HS3 video resources and interview clips

  • Released Monday, September 17, 2012
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The Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) is a five-year mission specifically targeted to investigate the processes that underlie hurricane formation and intensity change in the Atlantic Ocean basin. The NASA Global Hawk UASs are ideal platforms for investigations of hurricanes, capable of flight altitudes greater than 55,000 ft and flight durations of up to 30 h. HS3 will utilize two Global Hawks, one with an instrument suite geared toward measurement of the environment and the other with instruments suited to inner-core structure and processes.

A pre-mission video file looking ahead to NASA's 2012 HS3 campaign, featuring video of the Global Hawk aircraft in flight, instruments being integrated into the aircraft, and an interview with NASA scientist Scott Braun

Additional interview clips from Scott Braun including information on why we need to study hurricanes in general, and also the highly collaborative nature of the HS3 campaign, which involves several NASA centers, NOAA, and several universities.

Footage of a Global Hawk aircraft leaving a hangar at Dryden Flight Research Center and taking off for deployment out of Wallops Flight Facility prior to the HS3 hurricane campaign.

Footage of instruments being integrated into a Global Hawk at Dryden Flight Research Center prior to deployment as part of the HS3 hurricane campaign.

This animation shows how NASA scientists investigated the Saharan Air Layer during Hurricane Nadine. The blue to white data in the curtains is attenuated backscatter from CPL. The dropsonde data is showing relative humidity where blue represents dry air and red represents moist air.

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This image shows the eyewall develop. The eyewall convection persisted for over 11 hours and rotates cyclonically along the eyewall.

This image shows the eyewall develop. The eyewall convection persisted for over 11 hours and rotates cyclonically along the eyewall.

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The Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial Vehicle records HIWRAP KU data of Hurricane Karl on September 16, 2010.
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