And HRD participation continues with Winter Storm Reconnaissance 2000, operating out of Anchorage, studying Gulf of Alaska polar lows, and WSR 2001, operated out of Honolulu, studying Kona lows and jet stream turbulence. HRD also runs the H*Wind project, which brings together wind measurements from aircraft, satellites, ships, and buoys and creates an integrated near surface wind field. These fields are given to NHC's hurricane specialists in real-time, and are later posted on the World Wide Web for researchers around the globe.

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