This weather forecasting model is actually accurate | Lloyd Treinish | TED Institute

Lloyd Treinish has his head and his supercomputers in the clouds. On a mission to regain public trust in weather forecasting, Treinish shares how better data modeling can do everything from reduce flight delays to save lives in the face of natural disaster.

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