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Weather Forecasting
Major Advancements in Weather Forecasting
Predicting the weather has always been of utmost importance to our ancestors, who had to focus upon weather patterns in order to predict the weather and prepare themselves for various phenomena, especially since they had to take into account the fact that agriculture was their only means of sustenance often times. However, recently, our ability to predict the weather has increased substantially, due to various technological innovations. Today, with a simple click, one can know if it will be sunny or rainy in a few seconds, as well as what weather the next 10 to 15 days will bring, for instance. This paper will thus describe the advancements in weather forecasting in order to better understand how humans are now able to predict the weather.
According to NASA, modern technology, and especially weather satellites and the computers they connect to, are vital in providing weather-related data to us. Thus, we now have accuracy, in addition to multi-day predictions of weather....
According to reports, forecasters can not only see data available for the U.S. At any given time, but also data available for remote areas on all parts of the globe. Satellite sensor technology in particular has advanced tremendously over the past few decades, especially in providing us with images of such remote areas as mentioned above, and also with providing data that, according to the same research, "allow calculation of atmospheric temperature and moisture profiles and other environmental variables [done] by using a variety of instruments, among them atmospheric sounders which measure quantities at various levels in atmospheric columns."[footnoteRef:1] [1:
As one can see from these statements, it is very important to predict the weather, as it has always been, but not, one has the benefit and the aid of technology, which can certainly help.
Future advancements also include various things, such as other improvements in, for instance, accurate seven-day forecasts. Furthermore, meteorologists hope that with better predictions, airplanes, for instance, could move flight times to avoid storms and retailers could schedule workers for nice days or utilities could prepare for surging power demands.[footnoteRef:4] [4: Smith, A.D. (2009). Tech advancements improving accuracy in predicting weather. Physorg.com. Retrieved October 30, 2011, from
The advances written above are just some of the many advancements in the field. The Dr. G. Brant Foote National Center for Atmospheric Research paper, from 2001, for instance, provides many advancements, and details into these. Below are some graphics from this research.[footnoteRef:5] [5: Referenced from: Brant Foote, G. (2001). Advances in Weather Technology. National Center for Atmospheric Research. Working Paper. ]
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