Tropical Storm Erika
August 15-17, 2003
WEMITE #1: Cameron Co. Municipal Airport - Port Isabel, TX
WEMITE #2:Cameron Co. Municipal Airport - Port Isabel, TX
PMT White: Cameron Co. Municipal Airport - Port Isabel, TX
PMT Clear: Cameron Co. Municipal Airport - Port Isabel, TX
PMT Black: Cameron Co. Municipal Airport - Port Isabel, TX
Deployment Team
John Schroeder, PhD (Principal Investigator)
Becca Paulsen Edwards(Field Coordinator)
Ian Giammanco
Shawn Leibl
Amy Vaughn
Sylvie Lorsolo, PhD
Kirsten Orwig
Gary Skwira, PhD
Maribel Martinez
Deployment Notes: All towers were deployed at Cameron Co. Municipal Aiport in an array with 50 m between each platform. The experimnet was designed to study lateral coherent turbulent structures within the onshore flow regime of a landfalling tropical cyclone.TTUHRT instrumentation measured only tropical storm gusts. The data collected is not presented. For data requests please contact the Wind Science and Engineering Research Center. .
TTUHRT is dedicated to mitigating the effects of landfalling hurricanes on life and property
