Taking aim at a sometimes deadly aviation hazard, NCAR has developed high-precision maps to warn pilots away from clouds harboring the potential to ice up their wings
Many facets of everyday life, from boarding a plane to turning on the lights or driving down the highway, are becoming safer and more cost-effective with the help of technologies rooted in atmospheric science.
Specially developed forecasts aim to help public health officials in Africa coordinate an international immunization program against meningitis, an often deadly disease associated with dry, dusty weather patterns.
A partnership between NCAR and Xcel Energy has produced a wind forecasting system that is widely considered to be one of the most advanced of its kind.
Days lengthen as spring arrives, but several other signs of the season are showing up earlier and earlier. Some animals and insects aren’t adapting fast enough to this "...
Scientists are working to solve a critical wintertime weather mystery: how to accurately measure the amount of snow on the ground.
There’s much more to wind energy than throwing a few turbines up and watching the blades spin and the cash roll in. NCAR and partners are adding rigor and efficiency to wind power prediction and resource assessment.
Experts from a variety of disciplines are joining forces to improve how severe-weather warnings are crafted and communicated. The "Weather-Ready Nation" initiative comes on the heels of a year packed with U.S. weather disasters.
Researchers looking for images to help analyze and illustrate critical weather events may
find what they’re looking for at the NCAR-based Meteorological Case Study Selection Kit.
The effects of a warming climate on hail are largely unknown, as global climate models are too coarse in resolution to simulate hailstorms in detail. But a new modeling study now tackles this subject, looking at the future of hail in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains over the coming decades.
October 9, 2012 - 10am
RAL scientist Fei Chen has been named an AMS Fellow for 2013. Fei specializes in modeling and observing interactions between the land surface and atmosphere, including the effects of...
New research from NCAR is helping wind energy developers determine the best potential sites for capturing wind. Energy companies can lose money if they install turbines where winds are either too low to generate much power or so high that the turbines often need to be shut down to avoid damage.
The new system enables utility operators to constantly anticipate the amount of energy produced by wind farms across Xcel’s service area.
NCAR scientists have performed one of the most detailed simulations ever of a massive tornado outbreak. They simulated two waves of tornadic storms that occurred on April 27,2011 in Alabama, the deadliest U.S. tornado day since 1925.
August 1, 2011 - 11am
RAL offers many different web sites where weather experts and the public alike can retrieve useful weather information. Sites like the Aviation Digital Data Service and RAL’s Real...
July 1, 2011 - 11am
Those who work in the aviation sector require a large amount of information to route, plan, and make decisions about air traffic control, aircraft, and airport operations. The sheer amount of data...
The inadvertent cloud-seeding effect occurs up to about 6 percent of the time at major airports.
The economic impacts of routine weather events can add up to 3.4% of the nation's GDP.
Prior to massive flooding early in 2011, long-term drought plagued the Australian state of Queensland . As part of a broad research program on cloud seeding, NCAR researchers have been steadily crunching data from a 2008–09 field project that looked into how to make the clouds drop more rain on the region.
I have a very strong feeling that science exists to serve human betterment and improve human welfare. - Walter Orr Roberts
