ARL Weekly News – February 17, 2023 Recent Activities Presentation to Howard Univ. on GHG Monitoring project. Xinrong Ren was invited by Dr. Sen Chiao at Howard University to give a department seminar on the work of the GHG monitoring team. This presentation titled “Measurements of Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gases in the Mid-Atlantic Region”,…
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 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 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…
Major HYSPLIT Update Improves the Nation’s Public Safety December 6, 2022 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 Air Resources Laboratory, that has been used for…
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…
Mauna Loa Erupts Sample HYSPLIT Ash simulation on 11/30. November 29, 2022. Mauna Loa, the largest active volcano on Earth, erupted on November 28, 2022. During an active eruption, NOAA’s National Weather Service and other offices continually monitor a number of conditions. The Air Resources Laboratory (ARL) developed HYSPLIT volcanic ash model is the core…
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 – July 15, 2022 Recent Events HYSPLIT V8 Approved for Implementation Implementation of HYSPLIT v8 at the NCEP was presented to the Office Director and approved on July 14, 2022. Scientific upgrades to HYSPLITv8 include upgrading code, coupling of HYSPLIT to GEFS and HREF for probabilistic forecasts of hazards such as volcanic…