Publication Date:
2019-07-13
Description:
HIRAD is a new technology developed by NASA/MSFC, in partnership with NOAA and the Universities of Central Florida, Michigan, and Alabama-Huntsville. HIRAD is designed to measure wind speed and rain rate over a wide swath in heavy-rain, strong-wind conditions. HIRAD is expected to eventually fly routinely on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) such as Global Hawk over hurricanes threatening the U.S. coast and other Atlantic basin areas, and possibly in the Western Pacific as well. HIRAD first flew on GRIP in 2010 and is part of the 2012-14 NASA Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) mission on the Global Hawk, a high-altitude UAV. The next-generation HIRAD will include wind direction observations, and the technology can eventually be used on a satellite platform to extend the dynamical range of Ocean Surface Wind (OSV) observations from space.
Keywords:
Meteorology and Climatology
Type:
M12-2344
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AMS 17th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems; Jan 05, 2013 - Jan 13, 2013; Austin, TX; United States|American Meteorological Society (AMS) 93rd Annual Meeting; Jan 05, 2013 - Jan 13, 2013; Austin, TX; United States
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