GRIP
Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes
past Mission
Type
Airborne Science
Airborne Campaigns
Aug.-Sept. 2010
Target
Earth
Objective
Study hurricanes
GRIP was a NASA Earth science field experiment to better understand how tropical storms form and develop into major hurricanes.
![Hurricane Ian in the Gulf of Mexico about to strike the western coast of Florida.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/hurricaneian-28sept2022t1310-geocolor-goeseast-iotw-th.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Hurricane Ian approaching Florida on September 28, 2022 as seen by the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA GOES-East (currently, GOES-16) satellite. This image and others are updated hourly in Worldview.
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