WISDOM Weather Balloon Release

WISDOM Weather Balloon Release
Photo by Russ Houston

September 1, 2009

Last week, a team of Mississippi State and other undergraduate and graduate student researchers with the university's Northern Gulf Institute released tracking balloons from Waveland in Hancock County. The exercise was a test for two upcoming launches taking place between Sept. 1 and Oct. 1. The balloons will carry a variety of sensors to detect wind patterns and seek to help improve hurricane forecasting. For more, click here.