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FV3: The next step for NOAA’s global forecast modeling

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NOAA is developing its next-generation global prediction system, and at its heart is the Finite Volume Cubed-Sphere dynamical core (FV3) modernizing the National Weather Service’s approach to weather modeling.

Tsunamis: What can the ocean floor tell us about the next disaster?

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A digital elevation model (DEM) image for the Society Islands, French Polynesia, in the South Pacific. This DEM was built for the NOAA Tsunami Warning Centers to aid in forecasting throughout the Pacific Basin.

NOAA’s upcoming weather forecast model zeros in earlier on severe weather

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NOAA launches America’s first national water forecast model

August 16, 2016

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Flooding in South Carolina in 2015. Please remember: Never try to drive through floodwaters. Turn around, don't drown.

NOAA to develop new global weather model

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Hindcast of September 8, 2008, simulated by an FV3-powered GFDL model at 13-km resolution.

NOAA’s premier forecast model goes 4-D

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NOAA's powerful Global Forecast System model was upgraded today, providing forecasters with a more accurate 4D picture of how a weather system will evolve. Gray, blue and white colors depict moisture in the atmosphere on May 11, 2016, over North America.

NOAA and British Geological Survey update World Magnetic Model

December 15, 2014

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The WMM is a large-scale representation of Earth’s magnetic field. The blue and red lines indicate the positive and negative difference between where a compass points the compass direction and geographic North. Green lines indicate zero degrees of declination.

NOAA’s weather forecasts go hyper-local with next-generation weather model

September 30, 2014

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A National Weather Service meteorologist in Norman, Oklahoma, tracks a super cell tornado outbreak.

NOAA’s National Weather Service more than doubles computing capacity

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Aerial images of damage from Michael available

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Tropical Storm Michael on October 11, 2018.