Hello, This summer, the Earth Prediction Innovation Center (EPIC) and the Unified Forecast System (UFS) in partnership with Jackson State University (JSU) will deliver a five-day Unifying Innovations in Forecasting Capabilities Workshop (UIFCW24) at JSU in Jackson, Mississippi, 22-26 July 2024. Throughout the week, we will focus on integrating sectors of the Weather Enterprise and fostering a […]
Dr. Richter, Special Projects Lead to the NCAR director, visited NCAS-M to discuss the new initiative on the Earth System Predictability Across Timescales.
NOAA EPP/MSI office and 4 CSCs conducted Hill briefings on May 6 & 7.
NCAS-M hosted the NSF Unidata Strategic Advisory Committee meeting, May 2-3, 2024.
The annual meeting was successfully held at the NOAA NCWCP, College Park, MD. More than 50 attendees participated in the conference. https://sites.google.com/view/2024-ncas-m-annual-meeting/home
On April 5, 2024, Drs. Sen Chiao, Jo-Anne Manswell Butty, and Ricardo Sakai visited University of Texas, El Paso (UTEP). Dr. Rosa Fitgerald hosted the visit from UTEP. Drs. Chiao, Butty, and Sakai gave an overview of the current NCAS-M II goals, protocols, and activities. NCAS-M fellows and leveraged graduate students at UTEP made oral […]
During the eclipse event on April 8, 2024, Howard University Beltsville Campus (HUBC) promoted a radiosonde marathon. During the whole day several radiosonde launches were launched to monitor the thermodynamic and wind profiles. Currently the data collected at HUBC are being analyzed under the supervision of Drs. Debanjana Das, Nakul Karle, and Pamela Lara. NCAS-M […]
NCAS-M II congratulates four Center-affiliated Howard University students recently inducted into the Edward Alexander Bouchet Graduate Honor Society Anaiya Reliford, a PhD student in Atmospheric Sciences and current NCAS-M II fellow (Cohort 1); Lauren L. Taylor, a PhD student in Sociology and current NCAS-M II fellow (Cohort 1); Kirsten Sims, a PhD student in Atmospheric […]
NCAS-M Team, Sen Chiao, Jo-Anne Manswell Butty, and Ricardo Sakai went to visit UTEP. Dr. Rosa Fitzgerald and her students presented research results.
NCAS-M director visited SJSU on March 25.
On March 7th-10th, Dr. Michelle Dovil (NCAS-M Alumni) was honored to organize and host the National Science Foundation (NSF) Full STEAM Ahead 2024 conference in New Orleans, Louisiana. This conference was the convening of the “Full STEAM Ahead: Powering Connections Among Different Generations of Geoscientists and Social Scientists” project funded by the National Science Foundation […]
Amy Quarkume, Joseph Wilkins, and Lauren Taylor were one of three $100,000 NASA MSI Wildfire Climate Tech Challenge winners. NASA’s Wildfire Climate Tech Challenge, part of the MSI Incubator initiative, seeks innovative solutions for wildfire prevention and climate technology. NASA invites students and employees of Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) to address the escalating issues caused […]
On March 14, 2024, Dr. Dave Turner from NOAA/GSL visited NCAS-M/Howard University. The Global Systems Laboratory (GSL) is one of ten NOAA Research Laboratories and is located in Boulder, Colorado. Their research improves environmental prediction models, develops state-of-the-science decision support tools, visualization systems, and uses high-performance computing technology to support a Weather-Ready Nation.
RobotSonde: An automatic balloon launcher system by Meteomodem that can perform up to 12 or 24 soundings without any manual control.
Deputy Director of Climate Program Office, Ben DeAngelo, and his team visited Howard University. They gave a seminar and visited a classroom.
