When Weather Matters: Science and Services to Meet Critical Societal Needs

by Committee on Progress and Priorities of, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, et al.

The past 15 years have seen marked progress in observing, understanding, and predicting weather. At the same time, the United States has failed to match or surpass progress in operational numerical weather prediction achieved by other nations and failed to realize its prediction potential; as a result, the nation is not mitigating weather impacts to the extent possible.

This book represents a sense of the weather community as guided by...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309152496
• ISBN13: 9780309152495
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 198 Pages