Syed Ismail, from the Langley Research Center, principal investigator for the Lidar Atmospheric Sensing Experiment LASE, talks about the experiment aboard the DC-8 aircraft, Monday, August 16, 2010, at Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. LASE probes the atmosphere using lasers and is part of the Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes GRIP experiment is a NASA Earth science field experiment in 2010 that is being conducted to better understand how tropical storms form and develop into major hurricanes. Photo Credit: NASA/Paul E. Alers
