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Hurricane Erin was the most intensely studied hurricane ever to that point in history.
luxordelphi
reply to post by Aloysius the Gaul
Hurricane Erin was the most intensely studied hurricane ever to that point in history.
CAMEX-4 didn't go back to 1997. It went back, per your link, to August 15, 2001.
The Convection And Moisture EXperiment (CAMEX) is a series of field research investigations sponsored by the Earth Science Enterprise of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The fourth field campaign in the CAMEX series (CAMEX-4) was held in 16 August - 24 September, 2001 and was based out of Jacksonville Naval Air Station, Florida.
Barry wasn't a CAMEX-4 OP prior to Erin. And I mentioned their dry run on Chantal on August 20. The August 19 OP wasn't CAMEX-4.
So your saying they didn't study any other hurricane that came near or even made landfall as much as one that stayed out to sea and wasn't a threat to the US?
2001 CAMEX-4, a NASA experiment run in conjunction with NOAA's Hurricane Field Program collects detailed data sets on Hurricanes Erin, Gabrielle, and Humberto and Tropical Storm Chantal.
A combination of multiaircraft and several satellite sensors were used to examine the core of Hurricane Erin on 10 September 2001, as part of the Fourth Convection and Moisture Experiment (CAMEX-4) program. During the first set of aircraft passes, around 1700 UTC, Erin was still at its maximum intensity with a central pressure of 969 hPa and wind speed of 105 kt (54 m s−1).
The storm had weakened by 13 m s−1 between the first and second eye penetrations.
Dropwindsonde capability was installed on two National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) aircraft, the upper one flying at 20 km. Here we present results from mature Hurricane Erin (2001), the first hurricane for which these deep profiles were obtained. To glimpse the immense pioneering research that led to the present knowledge on mesoscale processes, the reader is referred to Simpson (2002).
Rapid deepening of Erin ensued on 8 and 9 September with a peak maximum sustained wind of 105 kt (54 m s−1) briefly attained by 1800 UTC 9 September. Thereafter Erin maintained this intensity level until 1200 UTC 10 September, at which point the maximum wind speed began to weaken. As the CAMEX-4 mission was flown into Erin, the storm weakened 25 kt (13 m s−1) while moving toward the northwest at approximately 8–10 kt (4–5 m s−1). On 11 September, a more gradual weakening commenced and the storm recurved sharply toward the east.
Here this should take care of your Erin was turned away from NY nonsense...
luxordelphi
No. I'm saying that 2001 Hurricane Erin was the most intensely studied hurricane to that point in history.
luxordelphi
reply to post by tsurfer2000h
So your saying they didn't study any other hurricane that came near or even made landfall as much as one that stayed out to sea and wasn't a threat to the US?
No. I'm saying that 2001 Hurricane Erin was the most intensely studied hurricane to that point in history. Further I'm saying that CAMEX-4 was an experiment; not a study group.
NOAA Hurricane Research
2001 CAMEX-4, a NASA experiment run in conjunction with NOAA's Hurricane Field Program collects detailed data sets on Hurricanes Erin, Gabrielle, and Humberto and Tropical Storm Chantal.
It was during the experiment that Erin lost power.
It was during the experiment that Erin lost power.
Rapid deepening of Erin ensued on 8 and 9 September with a peak maximum sustained wind of 105 kt (54 m s−1) briefly attained by 1800 UTC 9 September. Thereafter Erin maintained this intensity level until 1200 UTC 10 September, at which point the maximum wind speed began to weaken. As the CAMEX-4 mission was flown into Erin, the storm weakened 25 kt (13 m s−1) while moving toward the northwest at approximately 8–10 kt (4–5 m s−1). On 11 September, a more gradual weakening commenced and the storm recurved sharply toward the east.
Our analysis of the Atlantic three-day composite sea surface temperature (SST) derived from the Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission (TRMM) Microwave Radiometer (TMI) shows that Erin moved into sharply cooler waters late on 9 September. Located initially over 30°C water at 0000 UTC 9 September, by 1800 UTC the storm was overlying 27°C temperatures. This was the most obvious cause of Erin’s sudden weakening.
Are you suggesting that CAMEX-4 actually steered or weakened the hurricane?
WEATHER&METEOROLOGY
An instrument similar to a rawinsonde except that it is dropped with a parachute from an aircraft to take measurements of the atmosphere's vertical profile as it falls. It is typically used over the oceans during hurricane reconnaissance when the surface launch of a rawinsonde would otherwise be impractical and dangerous. The tracking of the transmitter by 3 or more ground- based stations allows the wind velocity and direction to be calculated.
Here we present results from mature Hurricane Erin (2001), the first hurricane for which these deep profiles were obtained.
Are you suggesting that CAMEX-4 actually steered or weakened the hurricane?
The ER-2 operates at altitudes from 20,000 feet to 70,000 feet, which is above 99 percent of the Earth's atmosphere. Depending on aircraft weight, the ER-2 reaches an initial cruise altitude of 65,000 feet within 20 minutes. Typical cruise speed is 410 knots. The range for a normal eight-hour mission is 3,000 nautical miles yielding seven hours of data collection at altitude.
Several hundred miles out in the Atlantic, Hurricane Erin—the first Atlantic hurricane of the 2001 season—was weakening as it began to turn toward the north-northeast, away from the East Coast. Though it posed no threat to land, Erin had been producing large swells along local beaches and was one of the main headlines early that morning. In fact, The New York Times weather report on September 11 included a special “Focus” write-up on what it called “Hurricane Day,” explaining how in “9 out of 10 years since 1886, at least one tropical storm or hurricane has raged in the Atlantic on Sept. 11.”
Aloysius the Gaul
reply to post by luxordelphi
The ER-2 goes to 70,00 feet? Gosh - I'd never have realised......if it weren't for the fact that it is a version of the U-2 that NASA has been operating since 1981!
Why didn't you just say you have no point?
Why do you gish-gallop public information as if it was meaningful?
Aloysius the Gaul
reply to post by steaming
Yep - you've clearly been drinking the (doctored) cool aid too long!
After awhile, you get used to the usual suspects, saying the same ole blah-blah-blah. Just ignore them.
sunnynights
reply to post by Aloysius the Gaul
Aloysius the Gaul
reply to post by steaming
Yep - you've clearly been drinking the (doctored) cool aid too long!
This is what I'm saying, not real nice at all,
Hope you accept defeat graciously
WonderBoi
After awhile, you get used to the usual suspects, saying the same ole blah-blah-blah. Just ignore them.
sunnynights
reply to post by Aloysius the Gaul
Aloysius the Gaul
reply to post by steaming
Yep - you've clearly been drinking the (doctored) cool aid too long!
This is what I'm saying, not real nice at all,
Hope you accept defeat graciously
sunnynights
reply to post by Aloysius the Gaul
Aloysius the Gaul
reply to post by steaming
Yep - you've clearly been drinking the (doctored) cool aid too long!
This is what I'm saying, not real nice at all,
Hope you accept defeat graciously
After awhile, you get used to the usual suspects, saying the same ole blah-blah-blah. Just ignore them.