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This bill aims to improve the National Weather Service's forecasting of turbulence and acquisition of aviation weather data. The key provisions include: 1. Establishing an airborne observation program to acquire atmospheric sensor data and deploy critical atmospheric sensors in partnership with the "weather enterprise" (a term that refers to the full ecosystem of public, private, and academic entities involved in weather forecasting and data collection). 2. Requiring the National Weather Service Director to include turbulence, icing, and other relevant phenomena in the forecasting capabilities of the Aviation Weather Center, and to improve weather and turbulence forecasting through interagency coordination and transitioning research initiatives into operations. 3. Amending the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017 to explicitly include "aviation weather phenomena, including atmospheric composition and turbulence" as a focus area for next-generation aviation research. The bill authorizes up to $10 million per year from 2024 to 2028 to carry out these activities within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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