New technique provides continual view of approaching hurricanes

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This map shows the locations of NOAA Doppler radars along the East and Gulf coasts. With the new technique known as VORTRAC forecasters can use these coastal radars to monitor the intensity of landfalling hurricanes. Credit: Steve Deyo UCAR
This map shows the locations of NOAA Doppler radars along the East and Gulf coasts. With the new technique known as VORTRAC, forecasters can use these coastal radars to monitor the intensity of landfalling hurricanes. Credit: Steve Deyo, ©UCAR

Forecasters will test a new technique this summer that provides a detailed 3-D view of an approaching hurricane every six minutes and allows them to determine whether the storm is gathering strength as it nears land. The technique, developed by researchers at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), relies on the existing network of Doppler radars along the Southeast coast to closely monitor hurricane winds.


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