August 13, 1998: (This is the second in a series of stories covering the ongoing CAMEX mission to hunt hurricane data in a way not done since the 50s. Other stories are linked in below.)
Thursday morning, weather researchers from across the country met to talk about the first mission of the experiment that could improve hurricane forecasting and validate measurements from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM).
Since no hurricanes or tropical storms were brewing in the Atlantic, the meeting concentrated on the TRMM validation portion of the experiment.
Right, Above: The current GOES-8 image of the CAMEX-3 study area. Click on the image to go to the Global Hydrology and Climate Center's Interactive Global Geostationary Weather Satellite Image Viewer and see what's brewing.
Note: More details are available in the NASA press release describing CAMEX-3. Check back as hurricane season progresses. We will post science updates as the campaign develops.
PIX: High resolution scans of 35mm camera photos from the CAMEX-3 campaign are available from Public Affairs Office at NASA headquarters. Please call the NASA Headquarters Photo Department at 202-358-1900, or contact Bill Ingalls at bingalls@hq.nasa.gov.