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Chronicle: The government shutdown has halted evaluation of a promising new global forecast model
The government shutdown has halted evaluation of a promising new global forecast model
Eric Berger
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
There are reports that Congress is closing in on a deal to end the government shutdown, and from the perspective of the hurricane science community an end soon is critical.
While the National Hurricane Center has remained open to issue forecasts, the tropical cyclone research arm of the federal government, the Hurricane Research Division, as well as the Earth System Research Laboratory, have been closed.
Who cares, you say?
According to one Florida hurricane scientist I spoke to this week, “A lot of what we do next season starts right about now. We’ll evaluate how the models performed, and assess some of the newer models. This time frame is crucial for the new models that we’ll be using next year. A delay now will impact us for next year. It will not allow us to make improvements. And delay right now will affect us in moving forward as we hoped.”
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http://blog.chron.com/sciguy/2013/10/the-government-shutdown-has-halted-evaluation-of-a-promising-new-global-forecast-model/?cmpid=houtexhcat
Eric Berger
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
There are reports that Congress is closing in on a deal to end the government shutdown, and from the perspective of the hurricane science community an end soon is critical.
While the National Hurricane Center has remained open to issue forecasts, the tropical cyclone research arm of the federal government, the Hurricane Research Division, as well as the Earth System Research Laboratory, have been closed.
Who cares, you say?
According to one Florida hurricane scientist I spoke to this week, “A lot of what we do next season starts right about now. We’ll evaluate how the models performed, and assess some of the newer models. This time frame is crucial for the new models that we’ll be using next year. A delay now will impact us for next year. It will not allow us to make improvements. And delay right now will affect us in moving forward as we hoped.”
...
http://blog.chron.com/sciguy/2013/10/the-government-shutdown-has-halted-evaluation-of-a-promising-new-global-forecast-model/?cmpid=houtexhcat