The United States delay in cutting the valuable satellite data to predict the hurricane

The National Oceanic and Air Force Administration in the United States said on Monday that it was delayed for one month, the planned satellite plan that helps predictors to track hurricanes.

Meteorologists and scientists have warned of serious consequences last week when Noaa said, in the midst of the hurricane season for this year, that it would immediately stop the main data collected by three weather satellites jointly run by the agency with the US Department of Defense.

Microwave Microwave Data provides Microwave’s Microwave program basic information that cannot be obtained from traditional satellites. This includes three -dimensional details of the storm, and what is going on inside it and what you do at night hours, as experts say.

The Nawa Declaration said that it was initially planned on June 30 to “alleviate the threat of massive cybersecurity.” The agency now says it is postponed until July 31. The peak hurricane season is usually from mid -August to mid -October.

NOAA did not immediately respond to a message seeking more details about the reason for the delay. The US Navy confirmed the new date and said only that “the program no longer meets the requirements of our information technology updating.”

The world says of satellite data “necessary”

NOAA – which was the subject of the huge government competence discounts this year – said on Friday that the satellite program explains “one group of data in a strong set of prediction and modeling tools” in the national weather service portfolio.

An official spokesman said that “the agency’s data sources are fully able to provide a full range of advanced data and models that ensure that the standard weather that the American people deserve is deserved,” an official spokesman said.

The environment and climate change in Canada said in an e -mail to CBC News that it does not expect the suspension of American satellite data to affect the quality of its expectations, saying that they have a wide range of tools and are working closely with other services, as well as the World Meteorological Organization.

“Canadians can continue to rely on ECCC for trusted hurricane forecasts in a timely manner, alerts and information tracking,” said an ECCC spokesman.

“The ability of the administration to provide climate science and air quality is not affected by these changes because it manages its Canadian models and uses a variety of notes from different sources to predict the weather change in Canada and its effects on people who live in Canada.”

But the Federation of Scientists concerned, Scientists Fellow Mark Alesi told Associated Press on Friday that the disclosure of rapid intensification and a greater accuracy of the possible path, from storms is very important because climate change increases the harsh weather all over the world.

“We are not only losing the ability to make predictions better intensification, but we also lose the ability to predict accurately as it can be tropical hurricane, if it is in the stages of development.” “These data are necessary.”

He added: “On the seasonal forecast interface, we will see the effects, but also on the long -term climate change front, we are now losing a basic piece of global warming.”

Data helps to determine rapid condensation

Traditional visible or infrared satellites provide data that make pictures showing the structure, density and storm temperature, according to Noaa information, along with features such as lightning. But they miss the three -dimensional details of the storm.

Microwave data provides important information that cannot be obtained from traditional satellites, and helps peers under a regular image of a tropical hurricane or a tropical hurricane to find out what is going on at home. It is especially useful at night.

“Think of predicting a hurricane like diagnosing a serious medical condition. Loss of access to these special satellite sensors will be limited to our ability to see the fine details of the storm that other satellites miss-as well as how CT CT can reveal important details that X-rays can miss.”

Scott said Canadian meteorology experts use satellite data to estimate the power of hurricanes approaching the Atlantic provinces. Loss of this data may mean the storm expectations to strike Nova Scotia in one day that can look weaker than it is already, which may affect how people are ready.

“While the effect of the loss of this data will differ according to the situation, there is no doubt that it is negative,” he said.