Global Systems Lab publishes interactive simulators, live data views and written analysis (Transmission) for research, education and general interest. By using this site you accept the terms below. If you do not accept them, please do not use the site or its content.
1. Experimental research, not official information
Everything on this site, including the simulators, their outputs, the maps and charts, the data we display or offer for download, and the interpretation in our reports, data briefs and announcements, is experimental. It is produced by an independent research studio and has not been reviewed, endorsed or approved by any government agency, regulator, standards body or emergency service.
Our content is not an official forecast, warning, advisory, hazard assessment, statistic or determination of any kind. It must not be used, alone or as a principal basis, for:
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3. Third-party data
Many views and posts use public data from third parties, including the US Geological Survey, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and its National Weather Service and Aviation Weather Center, and other scientific sources named on each page. We retrieve, process, summarise and sometimes model these data; any errors introduced in that process are ours. Data may be preliminary, delayed, incomplete, revised after publication or interrupted without notice. Live views show the data as last received and may not reflect current conditions.
Use of these data does not imply that any agency or data provider endorses Global Systems Lab, its simulators or its conclusions. Agency names are used only to identify sources.
4. Models, projections and interpretation
Simulators are simplified representations of complex systems. Their outputs depend on assumptions, inputs and choices that may be wrong or incomplete. Projections, probabilities, odds, forecasts and scenarios describe what a model produces under stated assumptions; they are not predictions of what will happen and carry uncertainty that may be larger than shown. Interpretation in Transmission posts reflects our analysis on the date of publication and may become outdated. Figures and numbers are rounded, and posts are not updated continuously.
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9. Corrections and changes
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