International Cloud Experiment (formally known a
"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 Energ
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.
[TWP-ICE Synoptic Overview]
1 February 2006
The
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is the national broadcaster of Australia. It is principally funded by direct grants from the Australian Government and is administered by a government-appointed board. The ABC is a publicly-own ...
released in 2007 ''Thunderheads'', a 47-minute program which has shown on the
Smithsonian Channel.
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External links
Two short videoson the Smithsonian Channel
''Thunderheads''television program in the Australian Broadcasting Company's Nature series
Picture gallery
Meteorology research and field projects