May 2012 Alaska Weather Summary

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2012-06-22
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May 2012 Alaska Weather Summary
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Cool temperatures experienced throughout Alaska

 

Temperature

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Alaska Weather Summary for May 2012

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2012-06-08
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AK Weather Summary for May 2012
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Temperatures typical for Fairbanks, no new extremes

 

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Fairbanks' April was 13th warmest

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2012-05-16
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Fairbanks' April was 13th warmest
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Month's high temperature was 61 degrees Fahrenheit

Fairbanks weather in April 2012According to climatologists with the Alaska Climate Research Center: In Fairbanks, the average April temperature was 36.9 degrees Fahrenheit, a substantial 4.4 degrees above the long-term mean. The high temperature for the month was 61 degrees on April 16, which is also a new record high for the day. The previous maximum for this day was 59 degrees Farenheit, observed in 1993.

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Norbert Untersteiner passes away at 86

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2012-04-23
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Untersteiner passes away at 86
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After the success of "Ice Station Alpha" during the IGY, the scientist ran other immense sea ice projects

 

Norbert Untersteiner, known to many in the International Arctic Research Center and the Geophysical Institute, died in Washington on March 14, 2012. He was 86.

 

Untersteiner was an advisory board member for both the GI and IARC. Untersteiner led the IARC Science Advisory Board during IARC's formation.

 

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Norbert Untersteiner passes away at 86

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2012-04-23
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Untersteiner passes away at 86
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After the success of "Ice Station Alpha" during the IGY, the scientist ran other immense sea ice projects

 

Norbert Untersteiner

Norbert Untersteiner, known to many in the International Arctic Research Center and the Geophysical Institute, died in Washington on March 14, 2012. He was 86.

Untersteiner was an advisory board member for both the GI and IARC. Untersteiner led the IARC Science Advisory Board during IARC's formation.

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Alaska Weather Summary for March 2012

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2012-04-09
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March 2012 weather summary available
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Temps. were substantially below normal for most of month

 

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Students awarded at 2012 Alaska Weather Symposium

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2012-03-15
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Students awarded at recent symposium
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Jean Talbot and Ketsiri Leelasakultum honored

 

On March 13-14, 2012, the Geophysical Institute co-hosted the Alaska Weather Symposium. As in 2011, there was a student poster and oral presentation competition similar to those held at other academic conferences. This year, three students from Japan participated in this competition along with University of Alaska Fairbanks students from the Department of Atmospheric Sciences (GI, IARC, CNSM), Computer Sciences, and the School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences.

 

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2012 Alaska Weather Symposium

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2012-03-13
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2012 Alaska Weather Symposium
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Fairbanks' air quality, Alaska wildfires and more to be covered

 

Scientists, students and community stakeholders will convene at the Geophysical Institute this Tuesday and Wednesday, March 13 -14, to discuss air pollution among other topics related to the region's weather and environment.

 

The 2012 Alaska Weather Symposium will provide a forum for sharing operational and research information specifically related to the themes of air quality, data assimilation, high resolution modeling in complex terrain, observations/monitoring challenges and weather-scale sea ice.

 

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Alaska Weather Summary: February 2012

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2012-03-12
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February weather summary for Alaska
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Fairbanks experiences warmest February in decade

Temperatures were above normal this February for all nine of the stations operated by the Alaska Climate Research Center. February’s temperatures are in stark contrast to a colder than normal January. Most of February was above normal with the exception of the last week of the month, which was colder than seasonably typical.

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