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ocean's warm water transfers energy to a growing storm. on september , , nasa, noaa, and aerosonde north america launched a remote-controlled aircraft into hurricane ophelia as it sat off the coast of georgia and the carolinas. the aircraft, known as an aerosonde, was equipped with sophisticated instruments
that recorded temperature, pressure, humidity, and wind speed in real time and relayed the information back to the researchers. the resulting data provided the first-ever detailed observations of the high-wind area where a hurricane meets the sea surface, an area often too dangerous for piloted aircraft...
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