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Multiple recon in one tropical cyclone at the same time
Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 11:55 am
by Cyclenall
I had this idea of more then 1 aircraft in a hurricane or tropical cyclone at the same time or before one recon ends it's mission another takes off from the base. What this means is a large increase of data at a time and continuous recon coverage. Is this a silly idea or a possible idea but not happening due to money issues and workers? Maybe they could do something like this 6-12 hours before a major hurricane makes landfall or if it's strengthening very rapidly.
Re: Multiple recon in one tropical cyclone at the same time
Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 9:13 pm
by pojo
Cyclenall wrote:I had this idea of more then 1 aircraft in a hurricane or tropical cyclone at the same time or before one recon ends it's mission another takes off from the base. What this means is a large increase of data at a time and continuous recon coverage. Is this a silly idea or a possible idea but not happening due to money issues and workers? Maybe they could do something like this 6-12 hours before a major hurricane makes landfall or if it's strengthening very rapidly.
Yes, there has been multiple recon in a Hurricane. For Instance, Katrina there were 2 planes inside the storm near landfall. Who ever has the next fix has precedence... than it passes onto the next plane. If its 2 AFRES planes, we will communicate with the other plane on the findings.
Re: Multiple recon in one tropical cyclone at the same time
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 1:35 am
by Cyclenall
pojo wrote:Yes, there has been multiple recon in a Hurricane. For Instance, Katrina there were 2 planes inside the storm near landfall. Who ever has the next fix has precedence... than it passes onto the next plane. If its 2 AFRES planes, we will communicate with the other plane on the findings.
Wow, I don't remember that but then again I wasn't following recon during Katrina. That's awesome to hear my idea existed all along
. Has there been anything like that since then?
Re: Multiple recon in one tropical cyclone at the same time
Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:55 am
by pojo
Cyclenall wrote:pojo wrote:Yes, there has been multiple recon in a Hurricane. For Instance, Katrina there were 2 planes inside the storm near landfall. Who ever has the next fix has precedence... than it passes onto the next plane. If its 2 AFRES planes, we will communicate with the other plane on the findings.
Wow, I don't remember that but then again I wasn't following recon during Katrina. That's awesome to hear my idea existed all along
. Has there been anything like that since then?
Yes, this happened during Felix.
Re: Multiple recon in one tropical cyclone at the same time
Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 3:33 pm
by Cyclenall
pojo wrote:Cyclenall wrote:pojo wrote:Yes, there has been multiple recon in a Hurricane. For Instance, Katrina there were 2 planes inside the storm near landfall. Who ever has the next fix has precedence... than it passes onto the next plane. If its 2 AFRES planes, we will communicate with the other plane on the findings.
Wow, I don't remember that but then again I wasn't following recon during Katrina. That's awesome to hear my idea existed all along
. Has there been anything like that since then?
Yes, this happened during Felix.
I wasn't aware of that and I was following Felix's recon from start to finish.
Re: Multiple recon in one tropical cyclone at the same time
Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 3:33 pm
by pojo
Cyclenall wrote:pojo wrote:Cyclenall wrote: Wow, I don't remember that but then again I wasn't following recon during Katrina. That's awesome to hear my idea existed all along
. Has there been anything like that since then?
Yes, this happened during Felix.
I wasn't aware of that and I was following Felix's recon from start to finish.
it happened (but barely) at the tail end of one of the flights with NOAA and the beginning of our flight....