COSEE Ocean Systems: News
Dropsondes--Work Horses in Hurricane Forecasting
Description: Inside a cylinder that is about the size of a roll of paper towels lives a circuit board filled with sensors. It's called a dropsonde, or "sonde" for short. It's a work horse of hurricane forecasting, dropping out of "Hurricane Hunter" airplanes right into raging storms. As the sonde falls through the air, its sensors gather data about the atmosphere to help scientists better understand climate and other atmospheric conditions. [Source: National Science Foundation]
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/science_nation/dropsondes.jsp
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Source: National Science Foundation
Publish Date: 9/24/2012
Reading Level: Basic
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