2007 Bill Proenza Controversy
In 2007, Bill Proenza, the head of the National Hurricane Center at the time, stated in a public message that the loss of the QuikSCAT satellite would greatly harm the quality of hurricane forecasts. This followed a battery anomaly in which the spacecraft was temporarily unable to perform nominal science observations due to limited power. He claimed that three-day forecasts would be roughly 16% less accurate following the loss of QuikSCAT. However, this was found to be an exaggeration, during his controversial time at the center, which eventually led to him being removed from his position. Although the satellite aids in hurricane intensity, it does not do so exclusively and other satellites in orbit, with similar equipment, record the same information.
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