Search Results for: data quality

Apr 11, 2019

Precipitation and Fatal Motor Vehicle Crashes

New research reveals that the overall risk of a fatal car crash increases by about 34% during precipitation events in the contiguous United States. Compared…→

Dec 19, 2019

Using a Neural Network to Detect Weather Fronts

NCICS researchers Jim Biard and Kenneth Kunkel have developed a deep learning neural network tool called DL-FRONT that automatically identifies weather fronts in datasets of…→

 
Jan 19, 2022

New US State Climate Summaries

New State Climate Summaries for all 50 states plus Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands provide a concise look at observed and projected climate…→

 
Dec 8, 2022

NCICS at AGU 2022

NCICS at AGU 2022 Fall Meeting More than a dozen NCICS staff are contributing to a range of presentations and poster sessions at this year’s…→

 
Oct 13, 2016

NASA DEVELOP Students Visit NCEI

NASA DEVELOP Students Visit NCEI MARCH 28, 2013 Background The NASA DEVELOP Program at Wise, Virginia focuses on environmental research conducted through the use of…→

 
Nov 13, 2019

A suicide hotline powered by big data

Experience magazine, Northeastern University. By Glenn McDonald.→

 
May 25, 2025

The Surprising Ways U.S. Weather Data Powers Everyday Commerce

The Washington Post. Sarah Kaplan and Scott Dance.→

Oct 29, 2014

The Impact of Best Track Discrepancies on Global Tropical Cyclone Climatologies using IBTrACS

Accurate, consistent, and homogenous data are critical for understanding the current climatology of tropical cyclones and identifying any trends in these storms in a changing…→