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The timing of rainfall could help predict floods

July 1, 2024

With record rainfall projected to continue into the future, many worry extreme flooding will follow suit.

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Synoptic-scale Meteorological Patterns Associated with Heavy Rainfall in the Minnesota Region

June 18, 2024

Potential adverse impacts on ecosystems due to changing climate and precipitation patterns, together with ongoing flash flooding risks, indicate that heavy rainfall occurrence and distribution are important considerations for Minnesota.

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Associate Professor Lovenduski named INSTAAR director

May 30, 2024

鈥淲ith more than a decade of contributions to both INSTAAR and the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Nikki was a natural choice for the interim role,鈥 said Massimo Ruzzene, vice chancellor for research and innovation and dean of the institutes.

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What鈥檚 with the recent wild tornadoes? Expert weighs in

May 6, 2024

In the past week, weather authorities across the U.S. reported more than 100 tornadoes across the central and southern parts of the country, destroying dozens of homes and buildings from Oklahoma to Nebraska and Iowa.

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An overview of the E3SM version 2 large ensemble and comparison to other E3SM and CESM large ensembles

May 3, 2024

This work assesses a recently produced 21-member climate model large ensemble (LE) based on the U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM) version 2 (E3SM2).

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Seasonal variability of wake impacts on US mid-Atlantic offshore wind plant power production

May 2, 2024

The mid-Atlantic will experience rapid wind plant development due to its promising wind resource located near large population centers.

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Tropical Atmospheric Intraseasonal Oscillations Leading to Sea Level Extremes in Coastal Indonesia during Recent Decades

May 2, 2024

Coastal flooding induced by sea surface high extreme (HEX) events is an increasing risk to human society and infrastructure as both urban growth in coastal areas and anthropogenic sea level rise continue, especially for island nations like Indonesia.

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How much energy can offshore wind farms in the US produce? New study sheds light

April 25, 2024

As summer approaches, electricity demand surges in the U.S., as homes and businesses crank up the air conditioning.

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A global gridded dataset for cloud vertical structure from combined CloudSat and CALIPSO observations

April 23, 2024

The vertical structure of clouds has a profound effect on the global energy budget, the global circulation, and the atmospheric hydrological cycle.

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Can Cloud Seeding Stem the Water Crisis?

April 8, 2024

Cloud seeding has been around for almost 100 years as a way to get more rain or precipitation out of a cloud.

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