Meteorologist Mike Boyce ventured out to Edwards Air Force base to attend a news conference that explores the NASA/NOAA partnership in studying El Nino weather patterns in the Eastern Pacific. Mission scientists and staff were present to tour the flight mission control center and the unmanned Global Hawk Aircraft.
The unmanned aircraft is capable of being controlled from a control room on Edwards Air Force Base while the plane flies thousands of miles away over storms along the equator. The goal of this study will be to collect enough data to better forecast the effects of an El Niño season on sensible weather, particularly along the west coast of the U.S.
Source: 23ABC