Hurricane Hunters
Hurricane Hunters are special aircraft that fly into or around a tropical cyclone to gather information (or data). Hurricane Hunters are only used to study tropical cyclones in the northern Atlantic Ocean and northeastern Pacific Ocean.
Hurricane Hunters Media
View of the eyewall of Hurricane Katrina taken on August 28, 2005, by a NOAA P-3.
Lockheed WP-3A Orion weather reconnaissance aircraft of VW-4 Squadron at its NAS Jacksonville Florida base in 1974
Other websites
- 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron homepage
- 403rd Wing Homepage
- Air Weather Reconnaissance Association homepage
- NHC Reconnaissance data archive Archived 2008-08-08 at the Wayback Machine
- The NOAA Aircraft Operations Center homepage Archived 2007-02-10 at the Wayback Machine
- Navy Hurricane Hunters homepage Archived 2021-03-19 at the Wayback Machine
- VW-1 All Hands Alumni Association homepage Archived 2008-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
