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November 20, 2020

New study examines the record-breaking polar vortex and related extremes during the winter of 2019/2020

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November 9, 2020

How will climate change change El Niño and La Niña? (NOAA Research News)

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October 15, 2020

Study examines future Rocky Mountain snowpack to inform conservation decisions

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October 5, 2020

PSL contributes to new version of the NWS Global Ensemble Forecast System

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October 5, 2020

Researchers co-author book on Atmospheric Rivers

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September 9, 2020

"FACTS" provides tools and data for studying weather and climate variability

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August 24, 2020

PSL contributes to 'State of the Climate in 2019' report

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August 5, 2020

Researchers introduce "thermal displacement" as a new way to measure marine heatwaves

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June 1, 2020

New experimental model shows improved predictability of winter precipitation in the western U.S.


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May 4, 2020

Study examines performance of National Water Model during an intense, localized flash flood event

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March 31, 2020

Connection between atmospheric patterns, opaque clouds, and warmer Greenland temperatures

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March 16, 2020

Observations and forecast impacts from project that used autonomous high-altitude aircraft

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March 2, 2020

Study delves into the challenging issue of intense, quickly-developing "flash droughts"

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February 14, 2020

Nature's beauty and ferocity: A mini update from the MOSAiC field campaign

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January 31, 2020

Climate.gov tweet chat: Talk with PSL climate and cloud expert Gijs de Boer about the ATOMIC scientific mission

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January 13, 2020

Investigating the processes that caused an extraordinarily wet winter in California and led to flooding

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January 9, 2020

ATOMIC field campaign kicks off in the tropical N. Atlantic: Researchers to study key clouds and air–ocean processes affecting weather and climate

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January 7, 2020

Budget analyst Holly Rosales receives NOAA Silver Sherman Award

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December 10, 2019

Researchers develop new model for more usable 3-6 week forecasts

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December 9, 2019

Two PSL researchers receive US CLIVAR Early Career Leadership Awards

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November 19, 2019

PSL Senior Scientist Roger Pulwarty receives DOC Silver Medal Award

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November 13, 2019

PSL's Kelly Mahoney and Rob Cifelli members of team winning Governer's Award for High-Impact Research

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October 28, 2019

Study identifies potential benefits of the AQPI system for the San Francisco Bay

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October 9, 2019

Old weather “time machine” opens a treasure trove for researchers

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October 9, 2019

Study examines future ocean changes along the US East Coast and in the Gulf of Mexico

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September 27, 2019

PSL researchers develop a new approach for appraising the state of El Niño-Southern Oscillation

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September 20, 2019

A Year Locked in Ice: Unprecedented international expedition to explore the central Arctic gets underway

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September 17, 2019

Research suggests declining streamflow in the Upper Colorado River Basin partially due to climate change effects that have increased temperature and decreased precipitation

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September 13, 2019

Article details how NOAA GFS model performs when incorporating convection schemes from European global model

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September 4, 2019

New study suggests that skill in modeling mountain rain and snow is bypassing the skill of observational networks

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September 3, 2019

Researchers find that the predictability of warmer West Coast ocean temperatures is not only due to El Niño

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August 16, 2019

Version 3 of the 20CR dataset will provide a 180-year history of the weather

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July 17, 2019

New data product may help better monitor and predict extremes in snow and sea ice melt timing in the northern Alaska region

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July 15, 2019

Study investigates how climate change affects summertime hot droughts in the Southern Great Plains

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July 8, 2019

PECASE Awarded to PSL researcher Andy Hoell

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June 18, 2019

Haonan Chen receives CIRA Research and Service Initiative Award

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June 10, 2019

Investigating the 2017 U.S. Northern Great Plains Drought

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April 30, 2019

Researchers evaluate sensitivities of the NCEP Global Forecast System

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March 25, 2019

New study compares precipitation estimation products to observations to better understand precipitation estimates in areas with complex terrain

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February 5, 2019

Researchers develop new methods for generating physically realistic, high-resolution precipitation forecasts based on output from NOAA prediction system

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February 4, 2019

Bill Otto receives NOAA Silver Sherman Award

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November 20, 2018

New research improves wind forecasts for the renewable energy industry (Story @ESRL)

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September 25, 2018

Studying the coupled Arctic system – PSL contributes to the SODA experiment

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September 13, 2018

Historical Reanalysis: What, How, and Why?

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August 20, 2018

Study examines climate response to Arctic sea ice loss and its contribution to climate change

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July 5, 2018

A Bird’s Eye View of the Arctic: Team develops unmanned aircraft systems for Arctic research

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July 3, 2018

Data collected for a unique Arctic experiment provides insight into ocean freeze-up process

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July 2, 2018

Articles describe ENRR field campaign, preliminary research findings, and five resulting datasets

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June 29, 2018

Researchers Organize International Unmanned Aircraft Conference and Flight Week

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June 28, 2018

New study assesses when climate change in tropical expansion may be detectable

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June 20, 2018

PSL staff members receive CIRES awards

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June 22, 2018

The NCAR/NOAA Global Hawk Dropsonde System

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June 12, 2018

Researchers examine atmospheric river flood event under future conditions

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May 24, 2018

Equatorial waves and the skill of NCEP and ECMWF numerical weather prediction systems

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May 22, 2018

Process-based model evaluation using surface energy budget observations in central Greenland

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May 11, 2018

Retrieving mean temperature of atmospheric liquid water layers using microwave radiometer measurements

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April 24, 2018

New study investigates factors responsible for the record 2016 Arctic warmth

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April 5, 2018

Skillful climate forecasts of the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean using model-analogs

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March 8, 2018

Examining Potential Impact of Future Sea Surface Temperature Increases on Large Marine Ecosystems

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January 25, 2018

Communication Specialist receives NOAA Silver Sherman Award

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January 24, 2018

Researchers analyze influence of year-to-year variations in stratosphere to troposphere ozone transport

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January 21, 2018

San Francisco Bay area study used high-resolution radar to help improve understanding of heavy rainfall in urban areas

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January 16, 2018

Mike Alexander, Roger Pulwarty, George Kiladis, and Jeff Whitaker honored this month at the AMS Annual Meeting

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January 11, 2018

Going Out With a Boom — Farewell to the BAO Tower