If you reach for a weather app to track monsoon storms, odds are good you're looking at University of Arizona Cooperative Extension science in action.
If you reach for a weather app to track monsoon storms, odds are good you're looking at University of Arizona Cooperative Extension science in action.
Extension's Arizona Meteorological Network, an array of weather stations stretching across the southern half of Arizona, feeds data into a pool captured by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, said AZMet Program Manager Jeremy Weiss.
"They grab it, and it goes into their national database and is available for weather forecasting," Weiss said.
The Extension data eventually becomes part of neighborhood-level weather maps on your phone. This highly granular data is especially valuable in short-term forecasting used in public safety, said Mike Crimmins, an Extension climate specialist and professor in the Department of Environmental Science.
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