N49RF Instrumentation

• Aircraft position and attitude
  High Altitude Radar Altimeter
  GPS-PPS (precision positioning system)
  flow angle pressure transducers

  Meteorological parameters

  pressure

  temperature

  humidity

  Remote sensing

  PRT-5 radiometer (downward)

  C-band Nose Radar

  Airborne Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System (AVAPS)

  Data Processing

  Main Aircraft Data System (MADS)

  Hurricane Analysis Processing System (HAPS)

  Communications

  SATCOM satellite communication

  HF, UHF, and VHF radio communication

For information about the instrumentation Alan.S.Goldstein@noaa.gov

For information about the HAPS Joe.Griffin@noaa.gov

Updated Dec. 8, 1995

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