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The unnecessary decline of U.S. numerical weather prediction
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This week I fielded a call from a reporter from the Washington Post, who wanted to discuss why the U.S. has fallen behind in using machine learning for weather prediction. The reporter only had half the story: traditional U.S. global weather prediction models, which solve the complex equations that describe atmospheric physics, have declined into mediocrity. I have written two peer-reviewed papers in a major meteorological journal ( here) and have served on national committees and attended numerous meetings considering the issue.
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