MMM Staff “In the News”
Other sources of news: UCAR's Pressclips Archive
2006
- John Michalakes is working with Microsoft's Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003, the version of Windows aimed at the high performance computing (HPC) segment of the market, to allow the WRF model to run in the Windows environment More...
- Greg Holland's unmanned research aircraft, the Aerosonde, will be hunting hurricanes in September. More...
- Chin-Hoh Moeng is a Co-Principle Investigator in the new NSF Science and Technology Center for Multi-Scale Modeling of Atmospheric Processes which will be based at Colorado State University. The new Science and Technology Center will advance the complicated science of climate forecasting. More...
- Chris Davis was recently promoted to Senior Scientist. More...
- Nature.com reports on discussions at the American Meteorological Society's 27th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology in Monterey, California, where Greg Holland recently presented. The article is, "Tempers flare at hurricane meeting: Researchers debate effects of climate change". More...
- Greg Holland, speaking at the American Meteorological Society's 27th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology in Monterey, California, discusses the link bewteen global warming and the increase in hurricane activity in an article by Reuters. More...
- Ocean surface wind data gathered from NASA's QuikSCAT satellite is being assimilated into the the WRF (Weather Research & Forecasting) model, producing improved track and intensity forecasts of tropical storms. More...
- Bill Kuo, a Senior Scientist with MMM and the UCAR COSMIC program Director, oversaw the launch of 6 weather-tracking satellites from Vandenberg Air Force base on Friday, April 14. The system is poised to transform weather forecasting, climate monitoring, and research on space weather. More...
- Jielun Sun , an observational meteorologist, likens data analysis to a form of meditation. "It's all about discovery," she explains. "Every time I look at data, I see something and feel like I learn things. Read UCAR's "People Spotlight". More...
- Bill Kuo , in UCAR's "People Spotlight", talks about how the total transformation of his family's lives, caused by a typhoon sweeping through their farm when he was 6, started him on the path to his scientific career. More...
- NASA has awarded 950,000 hours of supercomputing time for advanced research, to the modeling project led by Greg Holland, "Cloud-Resolving Tropical Simulation for Studying Scale-Interactions and Hurricane Variability" More...
- Scientists, including MMM's Bill Skamarock, were in Mexico City in March for a pollution study. The MIRAGE field project includes daily pollution forecasts run by the WRF-ARW model. More...
2005
- Corridors of Concern: The Search for Clues to Repetitive Summer Rain --an online webcast courtesy of UCAR Communications and featuring MMM's David Ahijevych More...
- MMM's new publications search is available in beta-test mode. References for all publications from January 2000 to July 2005 are currently available. In the coming months, all MMM publications back to 1950 will be included. More...
- A giant step down the road to multiscale modeling: Researchers at NCAR and PNNL (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) configure WRF so it can be coupled with the North American part of NCAR's global-scale Community Land Model in a downscaling mode. More...
- NCAR Hurricane Work Reaches New Intensity: Jenny Sun, Qingnong Xiao, Bill Kuo, Andrew Crook, So-Young Ha, Dale Barker, and Soichiro Sugimoto are part of a joint effort to improve the assimilation of radar data into weather models. More...
- About WRF ARW from the MSNBC Website: New Hurricane Computer Model Tested More...
- Rita and Beyond: Research Model Advances Hurricane Intensity Prediction. Chris Davis discusses the excitement over the Advanced Research WRF model's huricane intensity predictions. More...
- Greg Holland contributes to this article in the Seattle Times: Is Warming Making Hurricanes More Ferocious? More...
- Hurricanes Are Getting Stronger, Study Says. Greg Holland and colleagues studied the number, duration, and intensity of hurricanes (also known as typhoons or tropical cyclones) that have occurred worldwide from 1970 to 2004. More...
- Hurricanes: Keeping and Eye on Weather's Biggest Bullies. Aaron Bansemer's Microphysics studies and WRF's high resolution forecasts are highlighted. More...
- In the San Francisco Chronicle, Chris Davis discusses hurricane formation and improved intensity predictions: Hurricane fuel: warm, moist air over warm ocean water. More...
- Greg Holland discusses the phenomenon of Hurricane Catarina, called "Brazil's Mystery Storm". More...
- A multiagency collaborative of researchers has announced the first successful melding of computer models from several different organizations into four new simulations of Earth's physical system. The WRF (Weather Research and Forecasting) Model is one of the models used in this effort. More...
- As the Northern Hemisphere tilts towards the Sun, the days grow longer and warmer. Spring and summer warmth also fuels the high season for severe thunderstorms and tornadoes. MMM's AR-WRF model is highlighted as one of the tools helping to predict severe storm cells that lead to thunderstorms, tornadoes and extreme weather conditions. More...
- Chris Davis, in UCAR's "People Spotlight", talks about pursuing the evolution of storms, and why he became interested in Meteorology More...
- Charlie Knight and Don Lenschow recently returned from studying trade wind cumulus clouds on the RICO field experiment, which helps researchers understand the process by which the cloud droplets coalesce into warm rain (precipitation that lacks an ice phase) More...
- Greg Holland discusses the crafting of an updated MMM divisional science plan in the UCAR Quarterly announcement of his new Directorship of MMM More...
- Mitch Moncrieff was part of the NCAR representation headed by Rick Anthes, at the MONEX-25 meeting in India, which celebrated the accomplishments of the landmark field project - one of the largest international meteorological experiments of the past three decades and strongly supported by NSF More...
- Jordan Powers talks about the AMPS (Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System) forecasts and tremendous boost in our ability to support science and logistics in Antarctica with the arrival of a new computer in SCD More...
2004
- Recently Recognized at the UCAR Annual Accomplishment Awards:
* John Michalakes won the "Scientific Technical Advancement" category
* Don Lenschow, Chin-Hoh Moeng, and Peter Sullivan (with Thomas Horst of EOL) won the "Outstanding Publication" category More... - Peggy LeMone was interviewed by Staff Notes for article, "Recollections from a pioneering woman scientist" More...
- Clouds, clouds, clouds. Peggy LeMone and Andy Heymsfield discuss their research studying the interaction between Earth's surface and the lowest level of the atmosphere, called the boundary layer More...
- Midwest Thunderstorm Study Points toward Better Forecasts. Chris Davis and Morris Weisman discuss improvements in thunderstorm prediction as a result of the BAMEX field study.> More...
- Initiatives in Brief: Biogeosciences researchers, Donald Lenschow and Jeilun Sun serve on steering committee More...
- Chris Snyder and Morris Weisman were recently promoted to Senior Scientist. Mary Barth was promoted to Scientist III; and, Arlene Laing, Josh Hacker, Paul Field and George Bryan were hired as new Scientists More...
- Jordan Powers and Pat Waukau were two of the 23 graduates of UCAR's Leadership Academy (last year, Kathy Morgan and Mary Barth were graduates). The intensive six-month program’s mission is to increase the organization’s capacity for excellence through training its current and future leaders More...
- Janice Coen is interviewed about a new line of fire research: Four-year study explores real-time prediction of wildland blazes More...
- Cooling us off: John Latham ponders a plan to counter global warming More...
- Initiatives in Brief: Data Assimilation Initiative (DAI) (lead by Chris Snyder, Jeff Anderson, et al) More...
- NCAR scientists are probing the ebb and flow of warm-season rain for clues to better forecasts. The WRF Model and research by R. E. Carbone, J. D. Tuttle, D. A. Ahijevych, and S. B. Trier cited More...
- Shielding the Pentagon: NCAR is working on a groundbreaking system of forecast models, lidars, and other tools to track airborne toxins as part of the nation’s antiterrorism efforts. (Jenny Sun, Andrew Crook, MM5 model and Piotr Smolarkeiwicz involved) More...
- The Water Cycles Across Scales Initiative is profiled in the UCAR Quarterly. Mitch Moncrieff and David Parsons serve on steering committee More...
- Researchers Awarded $2 Million to Create High-Tech Tools for Fighting Wildfires. Janice Coen involved More...
- The American Meteorological Society selected Rich Rotunno and Peggy LeMone as 2004 award recipients. More...
- MMM’s Charlie Knight, NCAR’s most senior staffer, receives a barometer at a reception honoring long-time staffers. More...
- Rick Anthes, UCAR President, cites WRF and MM5 research in presentation at the AMS Annual Meeting More...
