Texas A&M, under the direction of Dr. Michael Biggerstaff and Jerry Guynes, deployed SR-1 in Key West, Florida from August 16 through September 26, 2001 in support of the NASA CAMEX and KAMP experiments. Here are some images from the first mobile C-band Doppler radar platform ever built and deployed.

August 24, 2001: First images
September 3, 2001: Clear air data from marine boundary layer after sunset
September 14, 2001: Tropical Storm Gabrielle at landfall near Venice, Florida

August 24, 2001: First images

24 Aug 2001: Doppler Velocity

Doppler Velocity

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24 Aug 2001: Reflectivity

Reflectivity

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September 3, 2001: Clear air data from marine boundary layer after sunset

24 Aug 2001: Doppler Velocity

Clear Air Doppler Velocity
Close-in View
0200 Z

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24 Aug 2001: Reflectivity

Clear Air Reflectivity
Close-in View
0200 Z

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24 Aug 2001: Doppler Velocity

Clear Air Doppler Velocity
Far View
0200 Z

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24 Aug 2001: Reflectivity

Clear Air Reflectivity
Far View
0200 Z

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September 14: Tropical Storm Gabrielle at landfall near Venice, Florida

24 Aug 2001: Doppler Velocity

Doppler Velocity
Just Before Landfall
1132 Z

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24 Aug 2001: Reflectivity

Reflectivity
Just Before Landfall
1132 Z

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24 Aug 2001: Doppler Velocity

Doppler Velocity
At Time of Maximum Observed Winds
1310 Z

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24 Aug 2001: Reflectivity

Reflectivity
At Time of Maximum Observed Winds
1310 Z

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24 Aug 2001: Doppler Velocity

Doppler Velocity
Mesocyclone in the Rainband
0908 Z

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24 Aug 2001: Reflectivity

Reflectivity
Mesocyclone in the Rainband
0908 Z

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