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…
ARL Weekly News – September 18, 2020 Recent Events U.S. Climate Reference Network (USCRN) and Hurricane Sally Dr. Howard Diamond, the Climate Science Program Manager for ARL, reports that Hurricane Sally made landfall as a very strong Category 2 storm with maximum sustained winds of 105 miles per hour (mph) early in the morning of…
ARL Weekly News – September 25, 2020 Recent Events Global Ensemble Forecast System (GEFS) Upgrade Includes FV3 Dynamical Core NOAA’s Global Ensemble Forecast System (GEFS) was upgraded on September 23, 2020 by the National Weather Service. GEFSv12 now uses the Finite-Volume Cubed Sphere (FV3) dynamical core and includes an ensemble member that deterministically predicts global…
ARL Weekly News – September 18, 2020 Recent Events U.S. Climate Reference Network (USCRN) and Hurricane Sally Dr. Howard Diamond, the Climate Science Program Manager for ARL, reports that Hurricane Sally made landfall as a very strong Category 2 storm with maximum sustained winds of 105 miles per hour (mph) early in the morning of…
ARL Weekly News – September 11, 2020. Recent Events Invited HYSPLIT Lecture. Mark Cohen gave an invited lecture to an undergraduate course at the University of Maryland introducing the HYSPLIT model. The course, FIRE-298, Sustainability Analytics, taught by Professor Thanicha Ruangmas, is part of the FIRE (First-Year Innovation & Research Experience) program. Slides from the lecture, An…
ARL Weekly News – August 28, 2020 Recent Events Methane Inventory in Maryland. On August 25, Xinrong Ren attended a virtual meeting on Methane Inventory Enhancement Partnership with Maryland Department of Environment (MDE) and University of Maryland (UMD). In the meeting, Xinrong and his colleagues at UMD provided MDE policy-relevant scientific information based on published aircraft…
ARL Weekly News – August 21, 2020 Recent Accomplishments ATDD Resumes Vertical Profile Flights. ATDD resumed flights with its small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) at Oliver Springs. Eight flights were performed, each on 20 and 21 August between 0700 EDT and 1030 EDT, sampling temperature, moisture, and wind fields between the surface and about 700 m…
ARL Weekly News – August 14, 2020. Recent Events. NOAA Leadership Seminar Dr. LaToya Myles will deliver an invited presentation during the 2020 Virtual NOAA Leadership Seminar (NLS). Her presentation entitled Adjusting the Sails: Creativity and Flexibility in Times of Change is scheduled for Wednesday, August 19 at 4:00 pm ET. She was a member of the 2019…