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The Hurricane Rainband and Intensity Change Experiment, RAINEX

The Hurricane Rainband and Intensity Change Experiment (RAINEX) was a project that sought to improve hurricane intensity forecasting. RAINEX’ main purpose was to accomplish this task via studying the fluctuations of storm intensity as they are influenced by interactions between the eye, eyewalls, and rainbands of a tropical storm. The experiment entailed a high-resolution numerical model of the internal structure of the vortex and collection of data by three P3 aircraft equipped with Doppler radar and intensive dropsonde coverage. RAINEX was planned in advance for years to be ready to fly in the midst of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. Some notable storms from that season included Hurricane Katrina and Rita.