Earth  ID: 20053

Unmaned Aerosonde Braves Hurricane Winds

Animations by Susan Twardy Released on March 11, 2005
The aerosonde will make continuous observation of the temperature, moisture, and wind structure of the near-surface hurricane environment providing real-time detailed observations to NOAA forecasters. Aerosonde and its sophisticated instruments will try to detect signals of rapid intensity changes in the hurricane. Enhancing this predictive capability would not only save our economy billions of dollars, but more importantly, it would save countless lives.
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This animation illustrates the Aerosonde, and unmanned aircraft system, flying into a hurricane.
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This is a high resolution print still of an Aerosonde.
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This is a high resolution print still of an Aerosonde.

Animation Credits

Susan Twardy (HTSI): Lead Animator
Erica Drezek (HTSI): Writer
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab

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G2006-045

Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
SVS >> Gonnelli
SVS >> HDTV
DLESE >> Natural hazards
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Atmospheric Phenomena >> Hurricanes
SVS >> Hyperwall
NASA Science >> Earth

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0