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Scientific Instrumentation on the plains

Scientists test a new tool to improve local precipitation forecasts

OWAQ NewsBy Kristina KiestNovember 18, 2016

A new weather forecasting tool could soon find itself part of the day-to-day operations of NOAA’s National Weather Service (NWS). The instrument, called Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer, or AERI, measures temperature, water vapor and trace gases (like ozone, carbon monoxide and methane) in the lowest layer of Earth’s atmosphere, the troposphere.

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