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Spinoff story
Algorithm Predicts and Evaluates Storm Surges
A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.
About this technology
Overview
With new remote-sensing technologies able to provide more accurate observations of Earth_s weather and topography, in the early 2000s Stennis Space Center put out a call through the SBIR program for technologies that could make use of those advances. Stennis awarded funding to WorldWinds Inc., based at the Stennis campus in Mississippi, which developed what would become StormWinds—a program that can model storm surges and help homeowners file insurance claims following a disaster.