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OWAQ is headed to AMS 2020!

The American Meteorological Society is hosting their 100th Annual Meeting in Boston, MA from January 12-16, 2020. Founded in 1919, the American Meteorological Society (AMS) is the nation’s premier scientific and professional organization promoting and disseminating information about the atmospheric, oceanic, and hydrologic sciences. They have more than 13,000 members and this includes researchers, educators, students, enthusiasts, broadcasters…

Donate to the Lapenta Fund

Donate to the Lapenta Fund

William Michael Lapenta was born on September 21, 1961 and passed away on September 30, 2019 and in memory of Bill’s outstanding contributions to the atmospheric sciences and his passion for supporting the next generation of leaders in the field, the American Meteorological Society (AMS) has established a fund in his name. Donations to the…

Weather community grieves the loss of OWAQ Acting Director William “Bill” Lapenta

NOAA OWAQ extends its sincerest condolences to the family of Dr. William (Bill) Lapenta, Acting Director of the NOAA Research Office of Weather and Air Quality. -Dr. Kandis Boyd, NOAA OWAQ Deputy Director Bill Lapenta helped to predict and prepare for some of nature’s most dangerous phenomena at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, heading…

FY2020 Office of Weather and Air Quality Research Programs Announcement

NOAA’s Office of Weather and Air Quality (OWAQ) is soliciting proposals for weather, air quality, and earth-system modeling research reflecting multiple science objectives spanning time scales from hours to seasons, and from weather and water observations and earth system modeling to social and behavioral science. There are three grant competitions from this notification valued at…

Register Now! NOAA OWAQ’s Social and Behavioral Science Research to Operations Workshop

From September 4th – 6th 2019, NOAA’s Office of Weather and Air Quality will be hosting a Social and Behavioral Science (SBS)  Research to Operations (R2O) Workshop in Silver Spring, MD. At the OWAQ Social and Behavioral Science (SBS) Research to Operations (R2O) workshop, we hope to foster lively and interactive discussion to nurture an understanding…

#WomenofNOAA: Meet Tamara Battle

Tamara Battle is the Policy Coordinator for the Weather Act, in NOAA’s Office of Weather and Air Quality (OWAQ) in Silver Spring, Maryland. Her essential role in OWAQ involves working with researchers and subject matter experts across NOAA to create congressional reports required by the Weather Act, and briefing NOAA leadership on supporting activities and…

An Overview: The Earth Prediction Innovation Center (EPIC) Community Workshop

By Leah Dubots, OWAQ Pathways Intern The Earth Prediction Innovation Center (EPIC) will accelerate community-developed scientific and technological advancements into the operational applications for Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) by supporting a Unified Forecast System (UFS) community model. NOAA is working closely with entities in the weather enterprise (public, private, and academic) to inform the planning, development, and…