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Proponents assert the sky is the limit for big data. Indeed, data analytics is now headed into orbit with a deal between an Indian space agency and a commercial satellite provider specializing in microsatellites carrying sensors to collect earth and space weather along with climate data.

Satellite sensor developer PlanetiQ, Boulder, Colo., said weather and climate data would be folded into weather models to improve storm predictions. The deal with Antrix Corp. Ltd., the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organization, calls for launching the first two polar-orbiting satellites during the fourth quarter of 2016. The partners said the network would help improve global weather forecasting and climate monitoring. It would also boost capabilities in the emerging field of space weather prediction.

The world today lacks sufficient data to feed into weather models, especially the detailed vertical data that is critical to storm prediction. Capturing the detailed vertical structure of the atmosphere from pole to pole, especially over the currently under-sampled oceans, is the missing link to improving forecasts of high-impact weather.

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