The Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes (GRIP) experiment was a NASA Earth science field experiment conducted August 5 to September 30, 2010. The major goal was to better understand how tropical storms form and develop into major hurricanes. NASA used the DC-8 aircraft, the WB-57 aircraft and the Global Hawk Unmanned Airborne System (UAS), configured with a suite of in situ and remote sensing instruments that were used to observe and characterize the lifecycle of hurricanes. This campaign also capitalized on a number of ground networks and space-based assets, in addition to the instruments deployed on aircraft from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida (DC-8), Houston, Texas (WB-57), and NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, California (Global Hawk).
Data from the GRIP field experiment is now available at the GHRC.
More information on the GRIP field experiment can be found at https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/field-campaigns/grip.
