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College students develop method to predict frost events

Peter Scharpe
May 16, 2018
May 16, 2018 Updated May 21, 2018

InnovationWeatherGroup — From left to right: Penn State students Seth Cohen, Andy Moffitt, Steve Hallett and Nathan Lis, presented for their company, Innovation Weather LLC, at the President’s tailgate prior to the Nebraska football game in November 2017.
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Now that spring is finally here, frost should not be an issue for many months, but after a spring like this year, nothing is for certain.

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