NOAA’s Office of Weather and Air Quality (OWAQ) is entrusted with finding, funding, and fostering collaborative weather and air quality research. Together, the OWAQ team and partners find answers to our Nation’s most pressing questions about tropical cyclones, hazardous weather, flooding, air quality, and human responses to these risks, among many other research areas.
The American Meteorological Society offers more than 30 distinguished awards highlighting the contributions of individuals, teams, and organizations toward advancing the weather, water, and climate community. I would like to invite and encourage all of you to consider nominating colleagues within NOAA and across the AMS community who you feel are deserving of these honors.…
Bradford Johnson, Ph.D. is a meteorologist; subject matter expert on urban climate, GIS, and remote sensing and Program Strategist for National Earth System Prediction; and the OWAQ Subseasonal to Seasonal program. Since joining OWAQ in 2017, Brad has helped effectively sustain relationships with five federal agencies — U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, Department of Energy,…
#WomenofNOAA Dr. Kandis Boyd is the deputy director of NOAA’s Office of Weather and Air Quality. In her role, she manages a team of 20 federal and civilian employees that supports research to advance timely and accurate weather information. What drew you to your current career or field? My love of weather led me to an engaging 24+…
DaNa L. Carlis, Ph.D. will be the recipient of NOAA’s EEO/Diversity Individual Award and 2018 OAR Employee of the Year Award in Leadership during the 2018 OAR Awards Ceremony DaNa L. Carlis, Ph.D. will be the recipient of NOAA’s EEO/Diversity Individual Award and 2018 OAR Employee of the Year Award in Leadership during the 2019 OAR Awards…
The Office of Weather and Air quality extended deadlines for their Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOAA-OAR-OWAQ-2019-2005820) for FY 2019. There are eight grant competitions from this notification valued at approximately $16,200,000.
On Wednesday, January 9, 2019, Dr. Gina Eosco, a risk communication expert with Cherokee Nation Strategic Programs supporting NOAA’s Office of Weather & Air Quality (OWAQ), received The Award for Early-Career Professional Achievement for outstanding leadership at the American Meteorological Society (AMS) awards banquet in Phoenix.
The Office of Weather & Air Quality’s National Earth System Prediction Capability (ESPC) interagency collaboration convened from February 28th – March 1st, 2018 in College Park, MD
Meet our scientists, PIs and staff Several of our scientists, PIs and staff are attending the 2018 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting from December 10th – 14th, 2018 in Washington, DC. This year’s meeting promises to mark many “firsts.” The first Fall Meeting held in Washington, D.C. A focus on ethics, diversity and inclusion and exploration of…
Last year, University of Colorado Boulder had over 120 grad students and postdocs (and others) attend the workshop and it received very good reviews. In particular, the attendees appreciated the opportunity to meet with the panelists in small groups to ask individual questions.