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Early use of 'hurricane hunter' data improves hurricane intensity predictions

2016-05-25 20:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ScienceDaily: Data collected via airplane when a hurricane is developing can improve hurricane intensity predictions by up to 15 percent, according to Penn State researchers who have been working with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Hurricane Center to put the new technique into practice. Prior to this study, no hurricane prediction model incorporated the vast amount of data collected by 'hurricane hunters,' which are NOAA or U.S. Air Force airborne reconnaissance missions...

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