Professor Nicole Mölders pens book

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Release Date: 
2011-10-17
Teaser Title: 
Prof. Mölders pens book
Teaser Text: 
Springer publishes "Land-Use and Land-Cover Changes: Impact on Climate and Air Quality"

Land-Use and Land-Cover Changes textbookA scientific book by GI Professor Nicole Mölders titled "Land-Use and Land-Cover Changes: Impact on Climate and Air Quality" was published by Springer as 
Volume 44 of the Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library.

 

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Atmospheric Science
Education Group
Outreach Office

Alaska Weather Summary - September 2011

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Release Date: 
2011-10-10
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September weather summary out
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For most of Alaska, temps. were above normal

 

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Atmospheric Science
Outreach Office

Alumni service award goes to Barbara Day

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Release Date: 
2011-09-19
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Barbara Day awarded
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The 2011 William R. Cashen Service Award goes to GI staffer.

Barbara Day, the administrative assistant for Atmospheric Sciences, was chosen as the 2011 recipient of the William R. Cashen Service Award by the UAF Alumni Association.

 

The Cashen Service Award was created to recognize and perpetuate the example set by its namesake for service to the university and its alumni association.

 

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Department: 
Atmospheric Science

August 2011 Alaska weather summary released

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Release Date: 
2011-09-12
Teaser Title: 
August 2011 Alaska weather summary
Teaser Text: 
For most of Alaska, August was colder and wetter than usual.

For most of Alaska, temperatures were below normal this August. Large negative deviations greater than minus 2 degrees Fahrenheit were observed in Juneau (minus 2.8 degrees Fahrenheit), King Salmon (minus 2.5 degrees Fahrenheit) and Nome (minus 2.1 degrees Fahrenheit). Like the previous month, Barrow reported the largest positive deviation with plus 3.2 degrees Fahrenheit. The only other positive deviation of our eight-city summary was Fairbanks with plus 1.1 degree Fahrenheit. 

 

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Atmospheric Science

Scientists discuss solutions for volcanic disruptions to aviation

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Release Date: 
2011-09-12
Teaser Title: 
Conference looks at volcanic ash risks
Teaser Text: 
TTCP recap, new collaborations

 

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Department: 
Atmospheric Science
Poker Flat
Remote Sensing
Volcanology

Investigations on Fairbanks air quality: Team examines meteorological conditions for elevated PM2.5

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Release Date: 
2011-07-11
Teaser Title: 
Fairbanks air quality
Teaser Text: 
Particulate data from 2004 to 2009

 

Despite a minimal population and vast terrain, air quality is a challenge in some Alaska communities. During the winter months, the Interior city of Fairbanks traditionally exceeds the 24 hour National Ambient Air Quality Standard, or the NAAQS. Professor Nicole Mölders of the Geophysical Institute’s Atmospheric Sciences group and doctoral candidate Huy Tran are investigating what causes elevated particulate levels in the community. 

 

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Department: 
Atmospheric Science

Scientists analyze 100 years of Fairbanks weather data

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Release Date: 
2010-10-04
Teaser Title: 
ACRC climatologist looks at past
Teaser Text: 
Fairbanks' weather has changed

 

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. 

 

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Department: 
Atmospheric Science

Arctic Haze on the wane

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Release Date: 
2009-12-08
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Arctic Haze on the wane
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Over 30 years of data shows changes

 

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.”

 

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Department: 
Atmospheric Science

NASA workshop: Aug. 25

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Release Date: 
2011-08-23
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NASA workshop: Aug. 25
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Globe Room, Elvey Building

 

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

 

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Alaska Satellite Facility
Atmospheric Science
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Mather Library
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Poker Flat
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Remote Sensing
Space Physics

Fairbanks winters get warmer as normals recalculated

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Release Date: 
2011-08-22
Teaser Title: 
Warmer winters in Fairbanks?
Teaser Text: 
NWS recalculates normals

 

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-...?

 

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Atmospheric Science

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