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Taking Measure

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Scott Weaver

Scott Weaver is the director of the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program (NWIRP) at NIST. Prior to coming to NIST, Scott was the senior climate scientist for the Environmental Defense Fund, and he spent eight years as a research meteorologist for NASA and NOAA. He is also an adjunct associate professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science at the University of Maryland.

Before the Storm: Measuring and Predicting Hurricanes

June 5, 2018

The Atlantic hurricane season is now upon us, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has just released its 2018 seasonal hurricane

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