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Quarterly Newsletter
April 02, 2024
GSL at the 2024 European Geophysical Union General Assembly
GSL will present new research at the 2024 European Geophysical Union General Assembly in Vienna, Austria. Topics include research to predict smoke, dust, and other aerosols, and advances in scientific computing and atmospheric physics. Research and Development within the Scientific Computing Branch of NOAA’s Global Systems Laboratory - Isidora...
April 04, 2024
NOAA’s weather model predicts clouds cover on eclipse day, how the solar eclipse will influence weather
NOAA’s High Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR), model developed at GSL, predicts way more than temperature, wind, and precipitation. GSL researchers are working on forecasts of hourly wildfire potential, skin temperature, storm runoff, windspeed at wind turbine heights, and dozens of other parameters. But the HRRR is also eclipse-ready. The HRRR pr...
April 02, 2024
The Year of the Dragon Chinese New Year celebration at GSL
GSL scientists from China organized a special Chinese Lunar New Years Eve celebration on February 9, 2024 for the Year of the Dragon. The Dragon symbolizes power, nobleness, honor, luck, and success in traditional Chinese culture. The Dragon is a supernatural being unparalleled in talent and excellence. Preparations for Lunar New Year typically ...
March 28, 2024
GSL and the new Impact-based Decision Support System Engine
As short-term weather forecasts are becoming more accurate, a paradigm shift has steadily occurred among weather forecasters. Meteorologists have gone from making a forecast, to helping people make use of the forecast—from determining what the weather is going to do to determining how the weather will impact people. The Impact-based Decision Sup...
March 22, 2024
NCAR and GSL scientists focus on Lahaina fire to improve prediction of wildland-urban fires
Research may help with firefighting, evacuationsScientists have successfully applied a pair of advanced computer models to simulate last year’s wildfire that devastated the Hawaiian town of Lahaina. The development could lay the groundwork for more detailed predictions of wildfires that advance into towns and cities, eventually helping with fire...
March 08, 2024
Messaging Under the Microscope: Evaluating Official Risk Communication During the Marshall Fire
As the risk of impact from wildland fires increases across the United States, GSL’s Social and Behavioral Science Branch has performed research aiming to harness the power of social media to inform citizens during an active wildfire. One of our research social scientists examined how Twitter (now X) users engaged with hazard messaging coming fro...