NRL researchers use unmanned aircraft to probe hurricane outflow jets
Monday, September 10, 2012 - 10:00
in Earth & Climate
Researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Marine Meteorology Division (MMD), Monterey, Calif., will take part in a new three-year NASA field campaign aimed at observing hurricanes from a unique vantage point 65,000 feet above the Atlantic, an altitude not previously attainable by hurricane research aircraft.