Headlines Archive 2007
13 Dec 07
SOS is the Centerpiece of the New
Ocean Explorium Exhibit
The 18th Science On a Sphere® (SOS) was installed at
the Ocean Explorium in New Bedford, Massachusetts, the week of December
3.
10 Dec 07
NOAA Scientist Hosts Round Table
Discussion at AGU on UAS in the Arctic
ESRL's Dr. Betsy Weatherhead is hosting a meeting at the AGU annual
Fall Meeting to discuss the recent development and future plans for UAS in
the Arctic.
28 Nov 07
Higher-resolution RUC available to
NOAAPort and NOAA Family of Service users
Starting December 4, 13-km resolution grids from the Rapid Update Cycle
(RUC) model will be available to all NOAA/NWS data users. This model, developed
at ESRL/GSD, is initialized at a one-hour frequency, the highest of any of
NCEP's forecast models.
30 Oct 07
Aviation Technology Successfully
Transferred
Aviation-specific displays will soon be available to forecasters in the
NWS' Center Weather Service Units to assist in aviation forecasting and
briefings to the FAA's Traffic Management Units.
NOAA-Developed Technology Used
to Assist Firefighters of California Wildfires
FX-Net, a field-deployable meteorological workstation developed at GSD,
is being used by NWS Incident Meteorologists (IMETs) deployed to the
devastating wildfires in California.
17 Oct 07
2007 OAR Outstanding Scientific Paper
Award
GSD's Seth Gutman is a co-author on one of the 2007 OAR Outstanding
Scientific Papers, which describes the impact as atmospheric rivers strike
the coast, bringing heavy rainfall and flooding.
5 Oct 07
New GSD-managed Computer Room Recognized
by Silver Hard Hat Award
Colorado Construction magazine has named DSRC's new computer room
its "Outstanding Mechanical/Electrical Project" of 2007.
18 Sep 07
GSD Warning Innovations Implemented
October 1
The technology driving the new National Weather Service storm-based
warnings system was developed by GSD.
20 Aug 07
Science On a Sphere® Awarded
Registered Trademark
Some three years after submitting the application, ESRL's Global Systems
Division received an official certificate of registration dated July 31, 2007
for the trademark Science On a Sphere.
3 Aug 07
ESRL Hosts ISETCSC Students
Several students and faculty from North Carolina A&T University and the
University of Alaska Southeast will visit GSD to collaborate on developing a
flexible way to access and manipulate University of Alaska Southeast sensor
data.
1 Aug 07
NOAA Leads International Efforts to Use
Unmanned Systems for Earth Systems Science
Scientists from ESRL and other NOAA line offices are leading a Town Hall
meeting at the largest-of-its-kind conference on unmanned observing systems
August 6-9 in Washington D.C.
19 Jul 07
ESRL Hosts WRF Executive Oversight Board
Meeting
ESRL/GSD is hosting the next Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF)
Executive Oversight Board meeting at the NOAA Boulder Labs on July 31, 2007.
2 Jul 07
MADIS Meeting Weather Solutions with
Business in Mind
ESRL/GSD MADIS staff met with a representative of DTN/Meteorlogix, a
major business weather solutions provider with over 20000 customers in various
markets. DTN/Meteorologix is interested in continuing and expanding its use of
MADIS data for its customers.
5 Jun 07
ESRL Represented at UVS International
2007
GSD's Sara Summers and Betsy Weatherhead participated in UVS
International 2007, Europe's annual conference and exhibition for Unmanned
Aircraft Systems.
10 May 07
ESRL Operates Two Most Popular Stations
for CORS Usage
Two of ESRL/GSD's GPS-Met sites provided nearly 14000 datasets to users
of National Geodetic Survey's Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS)
network in 2006. These sites are used for precise 3-dimensional positioning
information needed by surveyors, GIS professionals, and others.
Queen Elizabeth Views Science On a
Sphere™
NASA presenters gave a very special NOAA Science On a Sphere™ (SOS)
demonstration to HM Elizabeth II, Queen of England and her husband, HRH Prince
Phillip, the Duke of Edinburgh, and other members of the Royal Family on
Tuesday, May 8.
30 Apr 07
Decision Aid Tool Helps Fort Worth
Center Weather Service Unit Recommend Action
Tactical Decision Aids developed by GSD's Aviation Branch provide needed
and useful information for the safety of air travelers in the Dallas/Fort
Worth region.
11 Apr 07
Earth Day Open House at NOAA in
Boulder
To commemorate Earth Day and highlight NOAA's 200-year history, NOAA will
open its Boulder facility to the public and showcase its science with a variety
of displays and interactive demos on April 20.
2 Apr 07
New Publication Supports IPY
A new paper coauthored by ESRL scientists provides support to International
Polar Year studies of arctic water vapor variability.
23 Mar 07
FX-Net Project Researchers Honored
FX-Net manager, Sher Schranz, and lead developer, Jebb Stewart, were
recognized by the National Weather Service for "innovative development and
maintenance of critical software" for NWS Incident Meteorologists.
23 Feb 07
Real Improvements in Real-Time Positioning
in California
The California Spatial Reference Center (CSRC) at Scripps Institution of
Oceanography recently started using NOAATrop, developed by GSD, for real-time
engineering applications in southern California.
20 Feb 07
GSD Science used in Education Program in
the Arctic
GSD is pleased to be contributing to a pipeline of progressive K-12
instruction about Arctic weather and climate for elementary- to
high-school-aged students in the Bering Straits School District.
15 Feb 07
GSD Supports 2007 Hydrometeorological
Testbed Program
GSD is running high-resolution models and providing workstations on which
to view these and other weather data in support of the second field season of
the Hydrometeorological Testbed-West (HMT-West) program.
29 Jan 07
Texas Forecast Decision Makers Use ESRL's
Tactical Decision Aid Products
GSD-developed Tactical Decision Aid software assisted air traffic
controllers in forecasting and monitoring a major convective weather event in
the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
10 Jan 07
Science On a Sphere® at the 'Imiloa
Astronomy Center of Hawai'i
The new 'Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawai'i now features a Science On a
Sphere® that was installed in November.