Impact of Meteorological Data Collection and Reporting System (MDCRS)/Tropospheric Airborne Meteorological Data Reporting (TAMDAR) Data on National Weather Service (NWS) Operations

This viewgraph presentation provides information on the use of data by the National Weather Service (NWS). The two sources of data, the Meteorological Data Collection and Reporting System (MDCRS) and the Tropospheric Airborne Meteorological Data Reporting (TAMDAR), provide the basis for the National Weather Service's ability to perform Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP). These sources of data are derived from sensors mounted on host commercial airplanes. TAMDAR, an emerging system, will complement the data already received from MDCRS by providing input on the mid-tropospheric region not currently provided by airborne sensors.