Manufacturing  September 14, 2018

Three Front Range entities aid in tracking Florence

BOULDER and LOUISVILLE — More Colorado organizations are helping with Hurricane Florence.

How NCAR and Vaisala’s dropsondes work. Courtesy Vaisala.

Vaisala Corp., a Louisville-based manufacturer of weather equipment, is working with the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration and the National Center for Atmospheric Research, both in Boulder, to track the storm.

Together, the three entities make and analyze dropsondes — lightweight cylinders made of plastic and cardboard that are equipped with weather sensors and a parachute. The dropsondes are dropped above Hurricane Florence and can provide…

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