ICDS director named chair of American Geophysical Union annual meeting committee
Guido Cervone, Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS) interim director and professor of geography and of meteorology and of atmospheric science, was recently named chair of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting program committee. As chair, Cervone will organize and coordinate AGU's Annual Meeting, which provides a platform for experts to share their scientific discoveries, and present their work through workshops, panels and townhalls.
Penn State gave EMS student council president courage to pursue passions
Luke Snyder, a junior in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, volunteers for THON and many other organizations at Penn State. He said Penn State really helped him come out of his shell and allowed him opportunities for personal growth.
$1.23M NASA grant to support improving satellite weather forecasting with AI
Penn State researchers, including Romit Maulik, assistant professor in the College of IST, and Steven Greybush, associate professor of meteorology, will use a grant from NASA to improve atmosphere and ocean forecasts by incorporating AI and satellite data into current forecasting models.
NSF grant to fund better, AI-powered understanding of weather pattern
Led by Steven Greybush, researchers will incorporate computational tools along with traditional science to better understand and predict weather
Lumpy, bumpy hail: Realistic hail shapes may improve modeling of severe weather
A new approach for modeling hailstorms that uses more realistic hailstone shapes could improve our understanding of hazardous weather, according to a team led by scientists at Penn State.
Atmospheric, climate researcher named IEE 'Person of the Year'
The Penn State Institute of Energy and the Environment has named Kenneth Davis as Person of the Year for 2024.
Mesonet Station Leads to K-12 Education Opportunities
A PA Environmental Monitoring Network station, installed by Penn State Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric science researchers earlier this Fall, has been enthusiastically embraced by the school district. Waynesboro Area School District (station installed at Middle School) in Franklin County is already using data from the site within their science and technology classrooms! This is one of our mesonet expansion sites funded by the PA Emergency Management Agency, with 50 total sites planned to be installed and operating by Summer 2026.
Researchers react: Science fact versus fiction in new ‘Twisters’ film
How does Hollywood’s treatment of tornadoes compare to the science behind the phenomena?
Drs. Yvette Richardson and Paul Markowski talk about the film Twisters on NPR.
As the movie "Twisters" enjoys a whirlwind of success at the box office, two Penn State meteorologists and storm chasers talk about the science in the movie and their own experience in the field.
‘Twisters’ movie: Two tornado scientists take us inside the real world of storm chasing
A short article written by Drs. Yvette Richardson and Paul Markowski for The Conversation discusses what scientific storm chasing is really all about.