Sensing Hazards with Operational Unmanned Technology : impact study of Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system observations for hurricane forecasting, final report / Gary A. Wick, Jason P. Dunion, John Walker.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Wick, Gary A., author.

Dunion, Jason P., author.

Walker, John, 1972- author.

Contributor:

NOAA Unmanned Aircraft Systems Program (U.S.), issuing body.

Series:

NOAA technical memorandum OAR UAS ; 002.

NOAA Technical Memorandum OAR UAS ; 002

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aeronautics in meteorology--Research--United States.

Aeronautics in meteorology.

Hurricanes--Forecasting--Research--United States.

Hurricanes.

Weather forecasting--United States--Equipment and supplies.

Weather forecasting.

Meteorology--United States--Instruments.

Meteorology.

Vehicles, Remotely piloted--Research--United States.

Vehicles, Remotely piloted.

Aeronautics in meteorology--Research.

Meteorology--Instruments.

Weather forecasting--Equipment and supplies.

United States.

Genre:

Government publications -- United States.

Online resources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (73 pages) : color illustrations, color maps.

Place of Publication:

Silver Spring, Maryland : NOAA Unmanned Aircraft Systems Program, 2018.

Summary:

"The primary scientific goal of the Sensing Hazards with Operational Unmanned Technology (SHOUT) Project is to determine the potential utility of observations from high-altitude, long- endurance unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) such as the Global Hawk (GH) aircraft to improve forecasts of high-impact weather events or mitigate potential degradation of forecasts in the event of a future gap in satellite coverage. Hurricanes and tropical cyclones are among the most potentially destructive high-impact weather events and pose a major forecasting challenge to NOAA. Major winter storms over the Pacific Ocean, including atmospheric river events, which make landfall and bring strong winds and extreme precipitation to the West Coast and Alaska are also important to forecast accurately because of their societal impact in those parts of the country. In response, the SHOUT project has supported field campaigns with the GH aircraft and dedicated data impact studies exploring the potential to improve the forecasting of both tropical cyclones and landfalling Pacific storms"--Executive summary.

Notes:

"January 2018."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 72-73).

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title screen (NOAA, viewed on June 14, 2018).

OCLC:

1040265781

Publisher Number:

doi:10.7289/V5/TM-OAR-UAS-002