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At Lower Altitudes, The Picture Gets a Little Clearer

Steve Scott

Monday, February 27th, 2006

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Regional airline pilots soon should be able to tap into a more detailed and real-time picture of weather problems than what they have now, even better than what pilots for some larger carriers use, thanks to technology supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). For a long time, there's been significant interest in getting better, up-to-the-minute weather data to pilots, says Taumi Daniels of NASA's Langley Research Center, who served as the agency's project manager for a year-long…

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