ARL Weekly News – May 19, 2023 Recent Events ORAU Podcast Features ARL Deputy Director, Dr. LaToya Myles Oak Ridge Associated Universities interviewed Dr. LaToya Myles for its podcast. In the episode, titled: Studying the air we breathe: A conversation with LaToya Myles from the NOAA Air Resources Laboratory. In the episode, Dr. Myles discusses…
ARL Weekly News – May 12, 2023 Upcoming Events Paper Award The American Society for Agricultural and Biological Engineers has awarded the Superior Paper Award to the paper: “Status of Spray Penetration and Deposition in Dense Field Crop Canopies” published in an ASABE journal. ARL’s John Kochendorfer is one of the authors on the paper. Citation: Womac,…
ARL Weekly News – May 1, 2023 Recent Events Illinois Dust Storms Renew Focus on Dust Storm Research Dust storms in Illinois on May 1, 2023 resulted in a multiple car pileup in central Illinois on I-55, killing 7 people, injuring more than 37 people, and involving more than 70 vehicles. This tragic event brought…
ARL Weekly News – April 28, 2023 Recent Events Maryland Day at the University of Maryland: April 29, 2023. NOAA’s Air Resources Car was on display at the University of Maryland’s annual event on Saturday, April 29, 2023 at the McKeldin Mall during Maryland Day at the University of Maryland College Park. ARL scientists Xinrong…
ARL Weekly News – April 21, 2023 Recent Events Representative Glenn Ivey (D-MD) visits ARL On April 24, 2023, Congressman Glenn Ivey (D-MD) from Maryland’s 4th Congressional District made a visit to the NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction (NCWCP) in College Park, MD. At the behest of Dr. Michael Farrar, the director of…
ARL Weekly News – April 14, 2023 Upcoming Events Earth Day Seminar The Montgomery County Maryland Public Library is hosting an Earth Day seminar on Saturday, April 22 from 2:00pm – 3:30pm. The speaker is Howard J. Diamond, Ph.D. of NOAA’s ARL. Titled “A Climate Change Conversation, the Reality,” it will be held via zoom,…
ARL Weekly News – April 7, 2023 Recent Events Women of NOAA StoryCorps video The Women of NOAA ERG has posted a video recognizing the important role mentors play in how we view ourselves and our agency as we move forward in our success. Producers included ARL’s Gabrielle Land, and some ARL images appear in…
ARL Weekly News – March 31, 2023 Recent Events and Announcements Release of NACC-Cloud Version 1.0 for Community Air Quality Modeling Under the ongoing NOAA-OAR Cloud Incubator Project, Drs. Patrick Campbell, Rick Jiang, and Zach Moon of NOAA-ARL ASMD are pleased to announce the release of the NOAA-EPA Atmosphere Chemistry Coupler (NACC) in the cloud,…
ARL Weekly News – March 24, 2023 Upcoming and Recent Events NOAA Assistant Administrator for Research Visits ARL Steve Thur, NOAA’s Assistant Administrator for Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, visits ARL on Monday, March 27, for meetings and a series of briefings on lab capabilities, research and facilities. An all hands meeting will invite all ARL…
ARL Weekly News – March 17, 2023 Recent Activities HYSPLIT Prescribed Burn Capability Upgraded. The prescribed burn capability employing BlueSky 4 from the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) was upgraded this week to several online HYSPLIT applications. The upgraded prescribed burn is available to NWS Weather Forecast Offices, registered HYSPLIT users, and public users through several…