanned aircraft, will be a key asset to the GRIP field campaign. Other GRIP platforms include the DC-8 and the WB-57 aircraft.

The spaceborne and airborne observational capabilities of NASA put it in a unique position to assist the hurricane research community in addressing shortcomings in the current state of the science. The relatively recent launch of several new satellites, the prospect of using a high-altitude UAS for hurricane surveillance, and the emergence of new remote sensing technologies offer new research tools that need to be explored and validated. Of great importance are new remote sensing instruments for wind and temperature that can lead to improved characterization of storm structure and environment.

The GRIP hurricane field campaign and research project are managed by Dr. Ramesh Kakar, Weather Focus Area Leader within the Earth Science Division, NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. Dr. Kakar is primarily responsible for assembling the science team and the instrument payload for the NASA aircraft participating in this field experiment.