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New forecasts help pilots avoid peril over seas

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NCAR A new prototype system developed by a National Center for Atmospheric Research team can generate more reliable and up-to-date data about storms over the oceans for transoceanic flights. This map is one example.

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New forecasts help pilots avoid peril over seas

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Organization: National Center for Atmospheric Research

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New forecasts help pilots avoid peril over seas

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The crash into the ocean of an Air France flight on June 1, 2009 after it encountered intense thunderstorms underscored the difficulty pilots on transoceanic flights have of knowing where storms will be given the limitations of current systems for monitoring storms far out over the ocean.

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