What Was the Bumpiest Flight Ever on NOAA’s WP-3D Hurricane Hunter Aircraft?

Joshua B. Wadler; Lauren Villafane; Joseph J. Cione; Kevin Adkins; George R. Alvey

doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-24-0065.1

What Was the Bumpiest Flight Ever on NOAA’s WP-3D Hurricane Hunter Aircraft?

Joshua B. Wadler
, Lauren Villafane
, Joseph J. Cione
, Kevin Adkins
, George R. Alvey

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
NOAA National Weather Service, Jacksonville
NOAA/Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
University of Miami

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	E849-E867
Journal	Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Volume	106
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-24-0065.1
State	Published - May 2025
Externally published	Yes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Atmospheric Science

Keywords

Aircraft observations
Tropical cyclones
Turbulence

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10.1175/BAMS-D-24-0065.1

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