Tag: Hokitika

• New Zealand’s Incredible Clouds!

               Shooting clouds over Mt. Cook (Aoraki) For the past couple of months, I’ve been working on NSF research with Dr. Brian Billings that I’m very excited to share with you! Thousands of images of incredible New Zealand clouds Brian and I captured are now being used in our cloud stereo photogrammetry research. This work is tied with…

  Tashiana Osborne Cherké

  September 14, 2014

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• First DEEPWAVE Flight

  I’m a bit behind on updates in all the excitement going on with DEEPWAVE, plus exploring beautiful New Zealand, but here’s more about our first flight mission and some links to stay involved! Friday, June 6th, 2014: Hokitika, South Island, New Zealand HIAPER GV Flight Path (4 dropsondes to release-all in the ocean) Skew-T plot…

  Tashiana Osborne Cherké

  June 14, 2014

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• Hokitika Downpour

      Friday, June 6th, 2014 Hokitika, South Island, New Zealand We’ve had rain, rain, and more rain that began two nights ago. We recorded a high rainfall rate at one point of 67 mm/hr (2.65 in/hr) mid-afternoon yesterday, but there may have been even higher rates overnight.  It looks like there may be some…

  Tashiana Osborne Cherké

  June 6, 2014

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• DEEPWAVE New Zealand!

  Friday, June 6th, 2014 Hokitika, South Island, New Zealand I’ve travelled all the way to beautiful Hokitika, New Zealand during NZ winter to work on the NSF/NCAR-EOL/Naval Research Lab DEEPWAVE mission.  I’ll be launching daily weather balloons (upsondes) from the Hokitika Airport and forecasting and monitoring days with conditions that may produce internal atmospheric gravity waves.…

  Tashiana Osborne Cherké

  June 6, 2014

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