Scientists at the Northern Gulf Institute at Stennis Space Center are studying ways to improve hurricane forecasts. The federally funded center brings together dozens of researchers who also study ecosystem management, coastal wetlands, climate change and coastal hazards in and around the Gulf of Mexico.
The new institute - one of 21 supported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration nationwide - includes scientists from Mississippi State University, the Univeristy of Southern Mississippi, Louisiana State University, Florida State University and Dauphin Island Sea Lab.
One of the things they are working on is a 96-hour forecast vs. a 72-hour forecast, David Shaw, the institute's director, told Michael Kunzelman of the Associated Press.
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