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low, mid and upper-level wind, temperature and moisture variables as the genesis system
struggles within the sometimes very harsh environmental conditions. Important information
pertaining to wind shear and possible decoupling between the low and mid level vortex and the
extent of dry air intruding into or near the system’s inner core can only be accurately obtained
via these high altitude 3-D dropsonde measurements that systematically cover the entire storm
grid and not just the periphery as currently accomplished within some NOAA G-IV flights.
These 3-D atmospheric data sets have the potential to also initialize and help validate multiple
ongoing TC mesoscale numerical weather prediction (NWP) forecast model diagnoses and
forecast efforts as the community attempts to improve predictions of genesis, track, and intensity.
In addition, the AXBT data has provided the means to effectively map the oceanic thermal front
and eddy field and help us factor in OHC impacts on storm intensification and decay, not
otherwise accounted for in previous WPAC studies.
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