ATOC in the News

The study, by University of Colorado Boulder (CU-Boulder) scientists working with University of Denver and National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) researchers, combines economic analysis with atmospheric modeling to demonstrate that these wake effects -- which occur when groups of turbines reduce wind speed for up to several miles behind them -- are measurable and predictable, yet remain largely overlooked.

CU Boulder is ranked No. 1 in the world for geosciences, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2019 Best Global Universities standings. In the four previous years, CU Boulder held the No. 2 spot for geosciences.

Please join ATOC in congratulating Assistant Professor Jen Kay for receiving the Provost's Faculty Achievement Award for her paper, “The Community Earth System Model (CESM) Large Ensemble Project” published in BAMS.

There will be an additional plane in the air over wildfires in the northwestern United States in coming weeks, but it won't be there trying to put them out.

Congratulations to ATOC alumnus Pengfei Yu, now at NOAA, for being chosen by Forbes Magazine Chinas as one of 30 under 30 scientific leaders.

Please join ATOC in congratulating Jen Kay on being awarded the AGU 2018 Future Horizons in Climate Science: Turco Lectureship. The Future Horizons in Climate Science: Turco Lectureship was established through a donation by Richard P. and Linda S. Turco and highlights signal research on climate change through noteworthy lectures by recognized leaders in the field.

ATOC graduate student Michael 'Drew' Camron and ATOC/INSTAAR Research Associate Cheryl Harrison (soon to be Assistant Professor at University of Texas Rio Grande Valley) both won a 'Make Our Planet Great Again' Awards from the Government of France! They were selected as Short-Stay Laureates from candidates all over the world ( https://www.campusfrance.org/fr/make-our-planet-great-again-154-laureats... ).

CU Boulder's earth science and atmospheric science departments both ranked No. 1 overall among world universities in the ShanghaiRanking Consultancy's 2018 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS), which was published today.

Congratulations to ATOC graduate student Nicola Bodini who just won the second place "Best Talk" award at the AMS 18th Conference on Mountain Meteorology for "Variability of Turbulence Dissipation Rate in Complex Terrain: the Perdigão Field Campaign".

Congratulations to ATOC undergraduate student Patrick Murphy who has been awarded the Glickman Family Scholarship from the American Meteorological Society. He will also be invited to attend the January AMS Annual Meeting in Phoenix.