WEATHER forecasts may become less accurate due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to scientists. That’s because forecasters rely on delicate instruments strapped onto commercial aircraft …
WEATHER forecasts may become less accurate due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to scientists.
"Along with radiosondes attached to weather balloons, [atmospheric] data is collected from buoys, satellites, and aircraft," Ryan said. "This includes commercial aircraft." Before the coronavirus outbreak, which has forced a third of the world's population into lockdown and cancelled most commercial flights, more than 1million weather data reports were being sent to these agencies on a daily basis.
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