Using satellite observations to evaluate forest recovery following a wildfire could be an innovative, cost-efficient way to assess the effectiveness of land management practices, according to research published earlier this year. 

A prototype turbulence detection system is designed to guide aircraft worldwide from areas of rough air.

Researchers at the U.S. National Science Foundation National Center for Atmospheric Research (NSF NCAR) have developed an innovative tool for reliable, year-round testing to evaluate the performance of aircraft deicing fluids in snow conditions.

We are pleased to announce the release of the FastEddy® 3.0, a groundbreaking, open source GPU-based model for numerical modeling of complex microscale flows.

This coupled model will allow NOAA to forecast the growth and direction of burning wildland fires. Knowing the location of active fires from satellite retrievals, this information, together with the new UFS capability (SRW v3.0.0), gives NOAA the ability to provide timely and accurate fire weather, fire behavior, and smoke-forecast guidance to safeguard lives and property and manage downstream air-quality impacts.

Scientists have begun the fight from the research side. Knowing when a fire is likely, how fast it will burn, and how far and where it will spread will go a long way toward protecting property and lives. 

In order to make communities less vulnerable, structures must be built with extreme weather events in mind. Researchers at the U.S. National Science Foundation National Center for Atmospheric Research (NSF NCAR) are collaborating with SUNY Polytechnic Institute to do just that by updating structural design standards on icing conditions.

The WRF-Hydro® team has kicked off a new project to couple the WRF-Hydro routing modules to NSF NCAR's Model for Prediction Across Scales (MPAS). 

NSF NCAR scientists have developed a suite of high-technology tools that give military leaders vital intelligence about weather and climate conditions.

Pleased to announce the release of the WRF-Hydro® Modeling System, version 5.4!