The real-time information sent back by the Dropsonde devices not only helps the Central Weather Bureau to get a handle on the strength and size of typhoons, it also greatly increases the accuracy of predictions about the path a typhoon will follow.
透過投落送即時回傳的颱風觀測資料，不但幫助氣象局掌握颱風強度、暴風半徑，也大幅提高了颱風預報路徑的準確度。