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Sec. 206. Aviation weather and data innovation
18 SEC. 206. AVIATION WEATHER AND DATA INNOVATION.
19 (a) PROGRAM.—The Under Secretary shall maintain
20 an airborne observation program (in this section referred
21 to as the ‘‘program’’) for the acquisition of atmospheric
22 sensor data and the deployment of critical atmospheric
23 sensors, including in partnership with the weather enter-
24 prise.
1 (b) ACTIVITIES.—The program shall include activi-
2 ties that carry out the following:
3 (1) Procurement of weather data available from
4 commercial aircraft, as determined by the Under
5 Secretary.
6 (2) Acquisition of additional vertical profile ob-
7 servations that provide spatial and temporal density,
8 as determined by the Under Secretary.
9 (3) Analysis of procured data when incor-
10 porated into the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
11 Administration’s unified forecast system in order to
12 provide improved forecast information for aircraft.
13 (c) BUDGET.—The Under Secretary shall, not less
14 frequently than annually, submit to Congress a proposed
15 budget corresponding with the activities described in sub
16 section (b), including and analysis of activities that can
17 be complemented by National Oceanic and Atmospheric
18 Administration aircraft.