HIWRAP Instrument
The HIWRAP is the High-Altitude Imaging Wind and Rain Airborne Profiler, a "conically scanning" Doppler radar, meaning it scans in a cone-shaped manner. Wind measurements are crucial for understanding and forecasting tropical storms since they are closely tied to the overall dynamics of the storm. The HIWRAP instrument is able to measure line-of-sight (along the radar beam) and because it scans in a cone beneath the aircraft, it gets two looks at most parts of the storm, allowing calculations of the 3-dimensional wind and rain fields. In the absence of rain, it can also measure ocean surface winds.
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Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Animators
- Lori Perkins (NASA/GSFC)
- Ryan Fitzgibbons (USRA)
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Video editor
- Ryan Fitzgibbons (USRA)
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Interviewee
- Scott Braun (NASA/GSFC)
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Narration
- Ryan Fitzgibbons (USRA)
- Rob Gutro (NASA/GSFC)
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Narrator
- Rob Gutro (NASA/GSFC)
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Producer
- Ryan Fitzgibbons (USRA)
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Scientist
- Scott Braun (NASA/GSFC)
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Project support
- Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
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Videographers
- Rob Andreoli (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.)
- Dave Fratello
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Writers
- Ellen T. Gray (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
- Rob Gutro (NASA/GSFC)
Release date
This page was originally published on Monday, October 6, 2014.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:50 PM EDT.
Series
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This visualization originally appeared on the following tapes:-
HS3 HIWRAP Instrument
(ID: 2014089)
Monday, October 6, 2014 at 4:00AM