From Technology Demonstration to Science Mission: MicroMAS-2 and TROPICS


William J Blackwell1, Vincent Vincent Leslie1, Scott A Braun2, Ralf Bennartz3, Chris Velden4, Thomas J Greenwald5, Derrick Herndon5, Mark Demaria6, Galina Chirokova6, Robert M Atlas7, Jason Dunion8, Frank Marks9, Robert F Rogers10, Hui Christophersen11, Bachir Annane12 and Brittany A. Dahl13, (1)MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA, United States, (2)NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, United States, (3)Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States, (4)Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, Madison, WI, United States, (5)Univ Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States, (6)Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Fort Collins, United States, (7)NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, Miami, FL, United States, (8)University of Miami and NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, United States, (9)NOAA/AOML/Hurricane Research Division, Key Biscayne, FL, United States, (10)NOAA/AOML/Hurricane Research Division, Miami, FL, United States, (11)NOAA-AOML, Hurricane Research Division, Miami, FL, United States, (12)University of Miami, CIMAS, Miami, FL, United States, (13)CIMAS and NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL, United States