Atmospheric Sciences Research Center News

New York State Mesonet Collaborates on Maine Statewide Weather Network
The University of Maine is launching a statewide weather monitoring network through collaboration with the New York State Mesonet at the University at Albany.

5 Questions with Richard Perez: The Path to a Clean Energy Future
University at Albany researcher Richard Perez has spent more than four decades studying solar energy technology, including its important role in reducing our dependence on fossil fuels.

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.

Study: Extreme Heatwaves Across the Caribbean Are Becoming More Frequent and Severe
A new study led by climatologists at the University at Albany has found that extreme heatwaves across the Caribbean are becoming significantly more frequent, longer and severe.

New York State Mesonet Tracks Dangerous Winter Storm Hitting U.S.
As a major winter storm brings dangerously low temperatures and heavy snow across the United States, the New York State Mesonet at UAlbany is monitoring conditions to help keep people safe.

Latest IBM Spyre Accelerators Power New UAlbany AI Research Projects
The seven new projects are funded through the joint UAlbany-IBM Center for Emerging Artificial Intelligence Systems and will use a cluster of IBM Spyre Accelerator cards for projects ranging from the search for mutational signatures important to diagnosing cancer to the impact of methane emissions on Earth’s climate.

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.

UAlbany Researchers Launch Winter Storm Preparedness Tool for Erie County
The Erie County Winter Weather Storm Scale features a public website rich with weather information to help people make informed decisions and stay safe.