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>> U.S. numerical weather prediction (NWP), which uses computer simulation to predict future weather, should be the best in the world. The author makes an impo
by etiennebausson 2y ago
>> U.S. numerical weather prediction (NWP), which uses computer simulation to predict future weather, should be the best in the world.
The author makes an important point, on a subject that keep getting more important due to climate change, but appeal to blind nationalism doesn't work in his favor.
It's not so much a bias a willful blindness at this point. I have to tolerate it coming from politicians, but it is a different story when the author present himself as a serious scientist.
Yes, the U.S. could be the best at meteorology. they could be the best at anything, with their means. But not at everything. The U.S. are the best at military spending, and everything else is at best in second place.
- rossdavidh 2y agoWell historically the military has quite often been one of the primary customers of weather forecasting, so that doesn't necessarily mean we couldn't have the best meteorology (assuming for the sake of argument that we don't).
- eximius 2y agoIt doesn't seem likely that the military has a private model that is dramatically better. If we did, it would likely be exposed in a way similar to GPS.
- itishappy 2y agoThey'll release an intentionally kneecapped model until it's clear that workarounds are well known enough to allow release of the actual data? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Error_analysis_for_the_Global_Positioning_System#Selective_Availability https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Error_analysis_for_the_Global_...