As climate change intensifies extreme weather, NOAA looks to startups to help improve its forecasts
Publishing timestamp: 2023-03-29 08:15:01
Summary
The article discusses the importance of accurate weather forecasting in the face of increasing extreme weather events due to climate change. It highlights the role of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in tracking weather and disseminating forecasts, but notes that private companies are also emerging to provide hyperlocal and hyperspecific weather forecasting and data to paying customers. The article features interviews with two such companies, Tomorrow.io and Saildrone, and notes that the weather forecasting services industry in the US is estimated to be worth $17.4 billion in 2023.
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Keywords: satellite manufacturing, severe weather, climate, technology, business news, amazon.com inc, social media, weather forecasts, supercomputing, meteorology, international business machines corp, national oceanic and atmospheric administration, microsoft corp, alphabet inc,
Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/29/-noaa-looks-to-startups-to-help-improve-its-weather-forecasts.html