1. Urbanization and rainfall in Beijing

    NCAR scientist Fei Chen is collaborating with colleagues at China’s Institute of Urban Meteorology to explore how growth in Beijing is changing the city’s summer rainfall patterns, focusing specifically on the relationship between urban expansion, aerosols, and summer rainfall.

    • Air Quality,
    • Weather

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  2. color plot of wind strength

    NCAR forecasts will help Xcel Energy harness wind

    The highly detailed forecasts will help the utility use power from turbines when sufficient winds are predicted.

    • Weather

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  3. Impact of hurricanes on global climate

    While there has been much attention focused on the question of whether climate change influences hurricanes, scientists are also interested in whether the reverse holds true: do hurricanes significantly impact global climate?

    • Climate,
    • Weather

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  4. Forecasting for wind energy

    Accurate, high-resolution weather forecasts are a critical part of wind energy production. In December, UCAR signed an agreement with Xcel Energy to develop a wind prediction system for the company’s wind energy farms in Colorado, Minnesota, and Texas.

    • Weather

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  5. Modeling turbulence far from storms

    Several red-eye commercial flights were rocked by moderate to severe turbulence as they flew across northeast Kansas early on June 17, 2005. A new study by NCAR scientists Stan Trier and Bob Sharman uses modeling to connect storms in Oklahoma with the Kansas turbulence.

    • Weather

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