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S-HIS relative humidity from THORPex
THORPEX flight tracks over Asia
THORPex project operations area

THORpex

THe Observing-system Research and Prediction EXperiment

THe Observing-system Research and predictability experiment (THORpex) was a ten-year international research program where the primary objective was to accelerate improvements in short range weather predictions and warnings over the Northern Hemisphere. The fifth in an ongoing series of ER-2 field experiments, THORpex is the primary over-water validation experiment for the Geosynchronous Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer (GIFTS) satellite.

  • Accelerate improvements in short range weather predictions and warnings over the Northern Hemisphere
PlatformInstruments
NASA ER-2MODIS Airborne Spectrometer (MAS)

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MODIS Airborne Simulator (MAS) The MODIS Airborne Simulator (MAS) was developed for NASA’s ER-2 research aircraft to support MODIS remote sensing algorithm development.