Hong Kong’s weather forecasters are hoping to improve accuracy in predicting and tracking typhoons this year with storm-chasing aircraft featuring new technology.
The Observatory and Government Flying Service (GFS) on Friday unveiled the dropsonde system, which allows first-hand meteorological data collection using a cylindrical device that is dropped into a storm from aircraft flying at high altitude.
The dropsonde, fitted with sensors, a radio transmitter and GPS antenna, is intended...
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