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Committee questions data gaps after DOD moves to end routine DMSP data sharing
Summary
Members and witnesses discussed how losing Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) data and other microwave imagers could affect hurricane and night-time storm analysis and stressed the need for overlap, calibration and access to fill gaps.
Chairman Franklin asked witnesses how the discontinuation of Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) data sharing would affect forecasts and what could replace that data as the program is phased out.
Thomas Cavett told the committee that microwave imagers and sounders on DMSP are "critically important for hurricane forecasting" and warned of an observational shortfall. "If you couple that with the…
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