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Imaging Helps Hurricane Endeavors
By Advanced Imaging Editorial Staff
As the hurricane gathered intensity over the water, satellites, dropsondes and other imaging devices were there to record the data in an effort to learn more about hurricanes, how they act and how they can better be predicted. On the ground, imaging techniques may help to identify the victims of this disaster.
Advanced Imaging’s editorial staff compiled a few stories of how imaging technology is being used.
Radar Data Used in Research of Katrina
Real-time radar data and high-tech communications were used as the Rainband and Intensity Change Experiment (RAINEX) project began its research with Hurricane Katrina.
RAINEX became the first hurricane research project to fly planes inside and outside a hurricane’s principal rainband, gathering information that will help scientists to better understand changes in a hurricane’s intensity.
RAINEX, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF, Arlington, VA), is studying the interaction between hurricane winds and rain, using data recorded from hurricane research flights, according to Steve Nelson, program director in NSF’s atmospheric sciences division, which funded RAINEX.
