He is also working on forecasting techniques and data clustering of multi-dimensional data.
"This is great opportunity for IRI to expand our work on forecasting seasonal fire risk in the Amazon," says Kátia Fernandes, IRI's lead scientist on the project.
Media coverage of our work on forecasting the flu using multiple data sources.
This book puts in one place and in accessible form Richard Berk's most recent work on forecasts of re-offending by individuals already in criminal justice custody.
For more background on Robertson's research and its applications, read this Q&A about his work on forecasts at multiple timescales.
Teams of economists and financial aid experts are working on forecasts (even estimating likely parent job losses) so that Vanderbilt can budget for the program, originally estimated to cost $14.7 million above the $80 million given out annually in financial aid.
They are now working on forecasts of the effects climate change will have on snowfall in the mountain ranges that ring L.A., on local rivers, and on water resources in the Sierra Nevada.
"It doesn't look on paper like it should be the worst one, but it's about the other characteristics that go with it," says Hannah Cloke, a hydrologist at the University of Reading, UK, who works on flood forecasting systems to help aid agencies prepare for the effects of extreme weather, including in Mozambique.
As well as R&D, such areas include the EA's work on flood forecasting and warning, incident management, and advising on floodplain development".
Jacobs' appointment as NOAA's acting chief could raise similar conflict-of-interest concerns because of his work on weather forecasting at Panasonic, says Andrew Rosenberg, who heads the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
