NOAA's 'Hurricane Hunters' utilize Lockheed, Gulfstream planes to get storm data
That includes lower fuselage and tail Doppler radar systems that can give “an MRI-like look” at a given storm and deployable GPS dropwindsondes to measure properties like pressure and wind speed, among other instruments, according to the agency. The four-engine turboprop WP-3D Orion planes, which can fly up to 3,800 […]
