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National Defense October 2010 Eric Beidel	Satellite System Rides the Solar Wind A new system for observing space weather is bringing scientists closer to making accurate forecasts for conditions beyond Earth's atmosphere.
Fast Company April 2010 Damian Joseph	What's Next: Solar Flares In February, NASA launched a satellite to measure solar activity. The goal: to one day predict the solar system's weather.
InternetNews January 11, 2008 Kenneth Corbin	Weather Channel Adds Forecasts To Google Map New feature ties together leading online weather information from the Weather Channel, and mapping services from Google Maps.
IEEE Spectrum August 2006	Modeling Toward Accurate Storm Forecasting For the time being, getting the weather right will still require a large dose of good fortune. But continued improvements in our weather predicting capabilities will eventually take the guessing out of storm prediction and bring us to the moment when wagering on the weather will be a safe bet indeed.
IEEE Spectrum April 2013 Jean Kumagai	Protecting the Power Grid From Solar Storms New spacecraft will aid forecasts of space weather.
Science News February 28, 2009	Science Past For February 28, 1959 The United States has launched into orbit the first baby weather station in space. It was hurled into its earth-circling path at 10:55 a.m., Feb. 17, and its predicted lifetime is several decades.
Geotimes February 2007 Kathryn Hansen	Creating a Formula for the Northern Lights A new formula could help researchers predict space weather events, which can affect electronic and communication systems.
National Defense August 2013 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Industry May Have Answer to Weather Forecasting Blind Spot The United States faces a gap in future weather forecasts. From less accurate to untimely predictions, there could be dire consequences for the U.S. population and economy, warned a recent Government Accountability Office report.
Industrial Physicist Dec 2003/Jan 2004 Dawn Lenz	Understanding and predicting space weather When streams of charged particles from the sun interact with the Earth's magnetic field, there can be serious consequences for electrical power grids, communications networks (radio, television, and telephone), and satellite operations.
Science News June 17, 2000	Disaster Pix If you're one of those people who need to see the extent of intense weather events and great natural disasters---perferably as they are developing---this Web site is for you....
Information Today August 11, 2011	Social Media Features Included in New AccuWeather for Android App AccuWeather has introduced an AccuWeather for Android application for Android phones.
Popular Mechanics March 2008 Joe Pappalardo	New Lightning Tech Could Help Hurricane Tracking & Preparation Tallying lightning strikes from thousands of miles away may be the key to measuring the strength of hurricanes before they get close to land.
Science News February 17, 2001	TimeLine: February 14, 1931 From The February 14, 1931 Issue: Small Changes of Sun's Heat Control Weather on Earth... Synthetic Petroleum Teaches About Oil Formation in Earth... Eros, Unlike Large Planets, Has Elliptical Outline...
U.S. CPSC August 29, 2007	Weather Radios Recalled by Oregon Scientific Due to Failure to Receive National Weather Service Alerts The radios could fail to receive National Weather Service alert signals in certain areas of the country. In the event of severe weather, this failure could put a consumer's life and property at risk.
CRM January 2016 Leonard Klie	IBM Merges Weather and Business Forecasts Big Blue's purchase of The Weather Company enhances its ability to provide business insights
PC Magazine November 14, 2007 John Brandon	Q&A: Ken Graham, National Weather Service The director of the National Weather Service's (NWS) integrated services talks about tech advances in forecasting.
PC Magazine February 14, 2007 Errol A. Pierre-Louis	CES 2007: XM's Infotainment Vehicle At the Consumer Electronics Show in January, XM Satellite Radio displayed an "infotainment" vehicle featuring the first personal weather-tracking system for GPS navigation, among other innovations.
National Defense September 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Vice Chief Tells Air Force Staff to `Fix the Weather' Although the Air Force has some of the most sophisticated weaponry ever made, it can't battle the weather. The idea is to get weather information instantly fed into command-and-control systems so planners can make decisions based on accurate up-to-dater data.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2005 Ben Ames	Weather Forecasters Turn to High Technology From warfighting to civilian airline schedules, weather controls our lives. The modern meteorologist builds forecasting models on powerful computers, and pulls data from radars, satellites, and a global network of sensors deployed on airplanes, weather balloons, and ocean buoys.
Insurance & Technology December 23, 2005 Maria Woehr	Forecasting Disaster Benfield, a London-based reinsurance and risk intermediary, in partnership with Tropical Storm Risk, an independent research organization, developed ReMetrica, a new modeling methodology to help carriers with investments affected by the weather in the U.S. manage risk effectively.
PC Magazine September 12, 2007 Brian Heater	Gearlog: All Hail The Orb This color-changing ball is designed to clue users in to information such as weather forecasts, stocks, and pollen levels.
National Defense November 2011 Dan Parsons	Solar Storms Could Plunge Nation into Darkness Researchers are racing to understand the effects its energy might have on the U.S power grids in hopes that potential cataclysm can be avoided.
CIO May 28, 2013 Maryfran Johnson	Exploiting Big Data From the Heavens The weather is good for more than just small talk. It's a big business, with companies like The Weather Channel and AccuWeather selling data analytics to businesses like DHL and Sears, who use weather data to make timely decisions.
Macworld July 2, 2005 Owen Linzmayer	3D Weather Globe & Atlas 1.1 If you're interested in weather or geography, you absolutely must own 3D Weather Globe & Atlas 1.1. Its real-time weather feed is unmatched in scope and reasonably priced. And it even comes with a screen saver module that shows an amazing satellite fly-over of the Earth's surface.
Home Toys December 2003	Personal Weather Stations -- A Home Toy that "Works" Solar powered, wireless weather stations that "look good" and have a full range of Plug-and-Play OEM-approved and supported software drivers for most home automation control systems can be purchased for around $2,000.
IEEE Spectrum August 2006 Robert Gall & David Parsons	It's Hurricane Season: Do You Know Where Your Storm is? Souped-up satellites, supercomputers, and superior science might soon mean you really can trust the weather report.
The Motley Fool April 8, 2005 Rich Smith	BJ's: Wholesaler or Weatherman? The company combined its monthly sales update with an earnings warning on Thursday. The reason for the decreased first-quarter expectations is also the reason for this column: the weather.
Geotimes June 2007 Carolyn Gramling	Sun Cycle to Flare Back up in 2008 Although the new cycle is predicted to be moderate in intensity, scientists warn that it may still strongly impact space-based technologies.
The Motley Fool November 3, 2005 Nathan Parmelee	Shoppers Are Back! Investing in retail stocks based on weather forecasts is not a game worth playing. We're all far better off waiting for retail shares to get beaten down to attractive valuations.
Search Engine Watch February 7, 2011 Eli Goodman	Weather Forecast? Don't Know, Check Google While winter weather causes only moderate increases in audience visitation, it produces much more sizeable gains in engagement and search activity. Here's a look at how much more important search becomes during this time of the year.
IEEE Spectrum June 2006 Stephen Barlas	Troubled Weather Satellite Program Cost overruns and project delays have led to a cloudy forecast for the United States' new polar-orbiting weather satellites. The problems with the polar satellites are a major concern for the whole enterprise of monitoring Earth from outer space.
Popular Mechanics February 11, 2010 Anne Casselman	The High-Tech Weather Forecasting in the 2010 Winter Olympics Weather forecasting during the Olympics is always critical, but it will be even harder than usual this time around.
IEEE Spectrum December 2005 Tekla S. Perry	Hurricane Watchers Hit Their Mark Hurricane Katrina, despite the tremendous problems with the evacuation of New Orleans, provided a vivid example of today's more skillful hurricane predicting.
PC Magazine February 9, 2008 Alan Henry	Best Of The Internet Televets... SlideShare... WeatherBonk...
Wall Street & Technology February 19, 2008 Cory Levine	Weather Derivatives Traders Get Starter Kit Three service providers have teamed together to create the Weather Derivatives Starter Kit, combining their offerings to provide derivatives traders with a suite of services designed to enhance weather trading operations.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2006 Ben Ames	Three teams compete to build NOAA climate satellite The next-generation GOES-R satellites will collect 100 times more data and scan the Earth three- to-five times faster than previous systems.
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D-Lib April 2005	D-Lib Featured Collection April 2005: IMAGES Images acquired before and during a magnetic storm, showing the buildup of energetic particles surrounding the Earth during the storm's main phase. Courtesy of the IMAGE HENA Team and NASA.
The Motley Fool May 23, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Why Can't Google Control the Weather? Lots of big names are bidding in the Weather Channel auction, but Google is not one of them.
Geotimes August 2006 Carolyn Gramling	Todd Hoeksema: A Flare for All Things Solar The researcher at the Wilcox Solar Observatory at Stanford University in California helped NASA create a new "roadmap" for future solar physics research.
Fast Company December 2000 Chuck Salter	Weathering the Storm Weather.com is one of the Web's most unlikely success stories. It has parlayed its loyal following and its philosophical take on the weather into a site that is on course to attract 3 billion page views this year...
National Defense August 2006 Robert H. Williams	Improved Military Weather Station Unveiled An advanced version of the TACMET II weather station is being offered by Climatronics Corp. The system, which comes in two rugged cases, operates on extremely low AC or DC power and provides weather information in real-time.
National Defense October 2005 Robert H. Williams	Sensor Measures Multiple Cloud Layers An improved laser ceilometer -- which can measure up to four layers of cloud cover from zero to 30,000 feet -- has been unveiled by All Weather Inc. The airport weather sensor relies on advanced signal processing algorithms and eye-safe light detection and ranging optical radar.
IEEE Spectrum April 2007 Sandra Upson	U.S. Earth-Sensing Satellites Left Out In the Cold The degree of precision needed to forecast hurricanes, and the future accuracy of climate modeling as well, may be in danger if recent trends in Earth-observing satellite programs persist.
Geotimes July 2007 Carolyn Gramling	X-ray Eyes in the Sky Scientists are working on the next generation of low-orbiting satellites that they hope will see far past the Earth's surface and into its interior, to better understand the structure and composition of Earth's crust, mantle and core.
BusinessWeek December 20, 2004 Larry Armstrong	Baby, Is It Cold Outside? Many of us keep our radios set so we hear the weather report as soon as we wake up. But if you want to know the weather closer to home than the nearest airport, there are gadgets that tells you what's doing right outside your door.
T.H.E. Journal April 2004	PASPORT Personal Weather Monitor The PASPORT Personal Weather Monitor allows students to gain new insight into the science of weather.
CIO July 15, 2003 Robert McMillan	IBM on the Weather Desk It turns out that you can outsource the weather. The National Weather Service (NWS) last month signed a nine-year, $224 million pact with IBM to perform weather-modeling calculations at a hosted IBM facility.