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Sanford Manley · September 9th 04, 01:42 AM posted to sci.geo.meteorology

said:
It seems to me that technology has reached the point that hurricane
research could be supplemented by so called 'robotic airborne sensors',
you might say smart balloons. If you can track a bird flying across the
Atlantic that has a mini GPS receiver/transmitter then you should be
able to drop instruments into a hurricanes that will ride the storm
transmitting back vital data. Such devices may have already been built
and tried. Does anyone have any knowledge of such? What I am talking
about is something similar to a dropsonde that does not drop but instead
stays airborne. It would have to be a 'lighter than air instrument
package'.

Wonderful idea, but what could a floating sensor do that
a good satellite shot could not?

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