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IMPACTS

@SnowIMPACTS

NASA field project aimed at investigating microphysics and precipitation for Atlantic Coast-threatening snowstorms. Account managed by University of Washington.

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Joined December 2019
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Project PI @McMurdieLynn gave a #AMS2024 hyperwall presentation showcasing IMPACTS. Come by our Data Breakout Session to learn more about the datasets we publicly provide! 🕙Wednesday 1/31 10-11:30 am EST 🏨Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor, Paca Room – at Inner Harbor, Baltimore
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Plenty of IMPACTS talks and posters on tap this week at #AMS2024 so come learn about the great research being conducted if you’re attending!
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🙋‍♀️Interested in using data from a recent NASA-sponsored field campaign focused on winter storms? 💻Attend the virtual IMPACTS Data Workshop! Details: 🗓️ Tue 24 October 9a-3:30p ET 🔗 espo.nasa.gov/impacts/conten… (for more info and link to register by the 20 October deadline)
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Erin Potter, who teaches #Meteorology at #SUNYSchenectady, helps lead a team of @ualbany students who recently launched weather balloons from the UAlbany campus as part of a @NASA field campaign called IMPACTS re: snowstorms. sunysccc.edu/News/Between-Cl… #womenshistorymonth
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The IMPACTS team flew their last ever flight on February 28 after three years, 18 weeks of flights, and copious data collected. Just during the 2023 deployment, the P-3 completed 19 flights, and traveled 32,928 miles over the course of 118.2 hours.
An image of two pilots sitting in the cockpit of a P-3 aircraft facing forward. The control panel and its buttons, above and in front of the pilots, are glowing red amidst a dark and dimly lit cockpit. There are monitors in front of the pilots as well.

ALT An image of two pilots sitting in the cockpit of a P-3 aircraft facing forward. The control panel and its buttons, above and in front of the pilots, are glowing red amidst a dark and dimly lit cockpit. There are monitors in front of the pilots as well.

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Ever wonder what the vibe is like on an IMPACTS flight day? This @NASAExpeditions 🧵 has you covered.
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Join us for a day in the life of an IMPACTS flight. As you can imagine the schedule changes like the weather… pun intended.
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Day 2️⃣ of @NASAExpeditions coverage of IMPACTS covers our amazing team of scientists 👩‍🔬 and flight crew 👨‍✈️. We all miss each other already!
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Welcome to the who’s who of IMPACTS! It takes many hands to get the P-3 ready to conduct science safely. Take a look to meet just a few of the many!
Aft crew member and avionics mechanical engineer sits in front of the oval-shaped window on the P-3 aircraft, silhouetted by the light. The interior of the aircraft is dark compared to the bright white view through the window.

ALT Aft crew member and avionics mechanical engineer sits in front of the oval-shaped window on the P-3 aircraft, silhouetted by the light. The interior of the aircraft is dark compared to the bright white view through the window.

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Follow @NASAExpeditions this week as they cover the ins and outs of our 3-year mission that just wrapped up!
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Got your head in the clouds? So do we! Follow along with us this week to learn more about the IMPACTS (Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms) field campaign at @NASA_Wallops.
The NASA P-3 aircraft sits on the tarmac at Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The propeller plane has a NASA logo on the fin.

ALT The NASA P-3 aircraft sits on the tarmac at Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The propeller plane has a NASA logo on the fin.

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Check out this article from @NPR who covered our project as #IMPACTS2023 came to a close this past week. 💻npr.org/2023/02/27/115919779…
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The winter storm is taking shape as we get ready for our *last* IMPACTS flight early in the morning. You can track what our aircraft are up to here: airbornescience.nasa.gov/tra…
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…and to close out #IMPACTS2023! We’ll be drawing up flight plans and coordinating with @NWSEastern offices and universities to have a fleet of measurements from the air ✈️ and ground 🎈
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A storm tracking across the Great Lakes Monday will redevelop off the New Jersey coast Monday night, bringing some snow to most of the Northeast to close out the month of February.
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Atlanta news affiliate @FOX5Atlanta recently visited @DobbinsARB to get an inside scoop of ER-2 operations. Check out the video piece they made 👇 📺 fox5atlanta.com/video/118559…
NASA tracks winter storms from Georgia | FOX 5 Atlanta

NASA tracks winter storms from Georgia | FOX 5 Atlanta

NASA scientists are taking a close look at winter storms by using a Cold War era ER-2, a derivative of the Cold War-era Lockheed U-2. The team is based out of Dobbins Air Reserve for through next...

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Summary of this week's mixed precip event @UAlbanyDAES from our MRR-2 radar, Parsivel distrometer, and @SnowIMPACTS soundings. They nicely highlight the p-type transitions. Credit to grad. student Massey Bartolini for the great plots: atmos.albany.edu/student/mba…
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The @NASA_Wallops P-3 is off to fly through a winter storm in Wisconsin and Michigan. We have our 🤞🏻 for ❄️!
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Also a shoutout to @NWSGreenBay @NWSGaylord @NWSDetroit for the extra 🎈 support and @Dr_Pettersen for the ground measurements!
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Gravity waves make small "adjustments" to the melting layer over Long Island @SoMAS @NSF @BrookhavenLab @SnowIMPACTS
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Excited about today's @SnowIMPACTS flight because we're observing electrified snowbands which are not producing #lightning, but generating fields on the order of 100-200 V m-1. Key measurements for understanding how these systems charge up and also generate lots of snow. #mewx
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We are flying over Minnesota and our planes are the most tracked on flightradar24.com/NASA806/2f… @NASA
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Interesting things happen when mission scientists draw up pretend flight plans to support their favorite team #FlyEaglesFly Tomorrow's actual flight plan will be off the VA/NC coast and near the Chesapeake Bay. 🔗 airbornescience.nasa.gov/tra…
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We'll also have our fair share of extra soundings 🎈 from @NWSMoreheadCity @NWSRaleigh @NWS_BaltWash @ATMS_Illinois @MUweather @ncsusoundings @UNCAweather and radar/ground measurements @NASA_Wallops @NASAAtmosphere
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