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RECENTLY PUBLISHED – The Representation of Cumulus Convection in High-Resolution Simulations of the 2013 Colorado Front Range Flood |
![Klaus Wolter](2016/img/cu-newsteam-wolter-laNina.100.png) |
IN THE NEWS – Check out Klaus Wolter interview with CU's NewsTeam Boulder: La Niña Impacts Colorado Weather |
![Clark King (left) and PSD director, Robert Webb](2016/img/king-silver-sherman.100.png) |
CONGRATULATIONS! – Clark King awarded NOAA Silver Sherman |
![rainy street](2016/img/PDP-rain.100.png) |
RECENTLY PUBLISHED – Comparison of Global Precipitation Estimates across a Range of Temporal and Spatial Scales |
![PSD award winners](2016/img/psd-award-winners.100.png) |
CONGRATULATIONS! – PSD employees receive 'Employee of the Year' and 'Outstanding Science Communicator' awards |
![Coury Ditch](2016/img/ditch.75.png) |
EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT – Meet Coury Ditch of PSD's Information Technology Group |
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PSD SEMINAR/NOV 30 – Patrick Laloyaux: Earth system climate reanalyses at ECMWF |
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CSD-PSD SEMINAR/NOV 9 – Reto Knutti: The value and purpose of the next generation climate models |
![Andrea Thorstensen](2016/img/thorstensen.75.png) |
EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT – Meet Andrea Thorstensen of PSD's Hydrometeorology Modelling and Assessments Team |
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PSD SEMINAR/NOV 4 – Clara Draper: Land data assimilation, and the use of land surface observations in NASA GMAO's reanalysis program |
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PSD SEMINAR/NOV 3 – Francesca Viterbo: High-resolution hydro-meteorological modeling of extreme weather events over complex orography areas: applications of WRF and WRF-Hydro model configurations |
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PSD SEMINAR/OCT 28 – Evan Kalina: Severe convective weather: Microphysical insights from models and dual-polarization radar |
![de Boer and Shupe](2016/img/alert-expedition.75.png) |
IN THE FIELD—CANADA – PSD researchers maintain instruments at remote research station in Canadian Arctic |
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PSD SEMINAR/OCT 24 – Maria Frediani: Forecast Post-Processing with Object-Based Analogs: A Technique to Reduce Spatial Dimensionality and Preserve Local Covariance |
![de Boer and Shupe](2016/img/deboer-shupe.75.png) |
IN THE FIELD—ALASKA – PSD's Gijs de Boer and Matt Shupe perform research in Oliktok Point, AK this month |
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PSD SEMINAR/OCT 14 – Janice Bytheway: An Assessment of Warm Season Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts from the High Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR) Model |
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CONGRATULATIONS – PSD Researchers Among AMS 2017 Award Winners, New Fellows, and 2018 Lecturers |
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PSD SEMINAR/OCT 13 – Sam Lillo: Impacts of anomalous mid-latitude wave activity during a strong El Niño |
![David Lee](2016/img/d.lee.75.png) |
EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT – Meet PSD's new Administrative Officer, David Lee |
![Taneil Uttal](2016/img/noaa.gov-uttal.75.png) |
NOAA.GOV FEATURE – Meet NOAA Arctic scientist: Taneil Uttal (from PSD) |
![SHOUT mission](2016/img/nbc-nightly-news-wick.75.png) |
IN THE NEWS – As part of a story on the approach of Tropical Storm Hermine, PSD's Gary Wick was interviewed on why the Global Hawk unmanned aircraft is so helpful in gathering hurricane data to improve forecasts. |
![Michael Scheuerer](2016/img/scheuerer1.75.png) |
EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT – Meet Michael Scheuerer of PSD's Forecast and Modeling Development Team |
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IN THE FIELD – PSD's Gary Wick (2nd from left) is a project scientist for the 2016 SHOUT hurricane mission. Unmanned aircraft data was recently used for the first time to upgrade a tropical storm to a hurricane. |
![Hui Ding](2016/img/hui-ding.75.png) |
EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT – Meet Hui Ding of PSD's Atmosphere-Ocean Processes Team |
![Cox and Uttal](2016/img/80-deg-north.75.png) |
IN THE FIELD – Way up North: PSD researchers at remote research station in Canada |
![Matthew Shupe](2016/img/cu-5Q-shupe.75.png) |
IN THE SPOTLIGHT – Check out this University of Colorado interview with PSD researcher, Matthew Shupe |
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PSD SEMINAR/JUL 27 – Adam Sobel: Understanding deep convection by parameterizing large-scale dynamics |
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PSD SEMINAR/JUL 20 – Yukiko Imada: South Pacific influence on the termination of El Niño in 2014 |
![Jessie Creamean](2016/img/creamean.75x50.png) |
EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT – Meet Jessie Creamean of PSD's Hydrometeorology Observations and Processes Team |
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NEW PUBLICATION – PSD researchers co-author article about international Arctic observing network |
![Jeff Whitaker](2016/img/whitaker.75.png) |
RECOGNITION – Jeff Whitaker awarded Department of Commerce Gold Medal |
![Roger Pulwarty](2016/img/pulwarty.75.png) |
RECOGNITION – Roger Pulwarty named AGU Natural Hazards Focus Group 2016 Gilbert F. White Lecturer. |
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PSD SEMINAR/JUL 13 – Isla Simpson: The mid-latitude circulation response to global warming: mechanisms and model diversity |
![Michael Mueller](2016/img/mueller.75.png) |
EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT – Meet Michael Mueller who works on PSD's Hydrometeorology Modeling and Applications Team. |
![Laura Slivinski](2016/img/Slivinski.75.png) |
EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT – Meet research associate Laura Slivinski from PSD's Dynamics and Multiscale Interactions Team. |
![Lantao Sun](2016/img/lantao_sun.75.png) |
EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT – Meet research scientist Lantao Sun from PSD's Attribution and Predictability Assessments Team. |
![Valery Zavorotny](2016/img/zavorotny.75.png) |
AROUND THE WEB – PSD physicist Valery Zavorotny discussses his contributions to the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) in this video. |
![Leslie Hartten](2016/img/hartten.75.png) |
RECOGNITION – Leslie Hartten receives NOAA OAR 2016 EEO/Diversity Award for Exemplary Service |
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PSD SEMINAR/FEB 25 – Kelly Ryan: OSSE Evaluation of Aircraft Reconnaissance Flight Patterns and their impact on Hurricane Forecasts |
![Andy Hoell](2015/img/hoell.75.png) |
ON THE AIR – Andy Hoell discusses global impacts of El Niño on NPR Science Friday |
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PSD SEMINAR/FEB 17 – Brian Henn: Using Indirect Observations to Infer Patterns of Precipitation in the Sierra Nevada |
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PSD SEMINAR/FEB 11 – Lance F. Bosart: Predictability Challenges Associated with Significant North American Weather Events during Winter 2014–2015 |
![Judith Perlwitz](2016/img/perlwitz.75.png) |
RECENLY APPOINTED – Judith Perlwitz Appointed Co-Chair of SPARC Scientific Steering Group |
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PSD SEMINAR/JAN 8 – Jonghun Kam: Attribution Assessment for Recent Climate Extremes: Record Annual Mean Warmth during 2014 and the 2011-14 California Drought |
![Sanjiv Kumar](2016/img/sanjiv-kumar.75.png) |
EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT – Meet research associate Sanjiv Kumar from PSD's Atmosphere–Ocean Processes Team |
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EVENT/JAN 12 – Side meeting on NOAA El Niño Rapid Response Field Campaign to be held at AMS Annual conference |
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UPCOMING EXPERIMENT – The 2016 NOAA El Niño Rapid Response Field Campaign kicks off in January |
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IN THE NEWS – Marty Hoerling at 2015 AGU Fall Meeting press conference on 2015-16 El Niño. Watch Video |
![Scott Gregory](2015/img/scott-gregory.75.png) |
EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT – Meet Scott Gregory from PSD's Forecast and Modeling Development Team |
![Southwest Fisheries Science Center](2015/img/swfsc.75.png) |
EVENT/OCT 26-29 – PSD Co-organizes NOAA Workshop on North Pacific Ecosystem Tipping Points |
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PSD SEMINAR/DEC 10 – Andrew Badger: From the Amazon to the Missouri River Basin: exploring links between vegetation, climate, and extreme events |
![Naoko Sakaeda](2015/img/sakaeda.75.png) |
EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT – Meet NRC postdoc Naoko Sakaeda from PSD's Atmosphere-Ocean Processes Team |
![Dry Times cover](2015/img/dry-times.75.png) |
Dry Times – The Fall 2015 issue of NIDIS newsletter is now available. Latest in snowpack monitoring, drought resilience among tribes, research highlights and more. |
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PSD SEMINAR/DEC 1 – Bill McCormick: Colorado Dam Performance During the September 2013 Floods as Context for Discussion of On-going Efforts to Modernize Dam Design Standards to Accommodate Extreme Rainfall Events |
![Eli Gunn](2015/img/eli-gunn.75.png) |
EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT – Meet administrative specialist Elijah Gunn from the PSD Director's Office |
![Mike Alexander](2015/img/mike-alexander.75.png) |
EVENT/NOV 13 – Mike Alexander to give keynote talk, An ENSO Survey: Precursors, Present Conditions, and Potential Impacts, at 9th Annual Earth System & Space Science Poster Conference at CU-Boulder. |
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PSD SEMINAR/NOV 4 – Maximilian Maahn: Using vertically pointing Doppler radar to study clouds |
![el nino video screenshot](2015/img/elnino-video.75.png) |
MULTIMEDIA – Check out this new video from PSD and CIRES on El Niño impacts in Colorado |
![FEWS-NET El Nino map](2015/img/fews-net_elnino_alert.75.png) |
CONTRIBUTION – Research meteorologist Andy Hoell recently contributed to a Famine Early Warning Systems Network alert on El Niño |
![Denver skyline](2015/img/denver.75.png) |
EVENT/OCT 26-29 – PSD Hosts 40th Climate Diagnostics and Prediction Workshop |
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EVENT/OCT 23 – Marty Hoerling and Klaus Wolter are panelists for an El Niño Panel Discussion and Webinar, 10-11am at CU-Boulder, or join in online. |
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PSD SEMINAR/OCT 21 – Scott Powell: A Dynamic Mechanism for Initial MJO Convective Onset |
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IN THE NEWS – Can you spot the the PSD maps that appear in this news story on El Niño? (Bloomberg) |
![Bill Otto](2015/img/otto-awd.75.png) |
CONGRATULATIONS – Bill Otto is co-recipient of national award for contributions to health and safety programs |
![Andy Hoell](2015/img/hoell.75.png) |
EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT – Meet research meteorologist Andrew Hoell from PSD's Attribution and Predictability Assessments Team |
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PSD SEMINAR/OCT 7 – Yuanlong Li: Decadal Sea Level Variations in the Indian Ocean Investigated with HYCOM: Roles of Climate Modes, Ocean Internal Variability, and Stochastic Wind Forcing |
![Klaus Wolter](2015/img/wolter.75.png) |
IN THE NEWS – Klaus Wolter interviewed about the possibility of 'Super El Niño' (High Country News) |
![Gary Wick](2015/img/wick-shout-interview.75.png) |
IN THE NEWS – Gary Wick interviewed about the NOAA SHOUT mission to improve hurricane foreasts ( WMDT-47, ABC Affiliate) |
![Ryan Spackman](2015/img/ryan-spackman.75.png) |
CONGRATULATIONS – Ryan Spackman selected as NOAA Team Member of the month for his role in the CalWater 2015 field campaign |
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Field Experiment in Progress – PSD researchers participate in 'SHOUT' – a study to improve hurricane forecasts of track and intensity using data collected by unmanned aircraft |
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PSD SEMINAR/AUG 13 – Evan Kalina: Plowable hailstorms and hurricanes: Using novel observing platforms to improve forecasts of extreme weather events |
![Linyin Cheng](2015/img/linyin-cheng.png) |
CONGRATULATIONS – PSD's Linyin Cheng will receive the AGU Natural Hazards Focus Group Award for Graduate Research |
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PSD SEMINAR/JULY 22 – Yochanan Kushnir: Natural and anthropogenic forced trends in the Mediterranean Basin: Pattern and consequences |