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Montreal Gazette - Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ professor's aim: accurate forecasts

Published: 30 May 2011

A Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ 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 Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾'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.

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