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Convective Weather Product Evaluation for FAA Air Traffic Management
SPoRT has partnered with ENSCO Inc. and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to create an Enhanced Convective Forecast (ECF) for use by air traffic route planners in the New York City tri-state area. This product generates two 12 hour convective forecasts using a specially-tuned Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model run by ENSCO as well as several other forecast models (including one run by the National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL)). ENSCO forecasters then generate the ECF product by anticipating the strength and coverage of convection using guidance from the model runs and radiosonde observations, satellite imagery, and radar reflectivity.
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Tornado damage can be detected by MODIS 250-m visible and color composite images, as shown here in the southeast Missouri storms of April 24, 2002.
