NOAA Hurricane Hunter Aircraft

Así It is NOAA's fleet of hurricane hunter aircraft. – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrator de los USA who study storms.

Operating for scientific purposesíficos, I divided itón aéNOAA area aims to study in detail the hurricanes and storms that originate in North America.érich and the Caribbean, to be able to understand their compartment and learn lessons that allow us to protect the lives of the inhabitants on land.

hurricane hunter

Within NOAA capabilities, It provides a wide range of specialized capabilities in the collectionón of airborne environmental data vital to understanding Earth, conserve and manage coastal and marine resources, protect lives and property.

*Víview of the interior of the WP-3D Orion during the Hucarán Dorian with all his study equipment.

This organization has a fleet of nine manned aircraft, managed and maintained by the Aircraft Operations Center (AOC) del NOAA, part of the Office of Marine Operations and Aviationón the NOAA. Located at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport in Lakeland, Florida. The AOC serves as the main base for the OMAO aircraft fleet and provides the community with scientificífic capable and mission-ready aircraftón and professional crews, which isá committed to safe use, efficient and economicóunique of aircraft and has más of four dédrops of experience in development, coordinationón y implementationón successful and safe collection missionsón of airborne environmental data.

the two planes Lockheed WP-3D Orion “hurricane hunter” from the agency, along with the Gulfstream IV-SP, significantly improve understandingón of hurricanes and the precisionón of the pronótropical cyclone statics. Equipped so úunique with Doppler tail radar and the ability to display climate dataáticos - compilationónumber of probes in flight, these highly capable aircraft and veráuseful tooén they admit studies of whatíatmospheric micaérica y atmosférica.

*The WP-3D Orion entering the eye of the Hurricaneán Dorian seen from the cockpit.

NOAA light aircraft alsoén play a vital role in monitoring our environment. Operating throughout the countryís, Beechcraft King Air planes, the Gulfstream Jet Prop Commander and the avión De Havilland Twin Otter support population studiesón the momímarine feros, shoreline shift assessments, h resource studiesídredges and snow, studies of whatíbit of air, remote sensing projectsón and emergency response.

NOAA playsén operates unmanned aircraft systems used to observe marine life, seabirds and their hábitat.

NOAA fleet

• Aero Commander 1000
• Beechcraft Super King Air
• de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter
• Gulfstream IV
• Lockheed WP-3D Orion

El WP-3D Orion

Being a variationón of the well-known P-3 Orion with specific modificationsífics for your missionón, It is mainly used for direct entry missions into the eye of the hurricane.án to carry out specific measuresígraphs that allow determining intensity, tamañO, dirección and possible changes in the hurricaneán.

The use of this avión specífico is due to its reliability of operationón for being 4 engines and alsoén, due to its low controlled speed that allows a measurementócorrect n of all hundreds of pairámeters that are measured with the sophisticated and exclusive on-board equipment.