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NSSL’s field command unit is used to organize and communicate storm intercept activities in real-time. Weather observations from other mobile instruments, mobile radar data, and location information are broadcast over a mobile digital radio network to the field coordinator, who analyzes the information and directs team members to ideal field positions.
The NO-XP (NOAA NSSL/OU Dual-pol X-band radar), field command unit, and mobile mesonet were deployed to intercept Hurricane Ike as it made landfall on the Texas coast.
Credit: NOAA/NSSL
NO-XP, field command unit, and mobile mesonet. Credit: NOAA/NSSL
