The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration sent aircraft into the tropical storm to monitor the Category 5 hurricane. Thanks to the research, scientists were able to obtain a real-time picture of the storm.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) sent an aircraft into Hurricane Beryl to monitor tropical storms. NOAA regularly flies into the interior of hurricanes to monitor them and forecast the hurricane's progress.
Hurricane experts use two aircraft — nicknamed Kermit and Miss Piggy — to record data from inside the eye of a hurricane, he writes. IFL Science.
The AP-3's tail Doppler radar and radar systems below the fuselage scan the storm vertically and horizontally, giving scientists a real-time picture of the storm.
The planes are now being deployed to monitor Hurricane Beryl, which briefly became a Category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean earlier this month.
Category 5 hurricanes are those with average sustained winds of more than 252 km/h at a height of 10 meters.
Of course, traveling through hurricanes is generally not recommended and it is very difficult to prepare for them.
In addition to the onboard equipment, the team will launch tubular sensors, called drop sensors, that will send data back to the aircraft.
We use the drop probe to measure temperature, humidity, pressure, and wind speed and send data approximately every 15 feet.
Jason Donyon, a meteorologist at the University of Miami, said:
Finally, the article goes on to say that NOAA uses this data to make predictions about the path and intensity of hurricanes, which, while amazing, is certainly not done for the public's benefit.
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