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UA Awarded $5.45M for Network to Improve Weather Forecasting
September 22, 2009
Scientists find new application for an existing technology to measure soil moisture, a factor in local weather.
An interdisciplinary team of University of Arizona researchers is building a network of soil moisture probes to improve short-term and seasonal weather forecasting.
The National Science Foundation has awarded the UA $5.45 million over four years to fund the project, known as the COsmic-ray Soil Moisture Observing System, or COSMOS...