WIND DETECTION
The SeaWinds instrument on the QuikScat satellite can detect winds typical of a tropical depression up to nearly two days earlier than conventional weather observations, according to NASA and NOAA researchers. The instrument is capable of looking through cloud cover that can obscure tropical storms...
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