I think you misunderstand me - I do not intend to express any confidence that phones will end up better than satellites if used exclusively! I am saying that working in tandem, all technology to measure and study the atmosphere should be used to better understand the weather.

Phones together with satellites and radars and weather stations will produce a better weather forecast experience than we have today, without using phones.

Thanks for the Candide reference, that is one of my favourite books, but I do not think it really applies to my optimism about weather forecasting technology into the future. We currently live in the worst of worlds when it comes to stability of plans for improvements into our weather infrastructure (at least in the US).

> Phones together with satellites and radars and weather stations will produce a better weather forecast experience than we have today, without using phones.

That will surely depend on how much the satellites sensing ability is degraded, no? What makes you so sure, other than a commitment to optimism?