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What winter? Earth just had its second-warmest December-February on record NOAA

What winter? Earth just had its second-warmest December-February on record

What winter? The months of December, January and February – which meteorologists define as winter here in the Northern Hemisphere – were the second-warmest on record, federal scientists announced Friday.Only the El Niño-fueled winter of 2015-16 was warmer, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said. El Niño, a natural warming of sea…
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March 13, 2020
NOAA to triple supercomputing capacity in bid to dramatically improve forecast accuracy NOAA

NOAA to triple supercomputing capacity in bid to dramatically improve forecast accuracy

WASHINGTON — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is moving to close the computer modeling gap between the United States and international weather and climate agencies, such as the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting (ECMWF).The oceans and atmosphere agency has signed a contract that will provide two new supercomputers…
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March 5, 2020
What could power an early-warning system for harmful radiation storms in Earth’s Van Allen belts? AI? Let’s see, say Los Alamos boffins NOAA

What could power an early-warning system for harmful radiation storms in Earth’s Van Allen belts? AI? Let’s see, say Los Alamos boffins

Code needed because 'we no longer have direct measurements about what’s happening in outer electron belt' Machine-learning algorithms may in future be able to warn scientists of harmful radiation storms days in advance of their formation in Earth’s Van Allen belts. Charged particles from the Sun get trapped in our…
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March 4, 2020