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Extreme Weather and Wildfire

  • Weather Station Optimization DATA

Available: april 2022

A weather station

Datasets used for Weather Station Optimization analysis include:

  • Atmospheric analyses and surface data
  • Fuels
  • Topography
  • Access (administrative boundaries and property rights)
  • Electric utility assets at risk (public data from Cal-Adapt and information shared by the utilities)
  • Existing weather/telecom/detection towers and weather stations
Data Repository for Workgroup 1
Extreme Weather Team
Weather Station Optimization

The Extreme Weather Team is helping utility companies identify blindspots and optimize the location of weather stations.

Better weather data will allow more accurate forecasts, allowing officials to take steps to mitigate the impacts of wildfire on infrastructure and assets.