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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-3341-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-3341-2025
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22 Jul 2025
Research article |  | 22 Jul 2025

EMADDC: high-volume, high-quality, and timely wind and temperature observations from aircraft surveillance data (Mode-S EHS)

Siebren de Haan, Paul de Jong, Michal Koutek, Jan Sondij, and Lukas Strauss

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This paper describes the operational method of extracting meteorological information from all airborne aircraft in the European airspace every 20 s to 1 min. The methodology is described, and the quality of the wind and temperature observations is evaluated against radiosonde and other aircraft observations.
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