US delay cutoff of valuable satellite data for storm forecasting
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said that there is a delay of one month on Monday, with a cutoff planned satellite data that helps the forecasts to track the storm.
Meteorologists and scientists warned of serious consequences last week when NOAA said, in the midst of this year’s storm season, it would close the major data collected by three weather satellites almost immediately that the agency jointly runs with the US Defense Department.
The microwave data of the defense meteorological satellite program gives important information that cannot be seen from traditional satellites. It contains a three-dimensional details of a storm, what is going on inside it and what it is doing in hours of night, experts say.
The NOAA announcement stated that the data was initially planned to cut on June 30. The agency now says that it is postponing till 31 July. The peak storm season usually occurs from mid August to mid -October.
The NOAA did not respond to the message receiving more information about the cause of immediate delay. The US Navy confirmed the new date and only said that “the program no longer meets our information technology modernization requirements.”
Satellite data ‘essential,’ scientists say
Noaa – Which has been the subject of a huge department of the government’s efficiency cut this year – said on Friday that the satellite program is responsible for the “forecast of storm and single dataset in a strong suit of storms and modeling tools in the National Weather Service portfolio.
A spokesperson said that the agency’s “data sources are capable of providing a complete suit of state-of-the-art data and models, ensuring that the American people have a gold-standard weather forecast.”
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The evacuated climate scientist Tom de Leeberto says that life is risk from extreme weather because more cuts on the US government agency responsible for the forecast and more. The de Liberto lost his job as a large -scale part of the Paraj by the Trump administration, and worries that the trimmer would not only spend more money to the US, but will forecast weather throughout the continent, which will make many people unsafe for natural threats.
Environment and Climate Change Canada said in an email to CBC News that they do not expect suspension of American satellite data to influence the quality of their forecasts, saying that they have many types of equipment and work together with other services.
A spokesperson of ECCC said, “Canadian time, reliable storms can continue to rely on ECCC for forecast, alert and tracking information.”
“The department’s ability to give climate and air quality science is not affected by these changes as it operates its own Canadian model and uses a variety of comments from different sources to estimate the changing season of Canada and its effects on people living in Canada.”
But Mark Alexi, a science partner of the union of the concerned scientists, told the Associated Press on Friday that it is important for storms to detect rapid intensity, and to predict a more accurately potential path, it is important for storms because climate change worsens the worldwide extreme weather.
“Not only we are losing the ability to create better intensive forecast, we are also losing the ability to accurately predict where there can be a tropical cyclone, if it is in its growth stages,” said Alexi. “This data is necessary.”
“On the seasonal forecast front, we will see the effect,” he said, “but also on the long -term climate change front, we are now losing an essential piece for monitoring global warming.”
Data helps identify rapid intensity
According to the traditional visible or infrared satellite noaa information, with electricity -the structure, intensity and temperature of a storm is formed. But they remember the three -dimensional details of a storm.
Microwave data gives important information that cannot be viewed from traditional satellites, and a regular image of the storm or a regular image of the tropical cyclone helps the colleague what is happening inside. It is particularly helpful at night.
“Think of the forecast of the storm like diagnosing a serious medical condition. Losing access to these special satellite sensors will limit our ability to see a fine details of a storm that misses other satellites-a CT scan can reveal the important details, which can miss the X-ray,” Chris Scott, “Chris Scott, Vedar Network said when the first declaration was announced.
Scott said that Canadian meteorologists use satellite data to estimate the strength and location of the storm that approach the Atlantic provinces. Losing that data can mean that a storm can be an forecast to hit the Nova Scotia in a day, which can actually look weak, which can affect how people prepare.
“While the effect of losing this data will be different depending on the situation, no question is that it is a negative,” he said.
