As the Yalobusha River rose around Greenwood, Mississippi, during a major rainstorm in late February, scientists from the Northern Gulf Institute at Mississippi State University deployed a small unmanned plane that took high-resolution images of rising waters and beamed them back in real time to NOAA weather forecasters.
A small business that teamed up with NOAA to design a new tool to help improve the nation’s elevation measurements is now taking flight in the commercial market.