How Strong Is That Hurricane? Just Listen

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Thu, 04/10/2008 - 19:00

Knowing how powerful a hurricane is, before it hits land, can help to save lives or to avoid the enormous costs of an unnecessary evacuation.

So far, there's only one surefire way of measuring the strength of a hurricane: Sending airplanes to fly right through the most intense winds and into the eye of the storm, carrying out wind-speed measurements as they go.

Researchers think there may be a better, cheaper way of determining how powerful a hurricane is. The...


 

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