NOAA’s Seamless System for Prediction and EArth System Research (SPEAR) shows great skill at predicting year-to-year variability in wind energy, especially in spring over the Southern Great Plains, where more than half of the total U.S. wind capacity is located.
A seasonal multi-model forecast system can produce skillful predictions of sea surface temperature in the CaliforniaCurrent System up to 4 months in advance, according to a new study published in ...
New NOAA research demonstrates that the effects of fire emissions on the atmosphere are even larger and far more widespread than previously believed. Fires contribute to one of the most common and harmful constituents of urban air pollution: ozone.
A new study investigates wildfire contributions to atmospheric nitrous acid in the western United States. The study finds that direct emissions from wildfire smoke are not the only—or even the most important—source of nitrous acid.
In the summer of 2021, wildfire haze from Arizona, California, and the Pacific Northwest shrouded the Denver region. Monsoon-driven summer thunderstorms that normally flush out stagnant air largely failed to materialize, allowing smog cooked under the summer sun in 90-degree heat to pool along the base of the foothills to the west.
Each year from September through January, rising sophomores can apply for NOAA's Educational Partnership Program with Minority Serving Institutions (EPP/MSI) and Ernest F. Hollings undergraduate…
Summary: The Tibetan Plateau is the largest area of elevated topography on Earth. A new study investigates the role of solar radiation-topography interaction in modulating Earth’s climate.
New research has shown the presence of solid organic-coated ammonium sulfate particles in the Arctic boundary layer. The particles, which should have been liquid, were solid. Solid aerosols have the potential to change how clouds form. With a loss of Arctic sea ice, researchers expect to see more particles affecting clouds and climate.