During hurricane season, the Washington Post and the New York Times consulted a database on a UWM professor’s website for information on these storms, past and present. What were they looking for that they couldn’t get from NOAA’s National Hurricane Center?
Clark Evans, a UWM professor of atmospheric science, and an expert on hurricanes and other severe storms, says the data the media outlets were looking for did come from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – but it wasn’t available in an accessible format. Evans’ website translates the data into an accessible format so that it can be used to create maps.
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