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Trajectory enhancement of low-earth orbiter thermodynamic retrievals to predict convection: a simulation experiment
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
Brian H. Kahn
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
Peter Kalmus
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
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Convection over land often triggers hours after a satellite last passed overhead and measured the state of the atmosphere, and during those hours the atmosphere can change greatly. Here we show that it is possible to reconstruct most of those changes by using weather forecast winds to predict where warm and moist air parcels will travel. The results can be used to better predict where precipitation is likely to happen in the hours after satellite measurements.
Convection over land often triggers hours after a satellite last passed overhead and measured...
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