The NASA team will work
with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Costa
Rican Centro Nacional de Alta Tecnologia (CENAT). To help protect people from the effects of
these potentially deadly storms, ITT Industries (NYSE: ITT) continues
to engineer critical technologies for sensing and managing storms this
hurricane season - from meteorological imagers and sounders that allow
the National Weather Service to predict and monitor the course of a
hurricane, to major utility pumps capable of removing millions of
gallons of water per minute from storm-flooded areas .

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As scientists and coastal residents brace for another potentially
challenging hurricane season , NASA is launching the Tropical Cloud Systems and
Processes (TCSP) mission. The airborne experiments will collect temperature, humidity,
precipitation, and wind information related to tropical cyclones and other
phenomena that often lead to development of more powerful storms at sea.
"Costa Rica is an ideal location for this research," said Dr.
"This experiment is significant for two reasons," said Robbie Hood, an
atmospheric scientist at the Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville , Ala. Over the past thirty years, ITT's meteorological technology
has been on every satellite used for this purpose. The NOAA anticipates
twelve to fifteen tropical storms possible.

oceanic phenomena

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are
predicting another busy hurricane season with a higher -than average
number of severe storms. In fact, every thirty seconds, images of
hazardous storms are made available by this technology," said Chris
Young, Vice President and Director, Commercial + Space Sciences, of
ITT Industries Space Systems Division.com) supplies advanced technology
products and services in key markets including: fluid and water
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In New Orleans and
Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, an area prone to hurricane-related
flooding, ITT Industries has more than 50 vertical and horizontal
pumps installed to combat flooding and move large volumes of water
short distances. Inland flooding accounts for a tremendous amount of
property damage and a number of deaths each year," stated Bob
Dietlmeier of ITT Industries' A-C Custom Pump Division.

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The data
also could support development of a more accurate and timely warning system to
help safeguard property and lives.nasa.gov/tcsp

http://www.
"Throughout history we've witnessed innovations that affect our
safety and save lives.
The official start of hurricane season is June 1 and many states
are advising residents to begin preparation. Of these, they predict
seven to nine will escalate to hurricanes; three to five will be major
hurricanes.

projections meteorologists

TCSP is a month-long research effort primarily
intended to document "cyclogenesis," the birth of tropical storms, hurricanes
and related phenomena.
Researchers will monitor oceanic thunderstorms to study why some systems
develop into tropical cyclones and some do not.
"Building on a quarter century of ever improving spaceborne observations
of the Earth, we are entering an exciting new era.S. The Geostationary
Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES), equipped with an Imager
and Sounder, has become the backbone of the U.S. "Early Warning
Weather System," allowing for improved weather forecasting.
The GOES Sounder utilizes improved sensors to collect and identify
variations within the Earth's atmosphere using a scanning broad
infrared spectrum.

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Storm Sensing

ITT Industries builds geostationary and polar orbiting imaging and
sounding instruments used by the NOAA to track severe weather
patterns .

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WASHINGTON, NASA hurricane researchers are
deploying to Costa Rica next month to investigate the birthplace of eastern
Pacific tropical cyclones.
"In the Atlantic, cyclogenesis often occurs off the western coast of
Africa, or sufficiently far out over the ocean that long-duration science
flights are extremely difficult," Kakar said. ITT Industries'
pumps are installed in many regions across the country, including some
of those areas hit worst by severe storms." In
flooded areas, dewatering pumps from Flygt and Marlow are necessary to
clear sites from muddy water.

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She is one of three lead scientists for the project in Costa Rica.com/ITT.

tropical warnings

The unmanned
flights will be managed in conjunction with the University of Colorado at
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The multispectral GOES Imager surveys the Earth on a continuous
basis, allowing for increased sensitivity to detect temperature
fluctuations, to measure variation in low-level moisture, and to track
hurricanes from their inception. Each of the mobile water treatment
systems deployed was capable of delivering 1,800 gallons of fresh
water a day.

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NASA Researchers Studying Tropical Cyclones

Missions will be flown over the region using NASA's ER-2 and NOAA's WP-3D
Orion aircraft and with unmanned aerial vehicles (aerosondes). "In the eastern Pacific near
Costa Rica , however, it is possible to study the genesis process from
formation of the initial disturbance until , in some cases, it grows into a
hurricane over a more compact geographical region.

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CrIS will track a vertical distribution of temperature,
moisture, and pressure in the atmosphere helping in both short-term
weather predictions and long-term forecasting.

Flood Control

Once a hurricane strikes, inland flooding can be the dangerous
aftermath if the afflicted community is in a potential flood zone and
the proper flood control systems are not in place.
For more information on how ITT Industries' technology will be
employed this hurricane season, please log onto
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They will be searching for clues that could lead to
a greater understanding and better predictability of one of the world's most
significant weather events -- the hurricane.nsstc.Y.

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Researchers also will be able to take advantage of their proximity to the
Caribbean and the western Gulf of Mexico , studying tropical systems off Costa
Rica's eastern shores during more mature phases of development . It will be using
information collected by satellites and uninhabited aerial vehicles to the
best advantage for improved weather prediction and other societal benefits,"
Hood said. During Hurricane Georges, the vertical pumps removed
135,000 gallons per minute, while the horizontal pumps moved up to
500,000 gallons of water per minute.

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A team of atmospheric scientists, engineers and aircraft personnel will
take up residence in San Jose, Costa Rica during July. The
field operations will also take advantage of several NASA and NOAA satellites.
TCSP participants include NOAA's Hurricane Research Division, five NASA
centers, 10 American universities and partner agencies in Costa Rica .html

http://tcsp.gov/hrd/

For information about NASA and agency programs on the Web, visit:

http://www. "ITT
Industries' pumps can evacuate several million gallons of water, as we
did in New Orleans. ITT Industries can provide potable water through its mobile
water treatment systems.
In addition to the New York Stock Exchange, ITT Industries stock
is traded on the Midwest, Pacific, Paris, London and Frankfurt
exchanges.

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Researchers feel the data is
vital to understanding how such weather systems evolve and travel. The team will conduct
ground-based and airborne studies to measure the buildup and behavior of
tropical storm systems on Costa Rica's east and west coasts.
The new study continues NASA's successful Convection and Moisture
Experiment (CAMEX) research series, conducted from 1998 to 2001 with NOAA.

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hurricanes meteorologists

A
vast number of tropical storms and hurricanes impacting the eastern Pacific
are spawned near the small Central American nation's western coast.S.
In disaster areas fresh water distribution is frequently
disrupted .

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We will also
be examining what are the best combinations of satellite and aircraft
technologies to improve how hurricanes are monitored and predicted," she said.

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WHITE PLAINS, N. more than 250
flood control pumping stations equipped with huge submersible pumps
from ITT Flygt are on duty competently protecting life and property.

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gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/hurricane_2005 . The Sounder features a larger number of spectral
channels, higher spatial resolution, and increased sensitivity for
high quality soundings allowing meteorologists to observe a greater
number of details that indicate important atmospheric fluctuations. Following the tsunami, ITT Industries
deployed more than 80 water treatment units and ten reverse osmosis
systems to the affected region. Registration and video
are free to the media.

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ITT Industries is currently developing an advanced instrument , the
National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System
(NPOESS), which will significantly improve data provided to weather
forecasters by using ITT Industries' Cross-track Infrared Sounder
(CrIS).
"Municipalities need to be prepared for the worst in hurricane
situations. If it weren 't for those flood control plants, the
storm water would likely have caused major property damage . In fact, throughout the U. You can receive broadcast-standard video
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Ramesh
Kakar, Weather Focus Area leader for NASA's Science Mission Directorate .itt.

predictability fleets

NASA and the Instituto Meteorologico Nacional of Costa Rica also will
launch a series of RS-92 series, balloon-borne probes (sondes), to measure
humidity and other data related to tropical storm origins. "We will
have an opportunity to take a closer look at the factors contributing to the
initiation and intensification of tropical cyclones which are still somewhat
mysterious processes for researchers and operational forecasters. For more
information about TCSP on the Web, visit:

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noaa.nasa. Both Flygt and A-C Pump are relied on in
municipal collection systems to prevent the water from overflowing
into lakes and rivers, and to later move the storm water through the
wastewater treatment plant.