Commerce Data Service: Using Weather Data to Protect Lives and Property

The Commerce Data Service maximizes statistics to better serve the public. In this video, Chief Data Scientist Jeff Chen describes the development of a new data visualization tutorial that examines the severity of hail in the Midwestern U.S.

Using the Severe Weather Data Inventory from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) the tutorial makes in easier for data scientists to assess severe weather patterns, inform risk management and planning decisions and help local communities and industry.

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