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Drone Intercepts Oklahoma tornado
NBC NEWS
A drone captured new video of the vortex of an Oklahoma tornado. According to the drone storm-chasing project, "OTUS", this is a perspective no one has seen before. Louis Tucker, the drone's pilot, spoke with NBC News' Gadi Schwartz about the data it is collecting and the future of storm-chasing. For more context and news coverage of the most important stories of our day, click here: https://www.nbcnews.com
OTUS Project Collects Critical Surface Wind Data Inside Of Tornadoes
Until now, tornadic wind speeds near the ground have been difficult to measure. A new project called OTUS sends drones into the CD lower part of funnels to determine these speeds.
Meteorologists fly drones into tornadoes to uncover secrets of storm behavior
ORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — A group of meteorologists and scientists has a new approach to studying tornadoes: they’re flying drones into them.
First-of-its-kind drone video taken inside a tornado
With winds over 100 mph, it may seem impossible to fly a drone into the buzz saw of a tornado. But it’s now been done three times by Nelson Tucker, Louis Tucker and Tanner Beard. They founded a non-profit called the Otus project — observations of tornadoes by UAV systems.
