Besides assessing typhoon structure, another accomplishment of the DOTSTAR program is to improve predictions of the paths of tropical cyclones, which has long been a headache for forecasters around the world.
除了觀測颱風結構，追風計劃的另一項成果，則有助於改善全球氣象預報人員最頭痛的颱風路徑預報誤差。