1 00:00:08,330 --> 00:00:05,140 NASA's Genesis and rapid intensification 2 00:00:10,910 --> 00:00:08,340 processes mission or grip will study how 3 00:00:13,910 --> 00:00:10,920 hurricanes form and intensify from 4 00:00:16,070 --> 00:00:13,920 August 15th through September 30th grip 5 00:00:18,529 --> 00:00:16,080 involves several nasa satellites and 6 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:18,539 three NASA aircraft devoted to earth 7 00:00:23,540 --> 00:00:21,330 science research scientists will use the 8 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:23,550 data to better understand how these 9 00:00:27,170 --> 00:00:25,650 storms form and how they strengthen 10 00:00:34,459 --> 00:00:27,180 weaken and die 11 00:00:36,470 --> 00:00:34,469 I see the tremendous potential that 12 00:00:38,319 --> 00:00:36,480 could pass to offer and in terms of the 13 00:00:40,940 --> 00:00:38,329 ability to answer some of these 14 00:00:43,220 --> 00:00:40,950 long-standing questions we've had about 15 00:00:46,220 --> 00:00:43,230 how to inform and why they intensify 16 00:00:49,459 --> 00:00:46,230 group will be a very exciting field 17 00:00:51,770 --> 00:00:49,469 experiment it's the first time we've had 18 00:00:55,180 --> 00:00:51,780 so many different aircraft with so many 19 00:00:58,310 --> 00:00:55,190 new sensors studying the development 20 00:01:01,029 --> 00:00:58,320 intensification of tropical systems 21 00:01:03,979 --> 00:01:01,039 tropical waves and how they become 22 00:01:06,020 --> 00:01:03,989 hurricanes these new tools will help us 23 00:01:08,420 --> 00:01:06,030 understand the science much better than 24 00:01:12,350 --> 00:01:08,430 we've ever been able to do before the 25 00:01:14,030 --> 00:01:12,360 NASA aircraft dc-8 and the WB 57 will 26 00:01:16,460 --> 00:01:14,040 help us make traditional measurements 27 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:16,470 but the involvement of the Global Hawk 28 00:01:22,130 --> 00:01:18,570 and two of its satellite quality 29 00:01:24,350 --> 00:01:22,140 instruments is a game-changer these two 30 00:01:27,109 --> 00:01:24,360 microwave instruments will allow us to 31 00:01:29,810 --> 00:01:27,119 see what is happening below cloud deck 32 00:01:32,170 --> 00:01:29,820 and the endurance of the aircraft will 33 00:01:34,670 --> 00:01:32,180 allow us to get an unprecedented 34 00:02:06,749 --> 00:01:34,680 sustained look of the inner workings of 35 00:02:47,140 --> 00:02:09,240 the biggest reason it peels off what's 36 00:02:47,150 --> 00:03:46,970 you 37 00:03:50,610 --> 00:03:48,750 it's supposed to show there really