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Space Weather Center to add world's first 'ensemble forecasting' capability
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(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Goddard's Space Weather Laboratory recently received support under NASA's Space Technology Program Game Changing Program to implement "ensemble forecasting," a computer technique already used by meteorologists to track potential paths and impacts of hurricanes and other severe weather events. Read more...

(American Geophysical Union) The American Geophysical Union recently announced its 2012 class of Fellows. This honor is given to individual AGU members who have made exceptional scientific contributions and attained acknowledged eminence in the fields of Earth and space sciences. Read more...

(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Powerful Cyclone Funso's eye has been clear in NASA satellite imagery over the last several days until NASA's Aqua satellite noticed it had "closed" and become filled with high clouds on Jan. 27. Read more...