Armed with satellite imagery, “hurricane hunters” fly airplanes like the NOAA WP-3 and Gulfstream-IV directly into hurricanes to collect valuable data about the nature of the storms.
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Armed with satellite imagery, “hurricane hunters” fly airplanes like the NOAA WP-3 and Gulfstream-IV directly into hurricanes to collect valuable data about the nature of the storms.