Northern hemisphere weather forecasters from the United States Navy (USN) and their Southern hemisphere counterparts in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) were observed while making forecasts for air operations. A Comparative Cognitive Task Analysis showed that both groups employed the cognitive task of Comparing information to select among, validate, or modify the output of numerical models when making forecasts. This process was interpreted as key to the forecaster adding value to the automatic output of weather models.
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