NASA Preparing For Largest Hurricane Study Ever

anonymous writes "Does lightning predict the intensity of a tropical storm? What role does dust from the Sahara play? Do hurricanes form from the large-scale environment around a tropical storm or from small-scale formations 100 kilometers from the center? A team from NASA, NOAA, and NSF plan to find out. Starting Saturday, the team will conduct the largest hurricane study every undertaken. Among other things, a better understanding of hurricanes has ramifications for weather prediction, building codes, insurance policies, and disaster planning." One recent study found that hurricane creation is affected by plankton in the ocean.

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[Anonymous Coward]

"Ever" is redundant given the presence of largest.

Thanks in advance.

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K. Trout

Al Gore has already covered this.

[ScentCone]

Do hurricanes form from the large-scale environment around a tropical storm or from small-scale formations 100 kilometers from the center?

As we all know from the film, PowerPoint slides, books, and especially the promotional posters and advertisements, hurricanes come directly out of Evil Capitalist Industrial Cooling and Exhaust Towers. It must be true, not enough attractive celebrities have disagreed with it.

You are paying for this study.

[TonyXL]

Thanks, feds, for spending the money of folks living in the 42 states not affected by hurricanes.