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Project to bring affordable 3D-printed stream, snow, and storm surge sensors to remote communities
A project at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), called 3D-PAWS (3D-Printed Automatic Weather Station), is adding a new set of remote-sensing capabilities that will measure streamflow, storm surges, and snowfall depth to its suite of successful 3D-printed weather stations. This initiative will bring low-cost remote sensing instruments to the world’s “unseen” areas.
- Weather
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New method can predict summer rainfall in the Southwest months in advance
Scientists have developed a method to estimate summer rainfall in the Southwest months in advance.
- Climate,
- Water,
- Weather
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Drenching rains pose greater threat to fire-damaged areas in West
The western US is facing a greatly heightened risk of extreme rain-after-fire events, which can cause mudslides, flash floods, and significant destruction.
- Climate,
- Weather
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New study questions explanation for last winter’s brutal U.S. cold snap
A new study challenges a commonly accepted explanation that a "sudden stratospheric warming" caused the unusually cold weather over the U.S. early last year, a view which was widely reported in the media and discussed among scientists at the time.
- Weather
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Favorable weather for self-driving vehicles
NCAR researchers seek to use weather information to improve the efficiency of autonomous vehicles.
- Weather