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Turbulent Air Motion Measurement System (TAMMS)

Status

Status: 
Operational
Operated By: 
PI

The TAMMS is composed of several subsystems including: (1) distributed pressure ports coupled with absolute and differential pressure transducers and temperature sensors, (2) aircraft inertial and satellite navigation systems, (3) a central data acquisition/processing system, and (4) water vapor instruments and potentially other trace gas or aerosol sensors.

Instrument Type: 
Navigation recorder
Measurements: 
Aircraft position, Temperature, Pressure, H2O
Aircraft: 
P-3 Orion - WFF
Recent Missions: 
SARP 2024; IMPACTS; ORACLES; TRACE-P; PEM Tropics-B; PEM Tropics-A
Complete mission list:
Point(s) of Contact: 
Lee Thornhill (POC; PI), John Barrick (Co-I)