The next advance in weather forecasting may not come from a new satellite or supercomputer, but from a device in your pocket. University of Washington atmospheric scientists are using pressure sensors included in the newest smartphones to develop better weather forecasting techniques. ATMOS‘ Cliff Mass, Gregory Hakim, and Luke Madaus are mentioned; read more here!
 Image Source: Simon Colferai/Creative Commons Atmospheric scientists and app developers are working to feed air pressure information, already being collected from thousands of Android phones, into sophisticated new climate models. With enough use of these apps, users could receive highly certain information about thunderstorms and tornadoes right where they are. ATMO‘s Cliff Mass is one of the scientists working with this new technology; read more here! The Office of the Washington State Climatologist, at the University of Washington, is seeking volunteers for its Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow (CoCoRaHS) Network. Volunteers record daily rainfall in their backyards and report that information to the CoCoRaHS website (cocorahs.org). Want to get involved? Learn more here, and share your wet data for science!
Public participation in scientific research – termed “citizen science” – is growing, in numbers of projects, participants, and data points. Learn more about the exciting opportunities, as well as the challenges, that citizen science provides, and how you can get involved, here! SoundCitizen‘s Amanda Bruner is quoted.
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