A WC-130J Super Hercules aircraft assigned to the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., gets deiced prior to a mission from Ketchikan, Alaska, Dec. 16, 2021. The mission consists of dropping weather buoys into areas of the Pacific Ocean designated by Scripps Institution of Oceanography's Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes, who will use the data collected from the buoys to study atmospheric rivers. ( Air Force courtesy photo.)

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Keywords: atmospheric, cw3, hunters, hurricane, institution, oceanography, reserveready, rivers, scripps