drgregdusek.bsky.social
Physical oceanographer. Part-time data scientist. Tar Heel. Dad of 4. I build models to predict coastal hazards like high tide flooding and rip currents.
👤 Joined on 15 November 2024
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@drgregdusek.bsky.socialGlad to offer my thoughts in this @npr.org Morning Edition report that aired today about how AI forecast models are changing the nature of hurricane predictions. The AI models aren't always the answer key (see Simon last week) but they're advancing predictions at a pace we've not seen.
Show PostThe wild part is that there is still a lot of room for further improvement for the AI weather models. The way we initialize them is pretty crude, and more capacity and fidelity could be added thats missing, especially near surface and in stratosphere.
Show PostIf wondered about how the El Nino conditions create higher sea level in the US west coast, here's one way of explaining it from an actual sea-level scientist.👇
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