NASA Global Hawk Studies Severe El Nino Weather over the Pacific Ocean
February 05 2016 - 11:00AM
The NASA Global Hawk will conduct several missions to collect
detailed data over the Pacific Ocean from complex El Niño weather
patterns resulting from variations in ocean temperatures across the
equator.
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The Northrop Grumman Corporation-built (NYSE:NOC) NASA Global
Hawk missions will take place from February to March as part of
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)-led
missions. The multi-year missions, called Sensing Hazards with
Operational Unmanned Technology (SHOUT), will provide detailed
meteorological measurements from a region in the Pacific that is
known to be particularly critical for interactions linked to West
Coast storms and rainfall.
"With the ability to fly at 65,000 feet for 30 hours, the NASA
Global Hawk allows us to study intense and remote weather
conditions that were previously unreachable," said Dave Aguinaldo,
program manager, NASA Global Hawk, Northrop Grumman.
The NASA Global Hawk is one of several assets being used by
scientists from NASA and NOAA to advance understanding and
predictions of tropical storms, winter storms and major floods. The
unmanned high-altitude, long-endurance NASA Global Hawk aircraft
will work alongside air, land and sea platforms to gather data.
Scientists will use this information to better understand El Niño's
impacts on the U.S. and to improve NOAA's observational systems,
models and predictions.
NASA and Northrop Grumman are partnered under the Space Act
Agreement, which allows for shared use of the NASA Global Hawk
system to conduct scientific experiments and explore new mission
capabilities. Previous NASA Global Hawk missions have included
hurricane research, examining the effects of greenhouse gasses and
conducting cutting-edge autonomous aerial refueling trials.
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