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RF & Microwave Technology
Satellite Paves the Way
for Improved Storm
Tracking
T
he 2020 Atlantic hurricane season
was one of the most brutal
on record, producing an unprecedented
30 named storms.
What's more, a record-tying 10 of those
storms were characterized as rapidly intensifying
- some throttling up by 100
miles per hour in under two days.
To bring more data to forecasters and
have a more consistent watch over
Earth's tropical belt where these storms
form, NASA has launched a test satellite,
or pathfinder, ahead of a constellation of
six weather satellites called TROPICS
(Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation
structure and storm Intensity with a
Constellation of Smallsats). Planned for
launch in 2022, the TROPICS satellites
will work together to provide near-hourly
microwave observations of a storm's precipitation,
temperature, and humidity -
a revisit time for these measurements not
currently possible with other satellites.
" As climate change is making hurricanes
even stronger, it's more important
than ever that NASA and our
partners invest in missions like
TROPICS to better track and understand
extreme weather, " said NASA
Administrator Bill Nelson. " NASA's
innovation is strengthening data
models that help scientists improve
storm forecasting and understand
the factors that feed these monster
storms. TROPICS will help to do
just that and we look forward to
next year's launch of the TROPICS
satellite constellation. "
" TROPICS is the beginning of a
new era. This mission will be
among the first to use a constellation
of small satellites for these
types of global, rapid-revisit views
of tropical storms, " said Scott
Braun, the TROPICS project scientist
and a research meteorologist
The TROPICS
Pathfinder satellite -
about 10 × 10 × 36 cm
in size - is identical to
six more satellites to
be launched in 2022.
The golden cube at the
top is the microwave
radiometer, which collects
tropical storm
data. (Image: Blue
Canyon Tech nologies)
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