Coming Soon: Petabytes of Free Weather, Climate and Oceans Data

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration gathers and distributes enough weather and climate data to support a multibillion-dollar private-sector weather industry. Now, it is seeking ways to release vast new troves of this data, a move that could be a boon for businesses and researchers

NOAA issued on Monday a request for information aimed at soliciting ideas from the private sector to help the federal agency free up much of the 20 terabytes of information that it gathers daily on the land, sea and air. In doing so, NOAA would provide a data bonanza to researchers, and enable private companies to develop new weather and climate tools. Read more...