Scientists study hurricanes using many NASA instruments. The National Park Service uses those studies to better understand how hurricanes effect fragile ecosystems.

Test Your Knowledge:

a. Which NASA mission provided a 3-dimensional image of a hurricane?

b. Which National Park Service site has been most effected by hurricanes during the past 3 years?

Learn more about how hurricanes are being studied by NASA and National Park Service scientists.

Last update: February 4, 1999
http://www.nps.gov/interp/nasa/hurricane.html
Editor: Toni_Dufficy
NPS Liaison to NASA Goddard Space Flight Center