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Montreal Gazette - 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ professor's aim: accurate forecasts
Published: 30 May 2011
A 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ professor is getting $1.5 million to develop a more accurate way to forecast precipitation, allowing Hydro-Québec to manage its resources more efficiently and help predict flooding. As an added bonus, it may improve your chances on the golf course, too.
Professor Peter Yau of 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ's department of atmospheric and oceanic sciences is the new industrial research chairholder for Hydro-Québec and Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, which are funding his work into developing better computer models to improve short-term precipitation forecasting techniques.