Hurricane Dolly
July 21-25, 2008



Deployment Team

John Schroeder, PhD (Principal Investigator)
Ian Giammanco
Brian Hirth
Tanya Brown


Deployment Notes: This was the first ever deployment of Stick-Net probes into a tropical cyclone environment. The table below contains summary statistics of wind speeds measured during Hurricane Dolly. All probes collect wind data at 2.25 m AGL . Data included in the table represents all complete data records. Please see our data disclaimer .

Tower: GPS Coordinates Peak Sustained Wind Speed (1-min) Peak Gust Wind Speed (3-sec):
102B 26.0892 N
97.3398 W		 44.1 mph
57.0 mph
103A 26.1637 N
97.3398 W		 52.1 mph
68.9 mph
104B 26.2437 N
97.3485 W		 58.4 mph
77.2 mph
105A 26.2739 N
97.4584 W		 61.3 mph
77.6 mph
107A 26.1941 N
97.3821 W 		56.6 mph
72.7 mph
109A 26.2479 N
97.5656 W 		65.1 mph
77.0 mph
111A 26.0720 N
97.1591 W 		49.7 mph
71.6 mph
112A 26.1622 N
97.1738 W 		78.3 mph
93.7 mph
213A 25.9833 N
97.1882 W 		57.0 mph
71.6 mph
214B 25.9190 N
97.3749 W 		50.3 mph
71.4 mph
215A 25.9623 N
97.2836 W 		46.5 mph
65.1 mph
216B 25.9956 N
97.3114 W 		59.7 mph
73.8 mph
217A 26.0416 N
97.2438 W 		49.9 mph
68.5 mph
218B 26.1034 N
97.3984 W 		49.0 mph
60.8 mph
219A 26.1368 N
97.5960 W 		56.4 mph
71.6 mph
221A 26.1604 N
97.4686 W 		49.4 mph
65.5 mph
222B 26.0219 N
97.4927 W 		54.1 mph
66.0 mph
223A 26.0679 N
97.4676 W 		51.5 mph
65.5 mph

Platforms 01XXA sample at 5 Hz, 02XXA sample at 10 Hz, 01XXB and 02XXB sample at 1 Hz. All wind measurements were made at approximately 2.25 meters AGL.





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