International Cloud Experiment (formally known as "Tropical Warm Pool International Cloud Experiment" - TWP-ICE) was a scientific mission to gather information on tropical storm formation. It involved seven airplanes, a ship anchored off Darwin in Australia, RV Southern Surveyor, and over 250 scientists and researchers.
The I.C.E. took place from 21 January to 23 February 2006, and had been in the planning stages since September 2003.
The experiment was a collaboration between the US Department of Energy Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program, the Bureau of Meteorology (Australia), NASA the European Commission DG RTD-1.2 and several United States, Australian, Canadian and European Universities.
During the experiment, a record-breaking tropical typhoon arose, then spent seven days as a "landphoon" over the Australian desert.
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation released in 2007 Thunderheads, a 47-minute program which has shown on the Smithsonian Channel.
References
- U.S. Climate Scientists Join Collaborators in Australia to Begin Tropical Cloud Experiment
- Thunderheads Program Guide at ABC/Nature.
- Campaign : Tropical Warm Pool - International Cloud Experiment at ARM
- TWP-ICE Timeline Archived 20 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine at ARM
- TWP-ICE Science Plan Archived 20 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine - Cloud and rain characteristics in the Australian Monsoon
- TWP-ICE at the Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre Archived 17 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine (now part of CAWCR: The Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research)
- TWP-ICE at NASA GCSS - Cirrus Cloud Working Group and Deep Convective Working Group
- TWP-ICE Executive Summary Archived 19 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- TWP-ICE Synoptic Overview, 1 February 2006 Archived 19 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Two short videos on the Smithsonian Channel
- Thunderheads television program in the Australian Broadcasting Company's Nature series
- Picture gallery