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Houston Precipitation Experiment
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1995-01-05 1995-01-13 - 1
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The Campaign
The Houston Precipitation Experiment (HOPEX) was a NASA flight campaign whose main purpose was to perform the first series of test flights for the ER-2 Doppler Radar (EDOP). HOPEX was based out of Ellington Field in Houston, Texas, and occurred during January 1995. The NASA ER-2 aircraft was equipped with EDOP, the MODIS Airborne Simulator (MAS), and a High-resolution Interferometer Sounder (HIS) during the campaign. HOPEX collected radar measurements of precipitation and storm structure of convective cells along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. HOPEX was supported through NASA’s Mission To Planet Earth.
1995-01-05 — 1995-01-13
Ellington Field, Houston, TX, Gulf of Mexico Coastline
boreal winter
N: 35°N
S: 25°N
W: 100°W
E: 88°W
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- GSFC EDOP Project Website for HOPEX
- An overview of a squall line observed during HOPEX
Additional Notes
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Events
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NASA
NASA Mission to Planet Earth
Ramesh Kakar
Gerry Heymsfield
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