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contributor authorMoninger, William R.
contributor authorMamrosh, Richard D.
contributor authorPauley, Patricia M.
date accessioned2017-06-09T16:42:13Z
date available2017-06-09T16:42:13Z
date copyright2003/02/01
date issued2003
identifier issn0003-0007
identifier otherams-72578.pdf
identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4214596
description abstractCommercial aircraft now provide over 130,000 meteorological observations per day, including temperature,winds, and in some cases, humidity, vertical wind gust, or eddy dissipation rate (turbulence). The temperature and wind data are used in most operational numerical weather prediction models at NCEP and at other centers worldwide. At nonsynoptic times, these data are often the primary source of upper-air information over the United States. Even atsynoptic times, these data are critical in depicting the atmosphere along oceanic air routes. A Web site http://acweb.fsl.noaa.gov/ has been developed that gives selected users access to these data. Because the data are proprietary to the airlines, realtime access is restricted to entities such as government agencies and nonprofit research institutions (although sample past data are available to all). Data can be displayed in a variety of ways and can be downloaded for local processing. These data are described here, and examples of how they have been useful in weather forecasting and numerical weather prediction are shown.
publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
titleAutomated Meteorological Reports from Commercial Aircraft
typeJournal Paper
journal volume84
journal issue2
journal titleBulletin of the American Meteorological Society
identifier doi10.1175/BAMS-84-2-203
journal fristpage203
journal lastpage216
treeBulletin of the American Meteorological Society:;2003:;volume( 084 ):;issue: 002
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