Open AccessOlympian weather forecasting
Author(s) -
Showstack Randy
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2002eo000026
Subject(s) - national weather service , general partnership , salt lake , government (linguistics) , meteorology , work (physics) , service (business) , weather forecasting , business , political science , public administration , geography , marketing , engineering , finance , geology , mechanical engineering , paleontology , linguistics , philosophy , structural basin
A unique public‐private partnership will provide detailed weather information at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Utah, 8–24 February About 50 meteorologists with the National Weather Service (NWS) and several private groups will work in the background to provide accurate forecasts. This is the first time that U.S. government and private meteorologists will share forecasting responsibilities for the Olympics, according to the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games. The partnership includes meteorologists with the University of Utah and KSL‐TV in Salt Lake City.