News Stories Featuring GSD/GSL Research
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External media stories
2021
- December 15 Washington Post:The Year in Weather Disasters
- July 29 NBC News: Map: Watch July's wildfire smoke travel across the country
- July 27 Boston Globe: Why did wildfire smoke from thousands of miles away affect Boston's air quality?
- July 21 The New York Times: See How Wildfire Smoke Spread Across America
- July 16 NBC New York: West Coast Wildfire Smoke Makes Its Way to NYC; Air Quality Historically Low
- January 21 KXAN Austin, TX: New feature of weather prediction model forecasts smoke movement and concentration
2020
- Weather Nation: Researchers Test Experimental Severe Weather Warning Tools
- KOKH-TV Oklahoma City: Tornado warning system overhaul adds additional lead time to get in safe space
- KUSA-TV Denver: Two new supercomputers will help forecast weather in Colorado
- The New York Times: California Fires Live Updates: Flames, Smoke and Heat Are All Threats
- WGN Chicago: Western fires continue to burn - smoke coverage stunning
- Washington Post: California fires cause parts of the U.S. to have some of dirtiest air in the world
- 9News Denver: Computer model forecasts where wildfire smoke is moving
- KUNC Northern Colorado: Feeling the Heat
- Denverite: How to keep tabs on Denver air quality and figure out when to maybe stay inside
- Wired: A beautiful yet grim map shows how wildfire smoke spreads
- Boulder Weekly: Tracking wildfire smoke
- GovTech: Who wants a detailed map of how wildfire smoke spreads?
- Mercury News: Bay Area smoke forecast, Sep 1
- Financial Times: Wildfires hurricanes and vanishing sea ice. The climate crisis is here.
- Phys.org: Scientists explore the potential for further improvements to tropical cyclone track forecasts
- ABCNews: It’s not too late with Ginger Zee: Melting Arctic Ice (GSL visualization)
- NYTimes: Slump in Air Travel Hindered Weather Forecasting, Study Shows
- Inside Science: When COVID-19 emptied the skies this spring, it likely worsened weather model predictions
- The Daily at the U of Washington: Flight reduction and lack of weather data lead to forecast inaccuracy
- AAAS EurekAlert: Scientist explore the potential for further improvements to tropical cyclone track forecasts
2019
- Forbes: How AI Is Evolving Public Services
- The Next Platform: NOAA FACES WINDS OF ARCHITECTURAL CHANGE
- Inside HPC Video: Advancing U.S. Weather Prediction Capabilities with Exascale HPC
- Phys.org: Argonne lends a hand toward climate and weather understanding
- WeatherNation: NOAA Research Yields Better Lake-Effect Snow Forecasts
2018
- KUSA-TV Denver:Is it safe to breathe today? This is how you can find out
- Santa Maria Times: A look at NOAA’s High-Resolution Rapid Refresh Smoke air quality modeling system
- UK Daily Mail: Shocking NOAA interactive map reveals almost two MILLION acres of land is on fire across the United States
- Oregon Mail Tribune: We’re surrounded
- Forbes: Weather model for predicting severe storms is helping fight California wildfires
- NBC16 Eugene Oregon: Smoke from California wildfires moves north into Oregon and Washington
- Weather.com: New Model Better Predicts Where Wildfire Smoke Will Travel
- Weather.com: The latest experimental near-surface smoke forecast continues to show smoke from the #CampFire
- Michigan Live: Free high-resolution weather data for deer hunters
- Weather.com: The latest experimental near-surface smoke forecast continues to show smoke from the #CampFire
- CNN: Smoke from California wildfires is spreading 3,000 miles to NYC
- NBC News: Large portions of Yosemite National Park remain closed as heavy smoke lingers
- The New York Times: The latest experimental near-surface smoke forecast continues to show smoke from the #CampFire
- The New York Times: Smoke from California wildfires visible in New York, New Jersey
- Dallas Morning News: Supercomputing conference draws 13,000 brainy people to Dallas to discuss how megamachines can help the world
- Washington Post: Smoke from California wildfires is pooling over D.C. and intensifying sunsets
- Mother Jones: The latest experimental near-surface smoke forecast continues to show smoke from the #CampFire
- Smithsonian: How Satellites and Big Data Are Predicting the Behavior of Hurricanes and Other Natural Disasters
- DFW CBS Local: Weather 101: Forecasting And Supercomputers
- Forbes: What If The National Weather Service Really Shut Down?
- Mashable: Wildfire smoke from California has reached NYC, 3,000 miles away
- CNN: Canada fires send smoke into U.S.
- Denver 9News:Is it safe to breathe today and this is how you can find out
- EOS:How Forecasting Models are Changing the Way We Fight Fires
- WeatherNation: Improving Wildfire, Smoke and Air Quality Forecasts
- Weather.com California wildfire smoke drifted all the way to NYC producing a spectacular sunset through the haze
- NYTimes:Tracking the air quality in California
- MotherJones: Where there’s smoke there is a scientist tracking it
2017
- Forbes: Four ways NOAA benefits your life today
- WeatherNation: Hurricane Research Underway After Busy 2017 Season
NOAA Stories
2021
2020
- OAR: New NOAA research model improves dust, air quality forecasts
- OAR: Arctic melt puts focus on sea ice research
- OAR: When smoke is in the air all eyes look at this NOAA model
- OAR: NOAA Research top five stories of 2020
2019
- OAR: New NOAA app brings earth and space animations to your phone
- OAR: NOAA research yields better lake-effect snow forecasts
- OAR: Mahoney named director of NOAA’s Global Systems Division
2018
- OAR NOAA research model brings severe weather into focus
- OAR: New research improves wind forecasts for the renewable energy industry--NOAA-DOE study examined the physics of wind in complex terrain
- NESDIS News: AMTRAK relies on new NOAA satellite smoke data to protect passengers during dangerous California wildfires
2016
- OAR The "My Brother's Keeper" presentations by GSD
- OAR: Severe weather model predicted tornado’s path hours before it formed
- NOAA: Teachers: Six NOAA tools for back to school - Classroom ready Earth science resources are just a click away! On NOAA homepage
- OAR: NOAA takes virtual reality to another dimension
- NOAA Story Map “Hurricanes punched hard this season…”,
- OAR: Research plays vital role during relentless hurricane season
2020 NOAA Postcard from the field (a first for GSL!)
NOAA Story Maps with GSL contributions
NOAA Supports a Healthy Nation