IBM gets a monster sale
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on June 1, 2002 at 6:21:16 AM
$224 Million to enhance the Weather Service's computer mainframe.
The new weather system will improve forecasting, NOAA Chief Information Officer Carl Staton said in an interview. Today's system forecasts a week into the future. The new system will improve the detail and accuracy of those forecasts through better physical models and the incorporation of more data, and ultimately, Staton said, the system will be able to forecast two weeks in advance. And in other news, we had a Tornado warning here today... Nothing happened.
The new weather system will improve forecasting, NOAA Chief Information Officer Carl Staton said in an interview. Today's system forecasts a week into the future. The new system will improve the detail and accuracy of those forecasts through better physical models and the incorporation of more data, and ultimately, Staton said, the system will be able to forecast two weeks in advance. And in other news, we had a Tornado warning here today... Nothing happened.