Launch of Aeolus wind speed satellite

[Cormorant]

This is interesting:

https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/08/2...y-for-liftoff/

Hope it leads to better and more comprehensive wind forecasts.

"...Data collected by the Aeolus satellite will be fed into numerical weather prediction models, replacing simulated 'boundary conditions' in the computer models with near real-time measurements from space...."

[svHyLyte]

I suspect that will greatly improve the European Weather Model and the GFS if the US agency as access to the data and chooses to use it.