Why are the measurements made by reconnaissance aircraft so important to forecasting a hurricane's movement?

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ANSWER: Detailed information about a hurricane can come from aircrafts that fly directly into the storm. These so-called hurricane hunters carry instruments directly on the aircraft as well as instruments, such as the dropsonde, that are dropped from the aircraft into the storm. On its way down to the ocean surface, the dropsonde measures air temperature, humidity, and atmospheric pressure, which are transmitted back to the aircraft. Because the dropsonde is equipped with a Global Positioning System (GPS) that constantly monitors its changing position, it has the capability of providing wind information as well. Another temperature-measuring device dropped from the aircraft is the bathythermograph, which falls into the ocean where it measures water temperature as it slowly descends beneath the surface. Other probes dropped into the sea measure the speed of ocean currents and the salinity (saltiness) of the water, an important factor in determining water density.