NOAA Hurricane Hunter Aircraft

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This is the fleet of NOAA hurricane hunting aircraft – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrator de los USA who study storms.

Operating for scientific purposes, NOAA's air division has the objective of studying in detail the hurricanes and storms that originate in things from North America 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 collecting airborne environmental data vital to understanding the Earth, conserve and manage coastal and marine resources, protect lives and property.

*Video of the interior of the WP-3D Orion during Hurricane Dorian with all its studio equipment.

This organization has a fleet of nine manned aircraft, managed and maintained by the Aircraft Operations Center (AOC) del NOAA, part of NOAA's Office of Aviation and Marine Operations. Located at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport in Lakeland, Florida. The AOC serves as the main base for the OMAO aircraft fleet and provides the scientific community with capable, mission-ready aircraft and professional crews., which is committed to the safe use, efficient and economical aircraft and has more than four decades of experience in the development, coordination and successful and safe conduct of airborne environmental data collection missions.

the two planes Lockheed WP-3D Orion agency's "hurricane hunter", along with the Gulfstream IV-SP, significantly improve understanding of hurricanes and the accuracy of tropical cyclone forecasts. Uniquely equipped with Doppler tail radar and the ability to display weather data - collecting sonars in flight, these highly capable and versatile aircraft also support atmospheric and atmospheric chemistry studies.

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

NOAA light aircraft also play a vital role in monitoring our environment.. Operating throughout the country, Beechcraft King Air planes, the Gulfstream Jet Prop Commander and de Havilland Twin Otter aircraft support marine mammal population studies, shoreline shift assessments, snow and water resource studies, air chemistry studies, remote sensing and emergency response projects.

NOAA also operates drone systems used to observe marine life., seabirds and their habitat.

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 variation of the well-known P-3 Orion with specific modifications for its mission, It is mainly used for direct entry missions into the eye of the hurricane to carry out specific measurements that allow intensity to be determined., size, direction and possible changes in the hurricane.

The use of this specific aircraft is due to its operational reliability as it is 4 motors and also, due to its low controlled speed that allows a correct measurement of all the hundreds of parameters that are measured with the sophisticated and exclusive on-board equipment.

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