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Improving Hurricane Intensity Prediction with High Resolution Computer Models

To save lives and protect property when a ferocious hurricane threatens our shores, researchers at NOAA know that it’s not enough to correctly track these massive storms. They also want to better forecast the intensity of storms when they make landfall.

NOAA scientists launch balloons to measure ozone vertically once each week all year and more frequently, three or more times per week, in the spring.

Significant Ozone Hole Remains Over Antarctica -- The Antarctic ozone hole, which fluctuates throughout the late winter and spring in the southern hemisphere, reached its 2009 peak circumference in late September, according to measurements by NOAA researchers. Slightly smaller than the North American continent, the ozone hole covered 9.2 million square miles, according to NOAA satellite observations. This ranks as the 10th largest since satellite measurements began in 1979.

Dr Susan Solomon with the prize diploma. Flanked by Mr Leif Johansson, president AB Volvo and Mr Stephen Odell, president and CEO, Volvo Car Corporation at the Volvo Environment Prize ceremony at Nybrokajen 11, in Stockholm, 5 November 2009.

Dr. Susan Solomon Wins Prestigious Award -- A Senior Scientist at NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory, Dr. Solomon, accepted the 2009 Volvo environment prize for her pioneering scientific contributions and subsequent impacts on environmental policies.

HIPPO mission taking off on Saturday, Oct. 31, in Broomfield, Colo. (Credit: NOAA)

NOAA Scientists Fly to the Ends of the Earth to Measure Greenhouse Gases -- Broomfield, Colo. – NOAA scientists took off Saturday on the second phase of a mission that, when complete, will provide a detailed view of how carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are distributed globally. Monitoring the increasing levels of greenhouse gases and black carbon aerosols in the atmosphere is crucial to understanding human-caused climate change.

Changing Arctic Affecting Air, Ocean, and Everything in Between --Despite the fact that summer 2009 had more sea ice than in 2007 or 2008, scientists are seeing drastic changes in the region from just five years ago and at rates faster than anticipated. The findings were presented today in the annual update of the Arctic Report Card, a collaborative effort of 71 national and international scientists.

NOAA Researchers Honored for Outstanding Scientific Publications
2009 Awards Presented to 24 Scientists --Two dozen researchers have received 2009 Outstanding Scientific Paper Awards from NOAA’s Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) for discoveries that are expected to help improve weather forecasting and further understanding of climate change and ocean acidification.

Richard W. Spinrad, Ph.D., NOAA assistant administrator for oceanic and atmospheric research, and Alexander E. MacDonald, Ph.D., NOAA deputy assistant administrator for Laboratories and Cooperative Institutes, announced the awards in a recent organization-wide meeting.

Maintaining an active constituent relations program ensures that OAR and NOAA leadership communicate effectively and often with their most important customers. The recent Sustaining Observations Roundtable solicited input to help ensure NOAA can sustain and advance our observing systems to meet evolving user needs and applications.

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Updated: November 19, 2009

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