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NOAA research is gradually closing the sub-seasonal prediction gap

Predicting the weather a few days in advance is a complex undertaking. But what about the weather 3 to 4 weeks from now?

February 15, 2018 0 Comments

Agencies team up to accelerate Earth system prediction

Accurately predicting the weather - at short and long time scales - is among the most complex and important challenges faced by science. Protecting the nation’s security and economic well-being will increasingly rely on improved skill in forecasting weather, weather-driven events like floods and droughts, and long-term shifts in weather, ocean and sea-ice patterns.

March 10, 2017 0 Comments

Wayne Higgins named director of NOAA’s Climate Program Office

Today, NOAA announced Wayne Higgins, Ph.D., as director of NOAA’s Climate Program Office. Higgins, who has spent much of his career at the forefront of weather and climate prediction for NOAA’s National Weather Service, starts his new position July 28.

June 4, 2013 0 Comments

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