Brian Motta authored and/or contributed to the following articles/publications.
Software development to support probabilistic forecasting on AWIPS II
The National Weather Service is investigating the notion of enhancing its weather forecasts with estimates of uncertainty. Today's practice is to convey only the most likely forecast scenarios among the many possible; the NWS intends to also provide probabilities of other future weather outcomes. The NWS has taken several steps to make this hap...
Visit - Bringing training to weather service forecasters using a new distance-learning tool
What is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Weather Service doing in these times of rapidly changing technology and falling budgets to maintain high training standards? One solution used by NOAA's Virtual Institute for Satellite Integration Training (VISIT) is to bring meteorological instructors remotely into fore...