Two USAF Reserve C-130's in Anchorage - 10 Flights
NOAA G-lV in Honolulu - 9 Flights
Parallel u is run without dropsonde data, near real time
evaluation on web
NEW ELEMENTS AS COMPARED TO
LAST YEAR (NORPEX-98) -
Transition toward operational
use - Reduced human workload
1) HPC & Regions identify significant weather events with large uncertainty
2) Use of ~20 predesigned flight tracks
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Best track selected automatically based on sensitivity results
3) If ensemble suggest signal from data
amplifies in forecast => Do it