HOW 5G IS LIKELY TO PUT WEATHER FORECASTING AT RISK

Hackaday ^ | 16 April 2016 | Dan Maloney

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The satellites that watch our weather are largely passive sensor platforms that measure the energy reflected or emitted by objects below them. They gather data on temperature and moisture — pressure is still measured chiefly by surface measurements and by radiosondes — by looking at the planet in different wavelengths. Temperature is measured mainly in the optical wavelengths, both visible and infrared, but water vapor is a bit harder to measure. That’s where microwaves come in, and where weather prediction stands to run afoul of the 5G rollout.

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Lurker, since you are in the business, go to YouTube and search for ATT AirGig. Apparently ATT will start deploying this with some utilities in 2020. Cool stuff

Project AirGig Gets Closer to Initial Commercial Deployment

One of the big hassles about wireless phone service involves getting permission to install cell towers by town councils. What AT&T is doing is installing small antennas on utility poles (which they already own rights to), essentially making each such pole a WiFi hotspot.

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Airgig also does 5G cellular.