. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Coastwatch COASTAL TIDINGS Managing Editor Katie Mosher Senior Editors Kathleen Angione Ann Green Contributing Editors Jamie Harris E-Ching Lee Erin Selling Pani Smith Designer Linda Noble Circulation Manager Sandra Harris The North Carolina Sea Grant College Program is a federal/state program that promotes stewardship of our coastal and marine resources through research, extension and education. It joined the National Sea Grant College Network in 1970 as an institutional program. Six years later. it was d


. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Coastwatch COASTAL TIDINGS Managing Editor Katie Mosher Senior Editors Kathleen Angione Ann Green Contributing Editors Jamie Harris E-Ching Lee Erin Selling Pani Smith Designer Linda Noble Circulation Manager Sandra Harris The North Carolina Sea Grant College Program is a federal/state program that promotes stewardship of our coastal and marine resources through research, extension and education. It joined the National Sea Grant College Network in 1970 as an institutional program. Six years later. it was designated a Sea Grant College. Today. North Carolina Sea Grant supports research projects, a 15-memher extension program and a communications staff. Ron Hodson is director. The program is funded by the Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the state through the University of North Carolina. CoastwatchQSSN 1068-784X) is published six times a year by the North Carolina Sea Grant College Program. North Carolina State University. Box 8605. Raleigh. North Carolina 27695-8605. Telephone: 919/515-2454. Fax: 919/515-7095. Subscriptions are $15. E-mail: World Wide Web address: Periodical Postage paid at Raleigh, POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Coastwatch. North Carolina Sea Grant North Carolina State University. Box 8605. Raleigh. NC 27695-8605. Aircraft Improve Hurricane Forecasts Wh, Sea^rant North Carolina Cover photo of the Whalehead Club in Currituck by Erin Selling. Printed on recycled paper. ® en Hurricane Fran hit in 1996, weather forecasters relied on satellite and aircraft to track the storm's movement. Ten years later, National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologists have improved the use of aircraft to capture the storm's eye at its meanest. "NOAA's National Weather Service has gotten much better at aerial reconnaissance," says Tom Matheson, NWS meteorologist in Wilmington.


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