Airlines have had to suspend passenger flights and cut schedules due to the spread of Covid-19. Experts have found this has led to a severe decrease in aircraft-based observations, which help with weather predictions.
Now, it could impact weather forecasts too. Amid the spread of Covid-19, airlines have had to suspend passenger flights and cut schedules. Experts have found this has led to a severe decrease in aircraft-based observations, which help with weather predictions. Weather data collected by aircrafts are crucial in forecast models that control daily weather predictions. Aircraft-based observations also help in greatly reducing errors in weather forecasts.
"Even though a decrease in this critical data will likely negatively impact forecast model skill, it does not necessarily translate into a reduction in forecast accuracy," Susan Buchanan, a spokesperson for NOAA National Weather Service, told CNN. Most airlines could be bankrupt by May. Governments will have to helpThis is because aviation industries use other instruments to collect weather data.
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