NOAA Discounts QuikSCAT Role in Hurricane Forecasting

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) officials are downplaying the importance of NASA’s aging Quick Scatterometer (QuikSCAT) satellite to hurricane forecasting, saying its loss wouldn’t significantly affect predictions of when and where the storms make landfall. Mary Kicza...

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