Tracking atmospheric rivers on a highflying reconnaissance jet - Los Angeles Times
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Tracking atmospheric rivers on a highflying reconnaissance jet

Meteorologists on board a specially equipped hurricane-reconnaissance jet were trying to answer one question: How bad would the next atmospheric river be?

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By releasing dozens of tube-shaped data-collecting devices into the heart of an atmospheric river, the crew was able to capture the equivalent of a CT scan to help predict when and where the rains would hit. And how hard.

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