Air Resources Laboratory Celebrates 75th Anniversary at AMS
January 25, 2024
As an opening to the 75th anniversary celebrations, ARL is hosting sessions at AMS in Baltimore on Wednesday, January 31, 2024. Director, Dr. Ariel Stein, and Deputy Director, Dr. LaToya Myles will chair three sessions on the history, current and future research, and partnerships of NOAA’s Air Resource Laboratory.
Join us for the following talks:
8:30 AM to 10:00 AM | Session 9A Linking Earth and Sky: 75 Years of Weather and Climate Research in the NOAA Air Resources Laboratory – History
- The Future of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Research in the NOAA Air Resources Laboratory (Presenter: Ariel Stein)
- Climate Research Highlights of NOAA’s Air Resources Laboratory: Atmospheric Observations, Analysis, and Monitoring from the Surface to the Stratosphere (Presenter: Diane J. Seidel)
- ARL and Forest Meteorology – the Past, the Future, and the Interim (Presenter: Bruce B.Hicks)
- History of Reference Surface Observing in Support of Research and Climate, and Progress into the Future, at NOAA’s Air Resources Laboratory (Presenter: T.P. Meyers)
- A History of Volcanic Ash Forecasting at NOAA Air Resources Laboratory (Presenter: Barbara Stunder)
- HYSPLIT Nuclear Applications and Emergence Responses (Presenter: Tianfeng Chai)
1:45 PM to 3:00 PM | Session 11A Linking Earth and Sky: 75 Years of Weather and Climate Research in the NOAA Air Resources Laboratory – Current & Future
- Optimizing the use of Existing Federal Data to Improve the Atmospheric Dispersion Forecasts for an Effective Emergency Response (Presenter: Nebila Lichiheb)
- Highlights from Eight Years of Advancing Knowledge of Surface and Boundary Layer Processes Using Small Uncrewed Aircraft Systems at the NOAA Air Resources Laboratory (Presenter: Temple R. Lee)
- UrbanNet: The NOAA Air Resources Laboratory’s Urban Observing Program (Presenter: Praveena Krishnan)
- The HYSPLIT Model – Tracing its Evolution and Path to Success (Presenter: Alice M. Crawford)
- Breathing Better: On NOAA’s Air Resources Laboratory Continuous Development of the National Air Quality Forecasting Capability (Presenter: Barry Baker)
4:30 PM to 6:00 PM | Session 12A Linking Earth and Sky: 75 Years of Weather and Climate Research in the NOAA Air Resources Laboratory – Partnerships
- University of Maryland and NOAA/ARL Collaboration over the Years: Learning How Weather, Climate and Chemistry Conspire to Create Air Pollution (Presenter: Russell R. Dickerson)
- ARL and ORAU A Long-Standing Partnership, Further Together (Presenter: Kathy Rollow)
- S. Climate Reference Network: An Engine for Climate Science (Presenter: Michael A. Palecki)
- Key Research Findings from the Collaboration Between the NOAA Air Resources Laboratory and Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations (CIWRO) at the University of Oklahoma (Presenter: Randy A. Peppler)
- NIST’s Urban Greenhouse Gas Measurements Program and Interactions with NOAA’s Air Resources Laboratory (Presenter: James Whetstone)
- Towards a Quarter-Century Collaboration Between NCAS-M and ARL: Priorities, Opportunities and Challenges (Presenter: Sen Chiao)