“Dropsondes are small cylindrical devices that are used by organizations like NOAA to collect valuable information during extreme weather events like hurricanes or atmospheric rivers," an NSF NCAR ...

Hurricane Melissa's wind gusts reached a record-breaking speed shortly before the storm made landfall in the Caribbean last month, according to data recorded during the deadly event. The data was ...

Researchers have demonstrated the high accuracy of their newly developed typhoon observation device that can be dropped from an aircraft into the eye of a typhoon. This kind of device, called a ...

Researchers in Japan have demonstrated the high accuracy of their newly developed typhoon observation device, which is designed to drop from an aircraft into the eye of a typhoon. The results are ...

A record-breaking 252-mph wind reading measured by a dropsonde launched from an NOAA Hurricane Hunter airplane during a mission into Hurricane Melissa has been verified, making it the strongest wind ...

With fins and light-weight body, the newly developed dropsonde works without parachute unlike conventional ones. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases ...

The incredible 252 mph peak wind gust measured in Hurricane Melissa as it approached Jamaica was verified this week. That wind gust is now officially the highest wind speed ever recorded by the ...

BOULDER, Colo. — A dropsonde is a suite of weather sensors packed inside a cardboard tube that measure storms as it falls from the belly of an airplane to the earth. The sensor is most often used in ...

Hurricane Hunters measured the gust while flying through Hurricane Melissa’s eye on Oct. 28 Meteorologists confirmed this week that a wind gust recorded in Hurricane Melissa’s eyewall was the ...

Researchers in Japan have demonstrated the high accuracy of their newly developed typhoon observation device, which is designed to drop from an aircraft into the eye of a typhoon. The results were ...