Tag Archives: Hurricane Hunter

How NOAA’s Hurricane Hunter aircraft helps satellites create ‘full picture of storm’

When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. Source: NOAA/Nick Underwood Tropical storm systems can be extremely dangerous, so having accurate data about them is critical. Weather forecasters and researchers rely on imagery and data from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Geostationary Operational Environmental… Read More »

Hurricane hunters fly through extreme storms to predict intensity – what happens when a plane hits the eyewall

As a hurricane intensifies, hurricane hunters do something almost unimaginable in the skies: They fly through the storm’s center. With each pass, scientists aboard these aircraft take measurements that satellites can’t and send them back to forecasters at the National Hurricane Center. Jason Dunion, a University of Miami meteorologist who leads hurricane field programs for… Read More »