Cutting-edge technology makes NASA's hurricane mission a reality
Tuesday, September 25, 2012 - 16:00
in Astronomy & Space
(Phys.org)—Cutting-edge NASA technology has made this year's NASA Hurricane mission a reality. NASA and other scientists are currently flying a suite of state-of-the-art, autonomously operated instruments that are gathering difficult-to-obtain measurements of wind speeds, precipitation, and cloud structures in and around tropical storms.