RECONNAISSANCE (RECCO) CODE An aircraft weather reconnaissance code that has come to refer primarily to in-flight tropical weather observations, but actually signifies any detailed weather observation or investigation from an aircraft in flight.
meteorological reconnaissance flight"An aircraft flight made for the specific purpose of obtaining weather information in a region inadequately served by surface observations (generally over the sea).
Tropical Cyclone Plan of the DayA coordinated mission plan that tasks operational weather reconnaissance requirements during the next 1100 to 1100 UTC day or as required, ...
Duckworth flies his airplaine into a Gulf hurricane, proving to the military and meteorological community the utility of weather reconnaissance. [11] [12] ...
Synoptic Track Weather reconnaissance mission flown to provide vital meteorological information in data sparse ocean areas as a supplement to existing surface, radar, and satellite data.
Center/Vortex Fix
The location of the center of a tropical or subtropical cyclone obtained by reconnaissance aircraft penetration, satellite, radar, or synoptic data.
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Browse Related Terms: Air Transportable Mobile Unit, Barograph, Blowing, isochrone, MAREP, MAROB, parameter, Reconnaissance Code, Voluntary Observing Ship Program, VOS ...
A modified radiosonde package that is dropped by parachute from an aircraft to obtain temperature, pressure, and humidity profiles of the atmosphere below flight level; often used by aircraft weather reconnaissance of hurricanes.
As dangerous as it seems, the hurricane hunters have an extremely clean safety record. A normal crew consists of six: a pilot, co-pilot, navigator, flight engineer, aerial reconnaissance weather officer, and dropsonde system operator.
Though aircraft reconnaissance provides some of the most important data to assess storm intensity, ...
Photographic reconnaissance sensors in their simplest form are large telescope-camera systems used to view objects on Earth's surface. The bigger the lens, the smaller the object that can be detected.
 See also: Weather, Meteor, Air, Surface, Radar
  
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