![[TCSP Hurricane Studies]](graphics/TCSP_LOGO.gif){kind=logo}
The Tropical Cloud Systems and Processes(TCSP) is an Earth science field
research investigation sponsored by the Science Mission Directorate of the
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA). The field phase was conducted during the
period July 1-27, 2005 out of the Juan Santamaria Airfield in San Jose, Costa Rica.
The TCSP field experiment flew 12 NASA ER-2 science flights, including missions to Hurricanes Dennis
and Emily, Tropical Storm Gert and an eastern Pacific mesoscale complex that may
possibly have further developed into Tropical Storm Eugene. The P-3 aircraft from the
NOAA Hurricane Research Division (HRD)
flew 18 coordinated missions with the NASA research aircraft to investigate developing tropical disturbances.
Additionally, the Aerosonde uninhabited aerial vehicle flew 8 surveillance missions and the
Instituto Meteorologico Nacionale (IMN) of Costa Rica
launched RS-92 balloon sondes daily to gather humidity measurements and provide validation of the water vapor
measurements.![[CAMEX Hurricane Studies]](graphics/camex3pic.gif)
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) is scheduled for 16
August - 24 September, 2001 and is based out of Jacksonville Naval Air Station,
Florida.![[Sensing lightning using LIS]](graphics/lispic.gif)
The GHCC
Lightning Research
Team is studying lightning processes in order to determine the
relationship between the electrical characteristics of storms and
precipitation, convection, and severe weather. The Lightning Team is also
actively analyzing a wide variety of atmospheric measurements in an effort to
ascertain the conditions that lead to thunderstorms. The data collected by the
Lightning Team are routinely shared with scientists around the world.
![[PM-ESIP]](graphics/pmesippic.gif)
The PM-ESIP will provide science researchers and users with the capability to
interactively customize and receive hydrologic data sets for use in process
studies and regional and global climate studies. It will provide a framework
and a process for creating, supporting, and distributing both producer and
customer defined data sets for the broader Earth Observing System (EOS)
science community, incorporating emerging technologies such as data content
based search (data mining) and data production, gridding, and formatting on
demand. PM-ESIP datasets will be important for researching long term
natural and human induced climate change ("global warming"), seasonal and
interannual climate variability, regional assessments, and atmospheric
process studies.
![[Data Mining]](graphics/mcspic.gif)
The Data Mining Laboratory at the Information Technology and Systems Center
daily mines EOS Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) Brightness
Temperature Swaths from DMSP F13 and F14 satellites for the purpose of
detecting MCS events globally. The method of detecting MCS events from
SSM/I data is currently based on an algorithm developed by Karen Mohr,
currently affiliated with the Department of Geological Sciences at the
University of Texas at Austin.
![[3D Clouds from TRMM]](graphics/trmmpic.gif)
The function of the TRMM Office at the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center is
to provide support for Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM), in
connection with the ground based validation of the TRMM satellite
observations. The TRMM Office is the focal point for the planning and
implementation of a broad and integrated observational program of
precipitation and related climate research, designed to meet the specific
science validation objectives established by the TRMM science team, and
which are also consistent with programmatic requirements established by
NASA Headquarters.
![[NASA logo]](/ghrc/graphics/nasalogo.gif)