Turbulent Air Motion Measurement System

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
(P-3 Orion - WFF)
;
IMPACTS
(P-3 Orion - WFF)
;
ORACLES
(P-3 Orion - WFF)
;
TRACE-P
(P-3 Orion - WFF)
;
PEM Tropics-B
(P-3 Orion - WFF)
;
PEM Tropics-A
(P-3 Orion - WFF)
Point(s) of Contact
Lee Thornhill
(POC; PI),
John Barrick
(Co-I)
Range of Measurement
In situ
Website
http://www-gte.larc.nasa.gov/pem/considine.htm

 

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