High-Flying Balloons Track Hurricane Formation

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A hurricane-tracking driftsonde shimmers during a sunrise test. Credit: NCAR
A hurricane-tracking driftsonde shimmers during a sunrise test. Credit: NCAR

The eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean is out of range for U.S. hurricane-hunter aircraft, and forecasters have little skill predicting which systems brewing there will develop into hurricanes, atmospheric scientists say. So, to find out how some of the most dangerous hurricanes form, U.S. and French researchers are launching large, specialized balloons carrying nearly 300 instruments over wide swaths of Africa and the Atlantic Ocean.


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