Scientists have successfully used a combination of radars and snow gauges to measure the impact of cloud seeding on snowfall. The new research addresses decades of speculation about the effectiveness of artificial methods to increase precipitation, demonstrating unambiguously that cloud seeding can boost snowfall across a wide area if the atmospheric conditions are favorable.
January 9, 2020 - 9:45amCOURTESY OF ITERIS (FORECASTING, WEATHER, WEATHER FORECASTING Blogs)
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By Anne Meyer on 11.20.19
When snowplow operators clear snow or ice off a route, they have more than steel and salt on their side.
The HIGHWAY project aims to help the nations in the Lake Victoria Basin disseminate timely forecasts and warnings to those at risk.
Researchers at CU Boulder and NCAR have been awarded $3 million in funding from NSF to study the changing climate and rivers of Alaska and western Canada.
August 20, 2019 - 11:30amThe Annette Island Reserve is an island in Southeast Alaska and is home to the Metlakatla Indian Community (MIC), the only Indian reserve in Alaska. It comprises 87,000 acres which are critical fish and forestry resources to the community. The island locals rely on two primary lakes for drinking water and hydropower, Chester and Purple Lakes.
The same artificial intelligence technique typically used in facial recognition systems could help improve prediction of hailstorms and their severity.
