Dispersed over 16 states, the WPDN is proving the feasibility of using strategically located vertical wind profilers in weather forecasting. All these data are forwarded every 6 minutes to a central location for processing and distribution. The frequent, high resolution data from locations with a WPS, PSOS, and RASS could eventually replace data acquired from manual balloon launches, which occur only twice a day. The following table describes the various sensor heights.
All heights are in meters.