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- COVID-19 lockdowns temporarily raised global temperatures Wed, 3 Feb 21, 9:00pmThe lockdowns and reduced societal activity related to the COVID-19 pandemic affected emissions of pollutants in ways that slightly warmed the planet for several months last year, according to new research led by the National...
- UW Researchers Find Wildfire Smoke is More Cooling on Climate Than Computer Models Assume Wed, 13 Jan 21, 1:00pmA study of biomass burning aerosols led by University of Wyoming researchers revealed that smoke from wildfires has more of a cooling effect on the atmosphere than computer models assume.
- U.S. Numerical Weather Prediction is Crippled by the Division between NOAA and the Academic Community. But a Rare Opportunity Beckons. Sun, 6 Dec 20, 1:00pmU.S. global weather prediction run by NOAA/National Weather Service is now in fourth place among national centers and FAR behind what one would expect from the world-leading U.S. weather research community.
- NOAA and NCAR partner on new, state-of-the-art U.S. modeling framework Sun, 10 Feb 19, 3:00amFrom NOAA Agreement paves way for U.S. to accelerate use of weather, climate model improvements February 7, 2019 The United States is making exciting changes to how computer models will be developed in the future to support...
- This Garden Will Tell You When Pollution in Your Area Gets Bad Sun, 20 Jul 14, 1:00amHave you ever wondered what the air quality is like in your own yard or your immediate neighborhood? There is an easy way to tell and it also happens to make your home look amazing while doing it...
- The hybridization of hurricane Sandy Sun, 4 Nov 12, 3:00amby Bob Henson, NCAR News with contributions from Dr. Ryan Maue Every so often, a quiet corner of research suddenly grabs the spotlight. Such was the case this week when a Category 1 Atlantic hurricane morphed into Superstorm...
- Wyoming experiences that “giant sucking sound” as new coal fired climate supercomputer is turned on Wed, 17 Oct 12, 1:46amDid your lights dim yesterday? It might have been Trenberth’s “travesty calculator”. Readers may recall when I covered the announcement of the building of this new supercomputer: NCAR’s dirty little secret...
- A view of climate “on the ground” from a reporter who was there at the beginning Sat, 10 Mar 12, 6:00amElevated from a comment Theodore White says: March 8, 2012 at 5:04 pm Let’s clarify a few things on another of Anthony’s excellent posts, like this one ‘Hey Hansen! Where’s the Beef !?’ – It’s lengthy, but gives...
- NCAR’s Dr. Kevin Treberth’s ugly intolerance of dissenting views from other scientists Fri, 2 Dec 11, 7:30pmAnd to think I almost wasted my time going to visit Dr. Trenberth at NCAR this fall. This is mind blowing intolerance in professional discourse. Here’s the email, bold mine. email 3946 date: Thu Dec 9 08:28:11 2004...
- An Initial Look At The Hindcasts Of The NCAR CCSM4 Coupled Climate Model Sun, 6 Nov 11, 5:00amGuest post by Bob Tisdale OVERVIEW This post compares the instrument observations of three global temperature anomaly datasets (NINO3, Global, and North Atlantic “Plus”) to the hindcasts of the NCAR couple climate model...