NASA On Air: NASA Launches CYGNSS: Eight Eyes-in-the-Sky for Better Hurricane Forecasts (12/15/2016)
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- Produced by:
- Howard Joe Witte and
- Kathryn Mersmann
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LEAD: [Today, 12/15/2016] NASA launched eight small satellites to help hurricane forecasters give advanced warnings of hurricane strength.
1. The group of small satellites, with 5-foot solar panels, will fly 300 miles above the Earth in a string 12 minutes apart.
2. Because the system detects the relatively long wavelength of reflected signals from existing GPS satellites, it can measure surface winds underneath the torrential hurricane rains.
TAG: Hurricane scientists expect the critical wind data will help them better forecast the intensification of hurricanes.
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Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Scientist
- Chris Ruf (University of Michigan)
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Producers
- Howard Joe Witte (ADNET) [Lead]
- Kathryn Mersmann (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) [Lead]
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Technical support
- Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
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