Information collected on precipitation, temperature and humidity can help scientists determine where a hurricane will hit and how strong it will be, allowing people living in coastal areas to better prepare for possible evacuations. There will be help.
“Many operational organizations such as the National Hurricane Center and the Joint Typhoon Warning Center and many others are ready to receive tropical imagery to help inform their forecasters,” said Ben Kim, a program executive at NASA.
In the longer term, a better understanding of the formation and development of these storms could help improve climate models.