NOAA's WP-3D Orions are the only aircraft in the nation's hurricane hunter fleet equipped with these radar systems. These aircraft are also equipped with Step Frequency Microwave Radiometers (SFMRs). Developed by NOAA, the SFMRs sense wind speed at the surface of the ocean by measuring and computing radiation emitted by seafoam that is created ...

The Lockheed WP-3D Orion is a highly modified P-3 Orion used by the Aircraft Operations Center division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The aircraft are operated by officers of the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps .

Storm surge forecasts have benefited from the addition of NOAA-developed Stepped Frequency Microwave Radiometers (SFMRs) to NOAA’s P-3s. SFMRs measure over-ocean wind speed and rain rate in hurricanes and tropical storms, key indicators of potentially deadly storm surges.

This versatile turboprop aircraft is equipped with an unprecedented variety of scientific instrumentation, radars, and recording systems for both in-situ and remote sensing measurements of the atmosphere, the earth and its environment. Read more about the NOAA P-3 aircraft.

2025年2月13日 · NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s (GSFC) Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) Aircraft Office operates the NASA Airborne Science Program's P-3 Orion (N426NA). The P-3 is a self-sufficient, four-engine turboprop aircraft designed for endurance and range.

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This paper describes observations made during ATOMIC by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Lockheed WP-3D Orion research aircraft based on the island of Barbados. The aircraft obtained 95 h of observations over 11 flights, many of which were coordinated with the NOAA research ship R/V Ronald H. Brown and autonomous ...

2021年6月10日 · The P-3 has long (8-9 hour) endurance and is capable of flying for extended periods anywhere between the surface and ~7.5 km. Each flight contained a mix of sampling strategies: High-altitude, 220 km radius circles for deploying dropsondes and deriving large-scale budgets, often centered on the Ron Brown

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the acquisition and use of the two NOAA P-3 aircraft for hurricane research and operations. T ropical cyclones (TCs) have been observed by both reconnaissance and research aircraft since the first flight piloted by U.S. Army Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Joseph P. Duckworth on 17 July 1943 (Sumner 1943).

2020年5月3日 · Imaging Wind and Rain Airborne Profiler (IWRAP) [P-3 (N42RF)] IWRAP, which is also known as the Advanced Wind and Rain Airborne Profile (AWRAP), consists of two dual-polarized, dual-incidence angle radar profilers operating at Ku- and C-bands,