How COVID-19 Interferes With Weather Forecast and Climate Research
As scientist are forced to stay at home and stay safe amid the covid-19 pandemic,crucial weather and climate data aren't being collected.
In early April,the United Nations World Meteorological Organisation raised concern about the COVID -19 pandemic effect on weather forecasting and climate change research. Commercial flights take measurements as they soar through the skies, and scientist normally hitched rides on container ships so they could track conditions over the oceans.
Wth flight grounded and scientists kept off the ship, weather forecasts are being made with less data usual. Climate research is taking a hit as well, as researchers must stay home instead of conduct planned fieldwork.
As climate and ecological mornitoring projects go dark, data that stretch back for decades will soon contain coronavirus-accosiated gaps.
Is there anyway climate research and forecasting can mend these gaps? Are there more ways weather projects can still be done during this period or are we going to be left less information about our environmental climate?
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14 May 2020
n early April, the United Nations’ World Meteorological Organization raised concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic’s effects on weather forecasting and climate change research. Commercial flights take measurements as they soar through the skies, and scientists normally hitched rides on container ships so they could track conditions over the oceans.
With flights grounded and scientists kept off of the ships, weather forecasts are being made with less data than usual. Climate research is taking a hit as well, as researchers must stay home instead of conduct planned fieldwork, as University of California, Santa Barbara ecologist Frank Davis tells Giuliana Viglione of Nature News.
Can you please explain on how this happens.
17 May 2020
I think scientist can still use technology to do their research even though it will be with less effective on their work.
Thanks for your wonderful contribution credible_football's.
scientists can use technologies to conduct their research which maybe less effective as you said.
Please explain deeply what technology has helped scientists in doing so and can you please state some cases were those technologies have influenced forecasters ability to predict the weather even in our present pandemic interference in forecasting.
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