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WMO Weathered the Cold War, but Can It Survive Capitalism?

by Bill Morris 26 June 202326 June 2023

After 150 years of international cooperation, meteorology’s “vast machine” is adapting to private weather forecasting.

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An Unprecedented View Inside a Hurricane

by Gregory R. Foltz, Chidong Zhang, Christian Meinig, Jun A. Zhang and Dongxiao Zhang 6 May 20226 April 2023

To improve future tropical cyclone forecasts, researchers sent a remotely operated saildrone into the extreme winds and towering waves around the eye of a category 4 hurricane.

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Remote-Controlled Ocean Drones Observe Atmospheric Cold Pools

by Jack Lee 6 July 20216 April 2023

Novel uncrewed sailing vehicles measured properties of atmospheric cold pools in hard-to-reach regions of the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean.

A saildrone off the coast of Hawaii
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Keeping a Close Eye on the Ocean—from Afar

by R. M. Davis 23 December 20206 April 2023

Remote sensing technology proves effective in monitoring key regions of the world’s oceans, where upwelling and other essential ecosystem services occur.

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