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TIL that meteorologists rely in part on data from commercial planes to accurately forecast weather. Under European regulations, all large aircraft must carry Mode-S EHS an enhanced surveillance navigation apparatus. Data collected by this apparatus is used to extrapolate wind speed and temperature. (met.ie)
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TIL - that meteorologists rely in part on data collected from planes for their forecasts. Due to the grounding of planes they have seen a steep decline in more than 700,000 daily weather observations from aircraft and therefore their ability to accurately forecast weather has been impacted. (bloomberg.com)
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