Weather satellite breakthrough boosts long range forecasts
Nimbus II has enabled global temperature and atmospheric data from space, paving the way for forecasts up to two weeks ahead. ESSA and NASA officials say satellite soundings bring new predictive power at lower cost, with ongoing development of a larger data processing computer.
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