NASA's GRIP to Take Unprecedented Look Inside Hurricanes

#1 Postby **JonathanBelles** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 2:57 pm

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This August and September, NASA is leading an aircraft campaign that will provide a sustained and unprecedented look at the inner workings of hurricane formation and intensification. The Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes (GRIP) experiment will take place from Aug. 15 to Sept. 30 and employ three NASA aircraft flying over the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea to try to answer some of the basic but still lingering questions about how and why hurricanes form and strengthen.

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http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/featur ... eview.html

#2 Postby **HURAKAN** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 3:00 pm

Excellent!!

bob rulz · #3 Postby **bob rulz** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 2:08 am

Very good news. Hopefully it turns up some really interesting results.

#4 Postby **Cookie** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 5:40 am

that sounds amazing

#5 Postby **JonathanBelles** » Tue Jul 27, 2010 4:08 pm

Here's an update:

There will be a Q&A Chat session on Thursday from 3-4pm ET.

The Article

#6 Postby **thetruesms** » Thu Jul 29, 2010 8:28 am

NCAR looks to be running their own tropical cyclogenesis project, as well

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 092629.htm

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