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Using a new approach developed at Penn State’s Center for Advanced Data Assimilation and Predictability Techniques, researchers were better able to predict models for forecasting Hurricane Harvey.

Fuqing Zhang, distinguished professor of meteorology in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences at Penn State, died Friday, July 19.

"The scientific community needs access to technological resources that can scale up to meet the ever-increasing complex challenges that researchers take on every day," said Jenni Evans, director of ICS and professor of meteorology and atmospheric science.

Dr. Gregory Jenkins, professor of meteorology, serves as the faculty adviser for The Penn State EnvironMentors chapter of high school students.

Penn State meteorology and atmospheric science students recently appeared before local government officials to present findings from a class study of greenhouse gas leaks around the State College area.