House Science, Space, and Technology Committee
Environment Subcommittee
Reauthorizing the Weather Act: Data and Innovation for Predictions
The purpose of the hearing is to examine improvements in the fields of weather modeling and forecasting. This hearing will have testimony from leading private sector companies in the U.S. weather enterprise on the data and services they can provide to benefit the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. This will be the first hearing in a series that looks at legislation to reauthorize the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017.
Opening Statements:- Subcommittee Chairman Max Miller
- Richard Jenkins, Founder & CEO, Saildrone, Inc.
- Meredith Bell, Atmospheric Program Manager, FLYHT Inc.
- Dr. Antonio J. Busalacchi Jr, President, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
- Michael Eilts, General Manager, Weather and Earth Intelligence, Spire Global