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new tools for forecasters: real-time cross sections produced in the field

John J. Cahir Department of Meteorology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pa. 16802

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John M. Norman Department of Meteorology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pa. 16802

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Walter D. Lottes Department of Meteorology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pa. 16802

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John A. Toth Department of Meteorology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pa. 16802

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Online Publication:
01 Dec 1976
Print Publication:
01 Dec 1976
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0477(1976)057<1426:NTFFRT>2.0.CO;2
Page(s):
1426–1433
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Objective analyses on vertical cross sections are presented as examples of the type of real-time product available on the Penn State, Department of Meteorology, on-line minicomputer. The analyses are not new, but their real-time availability is. Our experience has been that such products improve forecaster diagnosis and understanding and suggest that the “man-machine mix” concept, extended to other types of analyses and diagnoses, may be as appropriate to small machines as to large ones.

Objective analyses on vertical cross sections are presented as examples of the type of real-time product available on the Penn State, Department of Meteorology, on-line minicomputer. The analyses are not new, but their real-time availability is. Our experience has been that such products improve forecaster diagnosis and understanding and suggest that the “man-machine mix” concept, extended to other types of analyses and diagnoses, may be as appropriate to small machines as to large ones.

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