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The aircraft will survey winter storms over the North Atlantic to calibrate and validate weather satellite data, improve weather forecasts.
The NOAA Fleet Plan: Building NOAA's 21st Century Fleet assesses the agency's current and future at-sea observational infrastructure needs to carry out its mission.
A tried-and-true NOAA Lockheed WP-3D "hurricane hunter" has received upgrades that make it even more robust and capable.
As Hurricane Matthew moved along Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas, NOAA aviation and marine assets worked around-the-clock to support storm forecasts and response efforts.