Tag: Observing
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Half of the world's annual precipitation falls in just 12 days, new study finds
Currently, half of the world's measured precipitation that falls in a year falls in just 12 days, according to a new analysis of data collected at weather stations across the globe. By century's end, climate models project that this lopsided distribution of rain and snow is likely to become even more skewed, with half of annual precipitation falling in 11 days.
- Climate,
- Weather
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Detailed look at air pollution reveals surprising variety at molecular level
A research team, led by Yale and including an NCAR visiting scientist, has found that a type of air pollution is much more complicated than previous studies indicated.
- Air Quality
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Field campaign to study extreme storms in Argentina
Next month, more than 150 scientists will head to Argentina as part of a field campaign to discover why the region's thunderstorms may be the most intense on Earth.
- Weather
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UCAR partnering with UA on innovative radars
UCAR and the University of Alabama are using information from radars to add new capabilities to the National Water Model
- Water
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Scientists fly into the heart of smoke plumes
Scientists are gathering the most comprehensive dataset yet on western wildfire smoke and its impacts on weather, air quality, and climate.
- Air Quality,
- Weather