The Lockheed WP-3D Orion aircraft, also known as hurricane hunting aircraft of the National Hydrometeorological Center USA (NOAA), is responsible for flying high in the center of the storm with up to7500m to collect data such as the path of the storm, storm intensity.
Was first introduced in 1976, so far the world's only 2 the newest P-3D Orion. Aircraft jet engine is equipped with a full range of equipment such as radar, sensors, data recording system to record information about pressure, meteorological and environmental information such as the state of the sea and marine life. In addition to the tasks detect hurricanes, P-3 is involved in a number of international research programs. One of them is the study of the possibility of following the oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. Data on air quality, the environment around the bay has been recorded and sent to the center.
In Hurricane Irene this past September, two P-3 collected information to help NOAA predicted landfall in North Carolina and the scanning direction of the storm on the East coast.
We have proposed budget cuts of the American Meteorological Center budget including the storm forecast up to 40% may interfere with the aircraft's future.
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