Eos speaks with Andy Edman, western region chief of the Science and Technology Infusion Division at the National Weather Service, about how the agency is helping wildfire crews fight fires from space.
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Why Space Weather Needs Ensemble Forecasting
Weather forecasts combine many model predictions to create an ensemble that is more accurate than separate models, a technique now starting to be applied in space weather science.
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Training Early-Career Polar Weather and Climate Researchers
Polar Prediction School; Abisko Scientific Research Station, Sweden, 17–27 April 2018
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Forecasting the Threat from the Sun
Ensemble techniques are opening a path toward space weather forecasts that give deeper understanding of the risk posed by each solar storm that approaches our planet.
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Evaluating the Accuracy of Seasonal Climate Predictions
An analysis of historical modeling outputs is improving our understanding of the relationships between different types of seasonal forecasting skills.
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The Challenges of Global Flood Hazard Mapping and Prediction
A new book presents the latest tools in remote sensing technologies and modeling approaches for addressing challenges and meeting future needs in global flood hazard mapping and prediction.
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Roger Lhermitte (1920–2016)
This luminary in the field of weather radar did it all, from basic engineering to sophisticated analysis.
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Challenges of Forecasting Flooding on Coral Reef–Lined Coasts
Understanding Flooding on Reef-lined Island Coasts Workshop; Honolulu, Hawaii, 5–7 February 2018
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A Better Way to Predict the Indian Monsoon
A new study finds that including Himalayan topography and land-atmosphere interactions improves climate models.
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Capturing Structural Changes of Solar Blasts en Route to Earth
Comparison of magnetic field structures for 20 coronal mass ejections at eruption versus Earth arrival highlights the importance of tracking structural evolution to refine space weather predictions.