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How cloud data are improving weather forecasts
Description: For the last several years scientists have been exploring the secrets of clouds to improve weather predictions - everything from daily forecasts to keeping aircraft clear of dangerous conditions. Now a new NASA satellite, GOES-S (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite system), will provide data that the SatCORPS (Satellite Cloud and Radiative Property Retrieval System) research team will use to make those forecasts even better. [Source: NASA Climate Change News]
URL: https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2692/how-cloud-data-are-improving-weather-forecasts/
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Source: NASA Climate Change News
Publish Date: 3/28/2018
Reading Level: Basic
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