In this interview published by Discover Magazine, meteorologist William Gray discusses the science of hurricane forecasting, one that he pioneered. Gray, who is a professor of atmospheric science and former head of the Tropical Meteorology Project at Colorado State University, discusses how hurricane prediction works and comments on how global warming may affect the relative increase in tropical storms.
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