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GPS could be used to predict weather
July 10, 2006
"Weather forecasts should be improved by a technique to track the variable depth of the atmosphere's lowest layer, using the distortion to signals sent between satellites.
The atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) is one of the most important layers for weather forecasters. Its depth is determined by the character and intensity of the thermodynamic processes going on inside it – such as the convection that causes cumulus clouds to form – and variations in the energy radiated into the atmosphere by the Earth.
"Knowing those fluxes is important for weather prediction and climate monitoring," lead researcher Sergey Sokolovskiy at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) in Colorado, US, told New Scientist."
Posted by Kathie on July 10, 2006 7:53 PM.
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