Research findings will be used to improve numerical prediction systems, advance data assimilation research and workforce development
Penn State Harrisburg began participating in the Penn State chapter of EnvironMentors in 2019. The program links a high school student with an undergraduate student mentor and a faculty mentor for an environmentally themed research project that takes place over the course of the academic year.
On Friday, April 5, 2024 in 22 Deike Building the Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences celebrated Charles L. Hosler's Penn State Life and Legacy with a lineup of guest speakers from Penn State's administration followed by a cocktail reception in the Joel N. Myers Weatehr Center.
A technique developed by Penn State scientists could improve forecasts, such as predicting where the most powerful winds will occur during weather events like this thunderstorm in Nebraska.
Jose D. Fuentes, professor of atmospheric science at Penn State, received two honors at the American Geophysical Union annual meeting in San Francisco, CA in December 2023.
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) recently honored Penn State's weather data center — now housed next to the Walker Building, which is home to the Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science — as a 100-year weather/climate monitoring site.
MEMS was founded in 2019 to promote diversity within the College of Earth and Mineral Science by Bryttani Wooten, then an undergraduate student in meteorology and atmospheric science.
The annual weeklong camp is held by the Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science in partnership with Penn State Conferences and Institutes. This year 37 students from 16 different states attended the program, which launched in 2001.
Kenneth Davis will spearhead the DOE-funded project to investigate influence of surface-atmosphere interactions
Four Penn State students in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences — Bridget Reheard, left, Mallory Wickline, Jackie Kiska and Asha Spencer — were recently awarded the Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to advance their research ambitions.
Five high school students in the Penn State chapter of the EnvironMentors received awards at the 2023 EnvironMentors National Science Fair and Awards Ceremony in Washington, D.C.
Machine learning technology that can recognize human faces may also help to improve weather forecasts, according to a team of scientists.
Melissa Gervais receives a five-year NSF CAREER Award from NSF.
Penn State has established a publicly available, environmental monitoring network to provide enhanced surveillance of atmospheric and soil conditions across Pennsylvania.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science is the world's largest general scientific society
“The challenges we are facing are really immense,” a keynote speaker on Monday warned.
Weak electrical discharges, called corona, can form on tree leaves during thunderstorms
Sea–surface salinity levels in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans can presage heavy rains in the Midwestern United States.
The researchers are participating in the Prediction of Rainfall Extremes Campaign in the Pacific (PRECIP), a $6 million field campaign in Taiwan and Japan funded by the National Science Foundation to improve our understanding of the processes that produce extreme precipitation.
A recent study by an international team of scientists including Raymond Najjar, professor of oceanography at Penn State, found that the flows of carbon through the complex network of water bodies that connect land and ocean has often been overlooked and that ignoring these flows overestimates the carbon storage in terrestrial ecosystems and underestimates sedimentary and oceanic carbon storage.
Even from the Arctic Circle in Alaska, Penn State professor Jose Fuentes is inspiring his students to learn and grow
Penn State Meteorology and Atmospheric Science faculty including Yunji Zhang, Eugene Clothiaux, Steven Greybush, Xingchao Chen and others lead research initiated by the late Fuqing Zhang for more accurate storm rainfall and intensity forecasts.
