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May 02, 2024

​Spring is in the air--and in your nose, eyes, and lungs!

More than 50 million Americans suffer from seasonal allergies due to airborne pollen, according to the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. Pollen is an equal opportunity irritant, particularly during spring, summer and fall when wind-blown pollen from trees, grasses and weeds can be at their highest levels. Accurate pollen fore...

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May 01, 2024

​​Dr. Travis Wilson is NOAA's March Employee of the Month!

Travis is a Computer Scientist at the Global Systems Laboratory (GSL) in Boulder, Colorado. In December 2023, Dr. Wilson led the successful development and transition of the Dynamic Ensemble-based Scenarios for Impact Decision Support Systems (IDSS) (DESI) 3.0 release to all NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) Forecast Offices. The DESI applicat...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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