ARL Weekly News – February 10, 2023 Media Mentions NOAA’s Air Resources Car (ARC) profiled on DC area news ARL’s work on monitoring greenhouse gases was featured on a WUSA-TV Channel 9 piece by meteorologist Kaitlyn McGrath. The DC area news outlet covered the research that Xinrong Ren and Phil Stratton are conducting with mobile…
February 24, 2023 Update About NOAA’s HYSPLIT The NOAA HYSPLIT model is used to simulate the direction and dispersion of substances– including hazardous materials– through the atmosphere. It is used for emergency response by NOAA’s National Weather Service (NWS). NWS offices run the model during local coordination with agencies responding to emergency events, and the…
ARL Weekly News – January 27, 2023 Conferences and Events WMO Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Symposium Chris Loughner will attend the WMO International Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Symposium January 30-February 1, where he will present a talk titled “Development of a prototype operational greenhouse gas emissions estimation system.” He will also be attending the IG3IS Stakeholder consultation…
ARL Weekly News – January 20, 2023 Announcements 2022 Silver Medal Award awarded to Rick Saylor for Air Quality Model. On January 24, the Department of Commerce awarded the Silver Medal to two OAR team members who participated as part of a National Weather Service team that provided critical contributions to the NAQFC. Rick Saylor…
ARL Weekly News – January 13, 2023 Announcements and Events ARL participates in aircraft and mobile observations of urban greenhouse gas emissions. In collaboration with their colleagues from NIST, University of Maryland, and Stony Brook University, ARL’s Phil Stratton, Xinrong Ren, Paul Kelley, and Winston Luke are involved in some winter research flights to investigate…
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…