June 10, 2022 05:13 pm
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/10/23162485/nasa-satellites-launch-advances-tropical-storm-hurricane-forecasts
These little satellites could bring big advances to tropical storm forecasts
NASA is gearing up to launch tiny satellites into space that will help forecasters keep a closer eye on tropical storms as they develop in a mission called TROPICS. Crucially, if the launches are successful, the satellites will mark a big advancement in our ability to watch rapidly intensifying storms.
At the moment, NASA’s weather satellites can only check in on a storm every four to six hours. “So we’re missing a lot of what’s happening in the storm,” Bill Blackwell, principal investigator for the TROPICS mission and a researcher at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory, said in NASA’s announcement yesterday.
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/10/23162485/nasa-satellites-launch-advances-tropical-storm-hurricane-forecasts
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