Coning In: New Ways to Tap Old Data Boost Hurricane Forecast Accuracy
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 - 18:30
in Earth & Climate
Despite advances in weather prediction technology, meteorologists must still qualify any hurricane forecasts with a "cone of uncertainty," which depicts just how far the center of a storm might deviate from its projected track. This year's hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean, which began June 1, is expected to be less active than those recent years , but with season's peak less than a month away researchers are exploring new data-driven approaches to better warn those potentially in the path of approaching storms. [More]