NOAA Hurricane Hunters

The NOAA Hurricane Hunters are an American flying unit that recorded within the Aircraft Operations Center ( AOC) environmental and geographic data, especially data on active hurricanes. Stationed they are in Tampa, Florida since 1993 at the MacDill Air Force Base. The unit is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA) assumed.

Order

The NOAA Hurricane Hunter research with specially equipped aircraft such as the Lockheed P-3 to support Gulfstream IV and Cessna Citation to NOAA missions to predict changes in the Earth's environment and the management of coastal and marine resources. This will be achieved through Hurricane flew to while recording measurement data and then transmit it to meteorologists and scientists for further processing. A further object is to support research projects, such as studies on ocean winds, winter storms, thunderstorms research, coastal erosion and atmospheric chemistry.

Mission

The mission is: "To safely and Efficiently operate NOAA ships and aircraft, mate emerging data acquisition technologies, and Provide a specialized professional team responsive to NOAA programs. " ( German: " to operate safely and efficiently NOAA ships and aircraft, integrated data acquisition technologies to integrate and kept a professional team for NOAA programs. " )

The vision is: "To be the best in class for sea and air operations and data acquisition for NOAA and the nation. "