Campaign Summary
Name: CAMEX-4 (Fourth Convection and Moisture Experiment)
Dates: August 16 - September 24, 2001
Location: Jacksonville NAS, FL
MAS Principal Investigator: Jeff Myers (ARC)
Additional sensors used during the Campaign: AMPR, NOAA-O3, EDOP, EHAD, HAMSR, LIP-ER-2, MTP-ER-2, TW

Objective: The fourth Convection And Moisture EXperiment (CAMEX-4) is a series of field research investigations to study tropical cyclones during the most active part of the hurricane season. Gathering storm data from multiple sources - including piloted aircraft, robotic aerial vehicles, satellite observations, ground-based radar, and other ground-based sensing instruments - the researchers seek methods for improved hurricane prediction. More accurate hurricane predictions at landfall hold the key to decreasing the size of necessary coastal evacuations and increasing the hurricane warning time for people in those areas.

Level-1B Data Processing Status
Level-1B Data Processed By: Ames Research Center
Flights Processed: 7 of 11
Level-1B Data Version Number: #01
Calibration Type: Final
Calibration Version: ARC CAMEX4 ver 1.0
Temperature Adjustment: None
Status: Some flights (7 of 11) processed with final calibration

Flight Summaries & Browse Images
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August 2001
15 August 2001 Flight #01-130 Ferry: Dryden FRC to Jacksonville NAS, FL	18 August 2001 Flight #01-131 Andros Island and Florida Keyes	20 August 2001 Flight #01-132 Tropical Storm Chantal
26 August 2001 Flight #01-133 Jacksonville Coast, FL	7 September 2001 Flight #01-135 Gulf of Mexico, Florida Keys	.
September 2001
9 September 2001 Flight #01-136 Florida Keys, Gulf Coast	10 September 2001 Flight #01-137 Hurricane Erin	16 September 2001 Flight #01-138 Tropical Storm Gabrielle
19 September 2001 Flight #01-139 Florida Keys	22 September 2001 Flight #01-140 Tropical Storm Humberto	23 September 2001 Flight #01-141 Tropical Storm Humberto
24 September 2001 Flight #01-142 Hurricane Humberto	26 September 2001 Flight #01-143 Ferry: Jacksonville NAS to DFRC	.

Spectral Summary
Spectral Band Configuration (final)
Spectral Response Files (final)

Level-1B Data Distribution
NASA Langley DAAC

MAS Nadir Profile Tables
Nadir Profiles

Related Web Sites
Airborne Sensors Facility Page
NASA Airborne Science Program
The Fourth Convection And Moisture EXperiment (CAMEX)
NASA ER-2 Flight Summary Reports (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader, download it free from here)

Sample Image
Hurricane Erin