topnews - NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory /tag/topnews/ Preparing the nation for change by studying the ocean, earth & atmosphere Thu, 03 Oct 2019 18:32:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 /wp-content/uploads/2018/09/NOAA_logo_512x512-150x150.png topnews - NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory /tag/topnews/ 32 32 11 Days in Dorian: AOML Hurricane Scientists Gather Data in Catastrophic Category 5 Storm /11-days-in-dorian-aoml-hurricane-scientists-gather-data-in-catastrophic-category-5-storm/ Thu, 03 Oct 2019 18:11:54 +0000 /?p=11469 Catastrophic Hurricane Dorian will be long remembered as one of the Atlantic basin’s most powerful landfalling hurricanes.  NOAA Hurricane Hunters measured Dorian’s intensification from a weak tropical storm in the Caribbean to one of the Atlantic’s fiercest hurricanes.  The data they gathered were vital to protecting life and property, supporting NOAA’s efforts to warn vulnerable communities of approaching severe weather through accurate forecasts.

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