atmosphere and Climate
Hurricane Hunters
Name________________________________________ Date_____________
Directions: Write your responses on this sheet or on separate paper.
1. What are hurricane hunters? What do they do?
2. What is the definition of a hurricane?
3. Why is it important to directly sample a
hurricane with dropwindsondes? What kinds
of data do scientists collect using these probes?
4. Do you think hurricane hunters could study other types of weather events,
such as tornadoes, using the same strategies? Explain your answer.
5. Would you like to be a hurricane hunter? Why or why not?
Courtesy of NOAA Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research/NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio/NOAA Aircraft Operations Center/NOAA AMOL–Hurricane Research Division
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