International Cloud Experiment (formally known as "Tropical Warm Pool International Cloud Experiment" - TWP-ICE) was a scientific mission to gather information on tropical storm formation.U.S. Climate Scientists Join Collaborators in Australia to Begin Tropical Cloud Experiment It involved seven airplanes, a ship anchored off Darwin in Australia, RV Southern Surveyor, and over 250 scientists and researchers.Thunderheads Program Guide at ABC/Nature.
The I.C.E. took place from 21 January to 23 February 2006,Campaign : Tropical Warm Pool - International Cloud Experiment at ARM and had been in the planning stages since September 2003.TWP-ICE Timeline at ARM
The experiment was a collaboration between the US Department of Energy Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program,TWP-ICE Science Plan - Cloud and rain characteristics in the Australian Monsoon the Bureau of Meteorology (Australia),TWP-ICE at the Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre (now part of CAWCR: The Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research) NASATWP-ICE at NASA GCSS - Cirrus Cloud Working Group and Deep Convective Working Group the European Commission DG RTD-1.2 and several United States, Australian, Canadian and European Universities.TWP-ICE Executive Summary
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 released in 2007 Thunderheads, a 47-minute program which has shown on the Smithsonian Channel.
References
External links on the Smithsonian Channel Thunderheads television program in the Australian Broadcasting Company's Nature series Picture gallery "Tropical Warm Pool International Cloud Experiment" - TWP-ICE