NOAA operates fleets of satellites, sensors on airplanes and ocean-going buoys, as well as radar, providing the data used by weather forecasters nationwide—and freely available to anyone. Read from CU experts Kari Bowen and Christine Wiedinmyer on The Conversation.

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