Scientists analyze 100 years of Fairbanks weather data
Fairbanks is the only place in Interior Alaska with more than a century of good weather records. Gerd Wendler and Martha Shulski combed through the numbers for Fairbanks and wrote a paper, "A Century of Climate Change for Fairbanks, Alaska," that appeared in a recent issue of the journal Arctic.
Arctic Haze on the wane
Arctic haze, a blob of dirty air that fuzzes up Alaska views in springtime, seems to be losing its punch.
By comparing air measurements in Barrow from the 1970s to 2008, scientists have found that pollution particles from factories in Russia and Eurasia have become fewer and fewer in the last 30 years.
“The Arctic haze is disappearing,” said Glenn Shaw, who did pioneering research on the phenomenon and is the co-author on a recent paper about its decrease. “We don’t know why.”
NASA workshop: Aug. 25
Come meet representatives from Johnson Space Center, Jet Propulsion Lab, and Ames Research Center. Explore possible collaborations in research and education.
Make yourself more competitive in proposing to Alaska Space Grant and Alaska NASA EPSCoR Research Initiation Solicitations.
This is the ideal venue to make connections and sell your research ideas. Come find out how your discipline connects, NASA’s interests are very broad.
Where: Globe Room, Elvey Building
Fairbanks winters get warmer as normals recalculated
By Tim Mowry / tmowry [at] newsminer [dot] com
Aug. 05, 2011
FAIRBANKS – Fairbanks winters just got warmer.
The National Weather Service recalculates its monthly temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals every 10 years based on daily statistics recorded from the previous 30 years…
Read more here: http://newsminer.com/view/full_story/14970825/article-Fairbanks-winters-...?
Team to research noctilucent clouds
In the next few weeks, researchers at Poker Flat Research Range will study polar ice clouds and their environment in the late summer skies of Fairbanks. These studies will use the Poker Flat Incoherent Scatter Radar that can detect turbulent structures in the upper atmosphere.
Family
The Shaw Family: Foreground Glenn, Gladys and Sarah; background Glenn Jr., Joseph, Raymond and Susan
Glenn Sr is Professor of Physics, University of Alaska
