Economic value of global weather measurements
NM (United States) Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), G Canavan, USDOE Assistant Secretary for Management and Administration, Washington, DC (United States), J Butterworth · 1999
Global sensor networks could support increased activity in a number of economic sectors. Potential benefits and the predicted time scales required to realize them are estimated. Benefits are particular compelling for fundamental reasons for aviation, hotels and restaurants, natural disasters, construction, agriculture, and apparel. These benefits can be captured by simple logistic approximations.