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GRIP Hurricane Mission

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The Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes (GRIP) experiment is a NASA Earth science field experiment in 2010 that will be conducted to better understand how tropical storms form and develop into major hurricanes.

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Overview

System 94 L (Western Atlantic Ocean)

satellite image of system 94L derived from satellite data
05.25.12

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) Miami, Fla., assigned an area in the northwestern Bahamas an 80 percent probability of becoming a tropical cyclone over Memorial Day weekend.

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Tropical Storm Bud (Eastern Pacific Ocean)

This visible image of Hurricane Bud was taken by the MODIS instrument on NASA's Terra satellite on May 24, 2012 at 18:15 UTC (2:15 p.m. EDT/U.S.).
05.25.12

NASA satellites are providing rainfall, temperature, pressure, visible and infrared data to forecasters as Hurricane Bud is expected to make a quick landfall in western Mexico this weekend before ...

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Tropical Cyclone Season Gets Started in the Northern ...

storm system off the coast of Georgia and Florida
05.21.12

There are three active tropical systems in the Northern Hemisphere spread across three different ocean basins.

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Typhoon Sanvu (NW Pacific Ocean)

satellite image of Sanvu
05.25.12

imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite showed an impressive Typhoon Sanvu already affecting the islands of Iwo To and Chichi Jima, Japan.

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Alberto (Atlantic Ocean)

satellite image of Alberto remnants
05.23.12

On May 23, 2012, the remnants of post-tropical storm Alberto were chasing a frontal system over the Atlantic Ocean, hundreds of miles east of the U.S. East Coast.

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Aletta (Eastern Pacific Ocean)

CloudSat revealed the main convective core west of the center of Aletta's circulation.
05.21.12

Tropical Storm Aletta, the first tropical system of the Eastern Pacific season, formed southwest of Mexico on May 11, 2012.

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NASA Hurricane Updates on Twitter

NASA's Hurricane Twitter feed for a daily behind the scenes look at storms in the tropics.

Check NASA's Hurricane Twitter feed for a daily behind the scenes look at storms in the tropics.

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NASA Hurricane Updates on Facebook

Facebook logo superimposed over image of Hurricane Elena taken by Space Shuttle Discovery on September 1, 1985.

Check NASA's Hurricane on Facebook provides daily looks at storms in the tropics and it's updated on Weekends during storms

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    Hurricane Materials

    NASA has developed several educational tools including posters, graphics, and classroom activities on hurricanes.