An Unprecedented View Inside a Hurricane
Gregory R. Foltz, Chidong Zhang, Christian Meinig, Jun A. Zhang, Dongxiao Zhang
Abstract
To improve future tropical cyclone forecasts, researchers sent a remotely operated saildrone into the extreme winds and towering waves around the eye of a category 4 hurricane.
Topics & Concepts
Hurricane katrinaMeteorologyHistoryAeronauticsGeographyEngineeringNatural disasterTropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research