The Experiment on Rapidly Intensifying Cyclones over the Atlantic, or ERICA, is a scientific project that spanned a period of 1986-1991, with a field study in the winter of 1988/1989. The program was funded by the

Office of Naval Research The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is an organization within the United States Department of the Navy responsible for the science and technology programs of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. Established by Congress in 1946, its mission is to plan ...

. Its aims were to better understand the processes involved in rapid

cyclogenesis Cyclogenesis is the development or strengthening of Cyclonic rotation, cyclonic circulation in the atmosphere (a low-pressure area). Cyclogenesis is an umbrella term for at least three different processes, all of which result in the development of ...

, and so improve understanding and

forecasting Forecasting is the process of making predictions based on past and present data. Later these can be compared with what actually happens. For example, a company might Estimation, estimate their revenue in the next year, then compare it against the ...

of the situations that cause it by incorporating study findings into weather models. The ERICA program used several methods, such as buoys and aircraft, to measure data in rapidly intensifying extratropical cyclones, selected with a criterion of at least 10 millibars of deepening over 6 hours.

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