Vertically Integrated Smoke over the US Graphic

Beyond the “Big-Leaf” Model at NOAA

Use of Novel Satellite Data and In-Canopy Processes to Improve U.S. Air Quality Predictions. PI Name & Contact: Patrick Campbell (pcampbe8@gmu.edu; patrick.c.campbell@noaa.gov). The Weather Program Office is working with George Mason University to advance the next-generation Rapid-Refresh Forecast System (RRFS)-Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model beyond its “Big-Leaf” canopy approximation by using forest canopy processes…

Renee Richardson

Renee Richardson

Internship season  February 2021 – January 2022 Internship Affiliation  Sea Grant Knauss Fellowship University Affiliation  Florida State University  Major  Postdoc: Sociology of Science PhD: Meteorology Flashback to 2019… a few friends of mine had either just finished the Knauss Fellowship, were in the middle of their fellowship, or were busy preparing for their Placement Week.…

Steve Elliot WPO

Your ‘Tern to Shine: Steve Elliot

Internship season  Summer 2021-2022  Internship Affiliation  AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow University Affiliation  Arizona State University  Major  Postdoc: Sociology of Science PhD: Biology Tell us about your fellowship responsibilities. I work on topics related to data governance, portfolio analysis, and building computational capacity for social science within OAR. For these topics, I attend or organize…