Hurricane Hunters Use u-blox GPS Technology to Monitor and Predict "Katrina"
- From: "Andreas van Hooijdonk" <ahooijdz@xxxxxxxxxxxx(NoZ)>
- Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 16:01:50 +0200
Dubbed "Hurricane Hunters", the squadron's job is to fly airplanes
directly into hurricanes, and drop GPS dropsondes attached to parachutes
above the hurricane. During the free fall, the sondes take measurements
relative to the behavior of the hurricane every half-second.
Here is the whole story:
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/08-31-2005/0004097062&EDATE=
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Andreas van Hooijdonk
http://www.gps-practice-and-fun.com
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