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Five priorities for weather and climate research

Adapt to how data are made and used, urge Øystein Hov and colleagues.
  1. Øystein Hov

    1. Øystein Hov is president of the Commission for Atmospheric Sciences at the World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; and secretary general of the board of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, Oslo, Norway.

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  2. Deon Terblanche

    1. Deon Terblanche is director of research at the World Meteorological Organization.

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  3. Gregory Carmichael

    1. Gregory Carmichael is professor of chemical and biochemical engineering at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA.

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  4. Sarah Jones

    1. Sarah Jones is head of research and development and an executive board member at the German Meteorological Service (DWD), Offenbach, Germany.

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  5. Paolo M. Ruti

    1. Paolo M. Ruti is chief of the World Weather Research Division at the World Meteorological Organization.

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  6. Oksana Tarasova

    1. Oksana Tarasova is chief of the Global Atmosphere Watch Division at the World Meteorological Organization.

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Meteorology is entering a new era. Demand is growing worldwide for forecasts of storms, floods and droughts. For example, warnings of this year’s devastating series of hurricanes (Harvey, Irma and Maria) across the western Atlantic issued by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Regional Specialized Centre in Miami, Florida, gave residents in affected areas time to seek shelter and take steps to lessen the impacts.

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Nature 552, 168-170 (2017)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-017-08463-3

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