NASA’s Global Hawk flew into the storm that became Nadine on Tuesday. Actually the storm was named while the plane was “on station”. Below shows the flight path that the Global Hawk took. The total flight took about 26 hours! Dropsondes were released into the storm that measured temperature, winds and humidity that will support research on the processes that impact development and intensity change of tropical systems such as this. The aircraft also has remote sensing capabilities that also contribute to this important science.
For more information about this field campaign see: http://espo.nasa.gov/missions/hs3/.