Reviewing the Climate of 2011
Jake Crouch, National Climatic Data Center: 2011 tied as the eleventh-warmest year in our record. But that doesn’t mean that any specific area was warmer or cooler than that. The map behind me shows...
View ArticleThe Record-Breaking Texas Drought
Dave Brown, National Climatic Data Center: It’s the driest year ever in Texas since we’ve been keeping instrumental records back to the late 1800′s. It was the hottest summer in Texas and Oklahoma and...
View ArticleMonitoring Malaria Using Satellites
Felix Kogan, NOAA Satellite and Information Service: The World Health Organization indicates every minute two children under the age of five die in Africa, affected by malaria. Kids can play in the...
View ArticleImproving Models for Wind Energy
Jim Wilczak, NOAA Earth System Resources Laboratory: One of the core aspects of the Wind Forecast Improvement Project is to show that we are in fact improving the weather forecast models. The whole...
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