NOAA Hurricane Hunters

Albert N. Clark, ASXResearch.org | May 2021 | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15605605

This peer-reviewed feature provides a technically detailed and firsthand account of NOAA’s Hurricane Hunter program during its 2021 Atlantic hurricane season preparations. Based at the Aircraft Operations Center (AOC) in Lakeland, Florida, the article chronicles NOAA’s relocation from MacDill AFB, examines the unique mission capabilities of the WP-3D Orion and Gulfstream IV-SP platforms, and analyzes operational data collection methods during the record-setting 2020 season. Supported by original photography and interviews with NOAA personnel, the work offers a dual public-academic lens into airborne meteorological science, instrumentation, and aviation-based hurricane forecasting strategy.

Citation (APA 7)

Clark, A. N. (2021, May 21). NOAA Hurricane Hunters [Scholarly report]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15605605