Predicting the Future by Predicting the Past
Mar 24, 2009
Despite the comfort and confidence of the nightly weatherman, accurately predicting future forecasts is a difficult, and very important, task. Reliable weather information is critical to a number of government agencies and objectives, from the Department of Energy to the United States Air Force. When it comes to our military’s strategic, weather-dependent decisions, getting it wrong is not an option. And in order to get it right, you need computers—big ones.
