Recent Events HYSPLIT v9 approved for implemented into operations by the National Center for Environmental Protections (NCEP) This version provides significant enhancements, including updates to the model code, the addition of a transfer coefficient matrix (TCM) capability for volcanic ash and radiological releases, and stronger integration with global weather prediction models. Developed after the Fukushima-Daiichi…
ARL Weekly News – February 10, 2025 Presentations and Publications 6th Annual Summit Presentation Praveena Krishnan, LaToya Myles, and John Kochendorfer attended Keep Knoxville Beautiful (KKB)’s 6th Annual Summit at the East Tennessee History Center on February 7, 2025. Centered around the theme ‘How to Build a Heat-Resilient City,’ the summit explored innovative strategies for…
ARL Weekly News – January 24, 2025 Recent Events HYSPLIT helping keep people safe The Weather Forecasting Office (WFO) in Binghamton, NY supported the NY State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services during a propane tank crash on Friday, January 24. The crash resulted in a propane leak, for which the WFO completed a…
ARL Weekly News – January 13, 2025 Publications and Presentations Air Resources Laboratory at AMS ARL scientists contributed nine posters and oral presentations and acted as session chairs for eight sessions: Barry Baker Development of a MODIS/VIIRS Base Estimation of Lateral Cover for Low Vegetation: Applications to Dust and Land Surface Modeling within NOAA’s Air…
ARL Weekly News – December 9, 2024 Recent Events Operating system update for running HYSPLIT The servers running the National Weather Service (NWS) HYSPLIT model were successfully refreshed on December 12, 2024. By migrating to the latest version of the operating system, security risks are reduced. After the service cutover, full installation tests were conducted…
ARL Weekly News – November 25, 2024 Recent Events 2024 Team Member of the Year Award Patrick Campbell Patrick Campbell is being recognized by OAR for his ”outstanding work in improving NOAA’s air quality predictions with the implementation of a novel application using satellite data coupled with in-canopy processes.” Congratulations Patrick! …
ARL Weekly News – October 28, 2024 Recent Events ARL participates in NOAA path forward for climate services Chris Loughner participated in the NOAA Climate Connections 2.0 conference in Washington, DC, on October 29. Chris gave a brief overview of NOAA’s role in measuring and monitoring greenhouse gasses and facilitated a roundtable discussion on future…
ARL Weekly News – October 14, 2024 Recent Events ATDD inspires the next generation On 17 October, Temple Lee and David Senn met with a visiting high school student at ATDD to discuss the lab’s work with small uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) and how these platforms, coupled with the lab’s other observing systems, are used…
ARL Weekly News – October 7, 2024 Recent Events ARL’s Atmospheric Sciences and Modeling Division addresses climate misinformation Recently with the unprecedented events of Hurricanes Helene and Milton, there has been a significant uptick in the number of inquiries coming into NOAA regarding various aspects of the storm, its relationship to climate, and a lot…
ARL Weekly News – September 9, 2024 Upcoming Events Air Resources Laboratory to lend urban climate expertise at Climate Week Air Resources Lab Director Ariel Stein will be an invited panelist in a roundtable discussion during this year’s Climate Week in New York City. The discussion, titled “Greenhouse Gas in Cities: Innovations in GHG Data…