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A shared satellite system is at risk for closure due to military cybersecurity concerns, which would delay hurricane ...
Only days after the U.S. Department of Defense abruptly announced the immediate termination of satellite data critical to hurricane forecasts – granted a moratorium early Monday through July – NOAA ...
NOAA's WP-3D Orion planes, nicknamed Kermit and Miss Piggy, fly into hurricanes to gather critical data for forecasting.
Miami meteorologist John Morales expressed concern that NOAA Hurricane Hunter aircraft may be hampered by the budget cuts and ...
The Department of Defense announced that it will end the sharing of some satellite data that helps in hurricane forecast. Here's why ...
Hurricane forecasters are at risk of losing a crucial tool because of military concerns surrounding the cybersecurity of a ...
Microwave satellite data are key to capturing major changes in a hurricane’s strength, such as when a storm undergoes rapid ...
The WP-3D Orion is part of the NOAA's Hurricane Hunter program. These aircraft are essentially flying laboratories, packed with instruments designed to gather high-resolution data in places where ...
An ambitious project to weaken or divert hurricanes generated decades of suspicion and disagreement. What did we learn – and will it ever be revived?
Forecasting storms and preparing the public requires coordination among labs, researchers, meteorologists, emergency managers ...
Forecasters are set to lose some of their sharpest eyes in the sky just a few months before Atlantic hurricane season peaks ...
The ability to peer under the clouds of a developing tropical cyclone is critically important for hurricane specialists.