UAlbany Partners on $3.6 Million ‘WINTRE-MIX’ Project to Improve Winter Weather Forecasting
Next year, UAlbany researchers will partner with ones from three other institutions on a three-year, NSF-funded $3.6 million project, that seeks to better understand and address the wintry predictive challenge.
NYS Mesonet, NOAA Partner to Enhance Winter Weather Observations
Project will demonstrate how NYS Mesonet measurements, including snow depth, snowfall rates, freezing rain and precipitation type, can improve prediction lead times and local winter weather operations.
NYS Mesonet Hosts First Annual Symposium to Celebrate Network Success
The Symposium, which will now be an annual event, included a full day of presentations in the Campus Center Multipurpose Room that focused on the research, operational uses and other topics related to the weather network.
UAlbany Partners on New Outage Prediction System To Enhance Storm Preparedness And Response Efforts
The project was awarded more than $600,000 in funding from NYSERDA's Smart Grid Program, which seeks to fund and support innovative projects to improve the resiliency, reliability, efficiency, quality and overall performance of the electric power delivery system in New York.
Study: West Nile Virus Cases Predicted to Increase in New York, Connecticut Due to Climate Change
A group of scientists affiliated with UAlbany and NYSDOH predicts the total number of West Nile virus cases will increase, and be more geographically widespread, across New York and Connecticut in future years due to warming trends.
UAlbany Researchers Partner to Improve Forecasting, Communication of Extreme Heatwaves in NYC
The project aims to equip New York City with a new set of tools that can be incorporated into decision-making around preparedness and response to extreme heat events.
UAlbany Research Team Studies Cloud-Aerosol Interactions on Whiteface Mountain
ASRC's White Mountain Field Station has collected cloud water samples for 50-plus years.
Ida Dumps Record-Breaking Rain at New York State Mesonet Network Sites
The remnants of Hurricane Ida battered the Northeast, bringing tornadoes, heavy rain and flash flooding that left many areas under a state of emergency.