ARL Weekly News – November 27, 2020 Recent Events Recent Publications Bruce Hicks and Will Pendergrass coauthored: The North American Solar Eclipse of 2017: Observations on the Surface Biosphere, Time Responses and Persistence in Boundary-Layer Meteorology. The 2017 North American Solar Eclipse offered an opportunity to observe near-surface weather before, during, and after the eclipse,…
ARL Weekly News – November 20, 2020 Recent Events US-Canada Air Quality Committee Briefed on Wildfire Smoke On November 19, 2020 the annual US-Canada Air Quality Committee Meeting was hosted by Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and co-chaired by Jennifer Kerr. The Committee meets on science-policy issues affecting the two countries as well as…
ARL Weekly News – November 13, 2020 Recent Events Usability Improvements to HYSPLIT for Specific Location Data Arial view of November 11, 2020 recycling plant fire in Houston, Texas. (Image courtesy of KHOU). When fire broke out at the Independent Texas Recyclers on November 11, in Houston, Texas, local Fire and HAZMAT crews were dispatched…
ARL Weekly News – November 6, 2020 Recent Events Improvements to HYSPLIT User Interface Several usability improvements to HYSPLIT have been incorporated per user feedback. A ring radius and its center position can be specified through input fields. The location search now allows different view points, including the ability to enter a street address directly. A…
ARL Weekly News – October 30, 2020 Recent Events 2020 OAR Awards Recognize ARL-developed Locust Forecasting Application 2020 OAR Awards recognized ARL’s Mark Cohen and Rick Jiang in the Personal & Professional Excellence Category for developing the ARL’s Locust Forecasting Web Application for the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Late 2019 saw…
ARL Weekly News – October 23, 2020 Recent Events ARL Contribution to Air Quality Forecasting Capability Recognized in NOAA Administrator’s Awards. The 2020 NOAA Administrator’s Awards include recognition of the upgrade to the National Air Quality Forecasting Capability (NAQFC) developed jointly with ARL and NWS. ARL Awardees include ARL’s Pius Lee and Rick Saylor, joined…
ARL Weekly News – October 16, 2020. Upcoming Events FLAGG-MD Flights take place this week. ARL investigations aboard the University of Maryland’s Cessna aircraft will take their final flight of 2020 on October 21, weather dependent. Xinrong Ren (while not physically on the flights) and his colleagues at the University of Maryland, NIST (National Institute…
ARL Weekly News – October 9, 2020 Recent Events National Air Quality Forecasting Capability (NAQFC) Forecaster-Feedback Meeting The 16th annual National Air Quality Forecasting Capability (NAQFC) forecaster-feedback meeting held on Oct 8-9, 2020, included 82 local and international representatives. This annual event provides air quality forecasting modelers with the opportunity to exchange notes and evaluate…
ARL Weekly News – October 2, 2020 Recent Announcements and Events LaToya Myles Named Acting Director of ATDD Dr. LaToya Myles LaToya Myles, Ph.D. has agreed to serve as Acting Director of the Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division of the NOAA Air Resources Laboratory, beginning October 1, 2020. Dr. Myles is a proven leader…
ARL Weekly News – October 2, 2020 Recent Announcements and Events LaToya Myles Named Acting Director of ATDD Dr. LaToya Myles LaToya Myles, Ph.D. has agreed to serve as Acting Director of the Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division of the NOAA Air Resources Laboratory, beginning October 1, 2020. Dr. Myles is a proven leader…