Tropical Depression 14 strengthened into Tropical Storm Nadine while NASA's Global Hawk aircraft captured the event. While the Global Hawk was gathering data over the storm, NASA satellites were also analyzing Nadine from space.
HS3
WFF: All times EDT
Thursday, 9/13
0600-1300 aircraft access
1300-1500 aircraft preflight
Friday, 9/14
Science Flight AV-6 (TS Nadine with lawnmower pattern)
0615 estimated takeoff time
DFRC: All times PDT
Thursday, 9/13
APCS testing continues
WFF: All times EDT
Wednesday, 9/12
0900 estimated landing
1200-1500 estimated aircraft access (post-flight and pre-flight)
Thursday, 9/13
Science Flight AV-6
0615 estimated takeoff time
WFF: All times EDT
Tuesday, 9/11
Science Flight AV-6
0445 T-0 briefing
0515 PI reps staff PMOF
0615 estimated takeoff time
Target is P24L with a lawnmower pattern.
Wednesday, 9/12
0815 estimated landing
1215 estimated aircraft access
WFF: All times EDT
Currently aiming for a September 11 early morning flight
Monday, 9/10
0700 – 1100 cont'd outdoor testing
0700 – 1100 PI pre-flight activities – will work around testing
1100 – 1200 fuel aircraft
1200-1500 aircraft pre-flight. No PI access.
WFF:
Saturday 9/8
Crew Hard Down Day
No Aircraft Access
Sunday 9/9
No Pis required.
Next possible science flight Tues/Wed
The Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) is a five-year mission specifically targeted to investigate the processes that underlie hurricane formation and intensity change in the Atlantic Ocean basin. HS3 is motivated by hypotheses related to the relative roles of the large-scale environment and storm-scale internal processes. HS3 addresses the controversial role of the Saharan Air Layer (SAL) in tropical storm formation and intensification as well as the role of deep convection in the inner-core region of storms.
NASA has begun its latest hurricane science field campaign by flying an unmanned Global Hawk aircraft over Hurricane Leslie in the Atlantic Ocean during a day-long flight that began in California and ended in Virginia.
Global Hawk has landed at Wallops
Debrief is at 1300 EDT in the Wallops HS3 Conference Room.
Meetme Conference Number 1-877-217-8791 #3581543
Access to plane for the instrument teams will be at 1530 EDT for 2 hours