From Big Data to Better Decisions: How Weather Information is Making People Safer and Businesses Smarter

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Each day, The Weather Company serves users in every country in the world, with forecast data for 2.2 Billion locations, to help them make decisions about their day, and provide government weather alerts for 34+ countries to provide actionable severe weather warnings to citizens. 

Thousands of businesses, from aviation and insurance, to grocery stores and major retailers, rely on The Weather Company's services to plan and adjust based on how weather may affect their business and how to in turn, support their customers. 

With a growing daily ingest of 100+ Terabytes of data like pollen, turbulence, radar, satellite imagery, traffic, personal weather stations, cars, and smartphone pressure data, The Weather Company helps citizens, businesses, and governments plan before, during, and after significant events to keep people and property safer and help companies understand the impact of weather on their business and take action.

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Citation:
Geer, J.; From Big Data to Better Decisions: How Weather Information is Making People Safer and Businesses Smarter; 2016 ESIP Summer Meeting. ESIP Commons , July 2016