GRIP

Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes

past Mission

Type

Airborne Science

Airborne Campaigns

Aug.-Sept. 2010

Target

Earth

Objective

Study hurricanes

GRIP was a NASA Earth science field experiment to better understand how tropical storms form and develop into major hurricanes.

Hurricane Ian in the Gulf of Mexico about to strike the western coast of Florida.
Hurricane Ian approaching Florida on September 28, 2022 as seen by the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA GOES-East (currently, GOES-16) satellite. This image and others are updated hourly in Worldview.
NASA Earth Science Data Systems
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