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A Successful Hurricane Season

As hurricane forecasters reflect on this year's Atlantic hurricane season, greater than normal activity was in some ways a plus. The year's frequent storms gave scientists additional opportunity for research, gathering perhaps the most comprehensive data ever on changes that take place as storms strengthen. Frank Marks is manager of NOAA's hurricane research field program...

Researchers say this past hurricane season was a bountiful one in terms of data they were able to collect from storms. The Federal agencies of NOAA and NASA worked together in flying through and over Atlantic storms this year. NOAA researcher Frank Marks says there's particular interest in better forecasting of storm strength...

Like a Hurricane CAT Scan

As the federal agencies of NOAA and NASA joined forces this past hurricane season, they were able to collect important new data on the strength of Atlantic cyclones. Frank Marks is manager of NOAA's hurricane research field program...

While hurricane researchers say this year's hurricane season was fruitful for research, they say what comes next may be even more important. This year featured a joint effort by federal agencies NASA and NOAA, flying through storms together to study storm strength. But researcher Frank Marks says future efforts concentrate will on the storm's most dangerous part

Long lasting hurricane research

While the federal agencies of NOAA and NASA coordinated flights through hurricanes in this year's Atlantic season, they were gathering data that went to immediate use in forecasting storm tracks and strength. But some of what they collected will only bear fruit under further study. Researcher Frank Marks...