Seeking a Better Understanding of Hurricanes: NASA Marshall's Role in the CAMEX hurricane study

Based at the Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, Fla., CAMEX research aircraft will fly over, through and around selected hurricanes as they approach landfall in the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and along the East Coast of the United States.

Three research teams from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., are playing key roles in the 2001 Convection And Moisture EXperiment (CAMEX) - the fourth in a series of field investigations to better understand hurricanes.

The Marshall's Center's Earth Science Department in the Global Hydrology and Climate Center located at the National Space Science and Technology Center in Huntsville, studies the influence of hurricanes on global weather change. View complete fact sheet in PDF format (381 KB)

NSSTC core facility in Huntsville

Imagine a place where researchers and educators could share facilities and ideas — a place for pooling talent and resources in pursuit of new knowledge. Breakthroughs that range from shedding new light on the structure and evolution of the universe to better understanding Earth's weather.

That place is the National Space Science and Technology Center (NSSTC) a research organization with its core facility in Huntsville, Ala. A partnership between NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama universities, federal agencies and industry, the Center is a laboratory for cutting-edge research in selected scientific and engineer- ing disciplines. View complete fact sheet in PDF format (1.2 MB)