Hurricane Ivan
September 13-17, 2004



WEMITE #1: Jack Edwards Airport - Gulf Shores, AL
WEMITE #2: Fairhope HS - Fairhope, AL
PMT White: Wolf Naval Outlying Landing Field - SE of Foley, AL
PMT Black: Gulfport/Biloxi Regional Airport - Gulfport, MS
PMT Clear: Destin Municipal Airport - Destin, FL

Deployment Team

John Schroeder, PhD (Principal Investigator)
Becca Paulsen Edwards(Field Coordinator)
Ian Giammanco
Hector Cruzado
Kirsten Orwig
Maribel Martinez
Frank Lombardo
John Turner


Hurricane Ivan Deployment Summary



Deployment Notes: PMT White did not collect a complete data record due to a corrupt data file. The data presented in the data plots section and the table below are not standardized to represent constant open terrain exposure. The Fairhope and Gulf Shores deployment sites were not representative of open terrain exposure. Higher wind speed values may have been found in true open or marine exposure conditions. Please see our data disclaimer .


Tower: GPS Coordinates Peak Sustained Wind Speed (1-min) Peak Gust Wind Speed (3-sec):
WEMITE #1* 30.2918 N
87.6757 W		 81.0 mph
 102.3 mph
WEMITE #2 30.5003 N
87.8846 W 		48.5 mph
74.1 mph
PMT Clear 30.3946 N
86.4682 W 		69.3 mph
89.1 mph
PMT Black 30.4130 N
89.0692 W 		51.2 mph
71.4 mph
*incomplete data record





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DATA PLOTS


GULF SHORES DEPLOYMENT SITE AERIAL PHOTO


WOLF NOLF DEPLOYMENT SITE AERIAL PHOTO


DESTIN DEPLOYMENT SITE AERIAL PHOTO


FAIRHOPE AERIAL PHOTO


RADAR IMAGE OF HURRICANE IVAN