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The Department’s main areas of research and study include synoptic-dynamic meteorology, severe weather, climate variability and change (including past, present and future), hydrometeorology, theoretical meteorology (spanning planetary through convective scales), and tropical meteorology including hurricanes and monsoons.

Whether it is studying the structure of hurricanes, measuring the effectiveness of extreme weather prediction models, or exploring the impacts of climate variability and change this research has a far-reaching impact on industry, public policy, and the breadth of understanding of the world around us.

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Recent News
UAlbany students prepare a weather balloon for launch from the ETEC parking lot.
UAlbany Students Join International Project to Improve Atmospheric River Forecasting
Student teams from each institution are launching weather balloons during active storm events to collect data that can help improve understanding of atmospheric rivers and other high-impact weather systems.
An attendee holds up the WISER North American Forecasting model one-pager at the WISER annual meeting.
UAlbany, UConn Researchers Launch Initiative to Improve Power Outage Predictions and Grid Resilience
The initiative, called the North American Forecasting Weather, Outage, Load & Damage Initiative, will create a scalable outage-prediction model to forecast system failures across the United States and Canada.
UAlbany roundtable panelists take a photo together in front of a Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences table covering.
UAlbany-Trained Broadcast Meteorologists Share Career Insights
UAlbany's Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences partnered with the Journalism Program to host a roundtable discussion featuring UAlbany alumni and current students who are now working as broadcast meteorologists in the Capital Region.
Fourteen people pose for a group portrait in front of a pull-down projection screen displaying the UAlbany logo. All are smiling and six are holding white paper certificates.
Graduate Pathway for Scholars Program Welcomes 2026 Cohort
Early-career STEM researchers shared their work as part of the Graduate Pathway for Scholars program at a presentation and awards ceremony held last week. The growing program aims to encourage students who receive their PhDs in STEM fields at UAlbany to return as faculty members later in their careers.
Sara Lombardo configures cloud water instrumentation from the top of Whiteface Mountain.
5Q with Sara Lombardo: Graduate Student Earns NASA Award for Cloud Chemistry Research
Sara Lombardo has focused their time high up in the clouds since joining the University at Albany.

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Atmospheric Sciences Research Center
Albany Forecast
Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences
ETEC 496

1220 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12222
United States

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