International Cloud Experiment
International Cloud Experiment (formally known as "Tropical Warm Pool International Cloud Experiment" - TWP-ICE) was a scientific mission to gather information on tropical storm formation.[1] It involved seven airplanes, a ship anchored off Darwin in Australia, RV Southern Surveyor, and over 250 scientists and researchers.[2]
The I.C.E. took place from 21 January to 23 February 2006,[3] and had been in the planning stages since September 2003.[4]
The experiment was a collaboration between the US Department of Energy Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program,[5] the Bureau of Meteorology (Australia),[6] NASA[7] the European Commission DG RTD-1.2 and several United States, Australian, Canadian and European Universities.[8]
During the experiment, a record-breaking tropical typhoon arose, then spent seven days as a "landphoon" over the Australian desert.[9]
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation released in 2007 Thunderheads, a 47-minute program which has shown on the Smithsonian Channel.
References
[edit]- ^ U.S. Climate Scientists Join Collaborators in Australia to Begin Tropical Cloud Experiment
- ^ Thunderheads Program Guide at ABC/Nature.
- ^ Campaign : Tropical Warm Pool - International Cloud Experiment at ARM
- ^ TWP-ICE Timeline Archived 20 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine at ARM
- ^ TWP-ICE Science Plan Archived 20 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine - Cloud and rain characteristics in the Australian Monsoon
- ^ TWP-ICE at the Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre Archived 17 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine (now part of CAWCR: The Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research)
- ^ TWP-ICE at NASA GCSS - Cirrus Cloud Working Group and Deep Convective Working Group
- ^ TWP-ICE Executive Summary Archived 19 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ TWP-ICE Synoptic Overview, 1 February 2006 Archived 19 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine
External links
[edit]- Two short videos on the Smithsonian Channel
- Thunderheads television program in the Australian Broadcasting Company's Nature series
- Picture gallery