Cooperative Agreement: Armored T-28 Aircraft Facility for Research Requiring Thunderstrorm Penetrations

该奖项规定继续运营装甲T-28气象研究飞机系统，作为研究云、雷暴和冰雹过程的国家设施。为该项目提供资金的合作协议规定了T-28设施的管理、人员配备、升级、测试、操作和维护。这种飞机将提供给NSF科学界，用于穿透成熟的风暴，以支持计划中的研究项目，如CAPE或STORM。这架飞机将升级为电场测量设备，这将增强该设施的科学能力。工作人员中增加了一名博士后。这将加强该设施的教育方面，并有助于改善该设施以观测为导向的研究活动。

This award provides for continued operation of the armored T-28 meteorologic research aircraft system as a nation facility for research into cloud, thunderstorm, and hailstorm processes. The cooperative agreement under which this project would be funded provides for the management, staffing, upgrading, testing, operation, and maintenance of the T-28 facility. The aircraft will be available to the NSF scientific community for penetrations of mature storms in support of planned research projects such as CaPE or STORM. The aircraft will be upgraded with electric field measuring devices which will enhance the scientific capabilities of the facility. A post-doc has been added to the staff. This will strength the educational aspects of this facility as well as help to improve observational- oriented research activities at the facility.//