NRL's P-3 aircraft support project to study tropical cyclones

The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has been hunting for tropical cyclones as part of a multi-national study to understand, observe, and predict the potential impacts of Pacific tropical cyclones. This project, called Tropical Cyclone Structure-2008, is part of a nine-nation project being carried out with the endorsement of the World Meteorological Organisation, a part of the United Nations. The main goal of Tropical Cyclone Structure-2008 is to increase the predictability of tropical cyclones in the western North Pacific region...

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