Without satellite observations and very brave hurricane hunters, predictions would be much less accurate. (scientificamerican.com)
As to the hurricane community, I have had an friendly association with one of the original hurricane hunters. (realclimate.org)
«As hurricane Harvey approached the U.S., hurricane hunters flew directly into the storm and dropped sensors to measure wind speed,» said Xiankang Dou, leader of the research team at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). (sciencedaily.com)