ARL Weekly News – January 6, 2023 Announcements and Events Wildfire Modeling Position Posted The atmospheric transport group at ARL has a HYSPLIT position posted at GMU to work on wildfires within the HYSPLIT group. Wildfire modeling is a growing research interest across NOAA. The applicant can have a Master’s or PhD, and does not require the applicant to…
ARL Weekly News – December 30, 2022 Upcoming Events AMS Meeting begins Jan 8 in Denver, and online. A number of presentations at the 2023 American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual Meeting held January 8-12, 2023 in Denver, Colorado, will feature NOAA’s Air Resources Lab research on the boundary layer. The development and evolution of our…
ARL Weekly News – December 9, 2022 Recent Events HYSPLIT V.8: Major HYSPLIT Update Improves the Nation’s Public Safety On December 6, 2022, a major new version of HYSPLIT was fully implemented to provide new operational tools to weather forecasters at the National Weather Service. HYSPLIT is the pre-eminent model, developed and updated by NOAA’s…
ARL Weekly News – December 2, 2022 Upcoming Events AGU Fall Meeting in Chicago The 2022 AGU Fall Meeting kicks off in Chicago next week, although a number of presentations are available virtually. ARL posters and presentations are summarized on our webpage; the meeting is held December 12-16, 2022. Recent Events Tropical Cyclone Best Tracks…
ARL Weekly News – November 25, 2022 Recent Events Mauna Loa Eruption NWS Honolulu Weather Forecast Office Ashfall Advisory for Nov 28, 2022 NWS CWSU Oakland SIGMET Aviation Advisory for November 28, 2022, in response to the Mauna Loa eruption. HYSPLIT Volcanic Ash runs were produced in response to the Mauna Loa eruption on November…
ARL Weekly News – November 18, 2022 Recent Events NADP Fall Meeting and Scientific Symposium At the UT Conference Center are, from left to right: Bruce Hicks, Nebila Lichiheb, John Walker and Rick Saylor. LaToya Myles, Rick Saylor and Nebila Lichiheb attended the NADP conference in Knoxville, TN from November 14-18, 2022: https://nadp.slh.wisc.edu/nadp2022/. Bruce Hicks,…
ARL Weekly News – November 11, 2022 Recent Events Research site visits in NYC and CT November 10-11, 2022. On Thursday, November 10, Nebila Lichiheb joined John Sullivan (NASA/GSFC), Christoph Senff (NOAA/CSL) and Scott Sandberg (NOAA/CSL) to visit the elevated AEROMMA (Atmospheric Emissions and Reactions Observed from Megacities to Marine Areas) ground site at the…
ARL Weekly News – November 4, 2022 Recent Events HYSPLIT V8.0 Upgrade Test Begun NCEP Central Operations, or NCO, has begun the 30 day test of HYSPLIT model version 8.0.5. Once successfully completed, the National Weather Service will benefit from a number of new features will be with this upgrade: Science updates: Improved initialization of…
ARL Weekly News – October 28, 2022 Recent Events House Appropriations Staff Visit ARL Staff members from the House Appropriations Committee visited the National Center for Weather and Climate prediction on October 25. ARL Director Ariel Stein provided an overview of the Laboratory and its current and future research. Following that, Howard Diamond provided a…
ARL Weekly News – October 24, 2022 Recent Events Marcellus Methane Survey Phil Stratton and Xinrong Ren travelled to West Virginia and Pennsylvania to conduct aircraft and mobile methane surveys in the Marcellus oil and natural gas operation area. Measurements included atmospheric methane and its associated chemical species such as ethane (a tracer for natural…