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Smurfs and Sea Foam Advance Hurricane Forecasting
On August 28, 2017 in All by Deborah Ray
Deborah Ray
The U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) is just one organization that uses reconnaissance aircraft equipped with sensors to gauge hurricane conditions and predict their behavior, including dropsondes, stepped frequency microwave radiometers (SFMRs, also called “smurfs,” which measure radiation emitted from sea foam), and hurricane imaging radiometers (HIRads).
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