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CHAPTER 3: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE USES OF SATELLITE DATA
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... Users include private-sector weather service providers, other government agencies, the media, and educational institutions. Important uses of satellite data, beyond weather forecasting applications, include climate monitoring, climate research, and oceanographic applications (see Box 3-1~.
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... In October 1995, NCEP implemented a new method to incorporate POES data. According to their tests, this method demonstrated the single largest
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... As a result, NWS will have to rely even more heavily in the future on both satellite information and aircraft data and, perhaps, on adaptive observations, for numerical weather prediction cycles. Another important application of POES data is for imagery of weather phenomena in northern latitudes beyond the range of GOES coverage, particularly for aviation forecasting in Alaska and the heavily traveled northernPacific commercial air routes.
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... They are collaborating with NOAA's Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and with NESDIS to optimize the use of satellite information by using radiance data directly in NCEP's next generation analysis systems (NOAA, 1995~. USE OF GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE DATA BY WEATHER FORECAST OFFICES The GOES data are a fundamental information source for NWS field offices.
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... ':~'-:':':':~:'~:~':':':\':':! ':'w'~:I':-':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':' ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Images of weather phenomena provided by geostationary satellites are essential for field office operations for mesoscale and short-range forecasting because they are continuously available in real time.
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... In addition to monitoring existing weather systems, the capability of geostationary satellites for detecting water-vapor fields and thin cloud lines and for deriving winds from the motion of clouds and water vapor has improved the accuracy of local weather forecasts. Reliable and continuous service from the operational satellites remains a dominant national requirement.
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  • numerical weather
  • poes data
  • weather prediction
  • water vapor
  • geostationary satellites

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  • weather forecasts
  • nws field
  • wind speed
  • weather forecast

  • weather service
  • field offices
  • prediction cycles
  • storm prediction
  • numerical models

  • aviation weather
  • surface wind
  • satellite information
  • satellite imagery
  • southern hemisphere

  • infrared imagery
  • sounder data
  • prediction models
  • weather center
  • forecast models

  • medium range
  • prediction center
  • weather phenomena
  • meteorological satellite
  • operational numerical


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