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Get ready for the weather: Humboldt celebrates weather station
HUMBOLDT — About two weeks after the city of Humboldt installed a weather radar station atop a water tower north of the city, it detected an EF-1 tornado touching down near Eureka. Early on the morning of April 16, the tornado traveled 7.5 miles. “As soon as the radar was turned on, we immediatel...Read more -
Texas A&M partners with Climavision to install new weather radar on campus
The Aggieland skyline will change this weekend when a new weather radar system is installed on the roof of Texas A&M University’s Eller Oceanography and Meteorology Building. The installation of the new radar is the result of a partnership between Climavision and the Texas A&M Depar...Read more -
Weather Service: Suicide Basin overflowing from top, but ‘no indication of a release at this time’
“Now is the time to start preparing for potential flooding impacts along the Mendenhall lake and river.” Suicide Basin has started flowing over the top of its ice dam and people downstream from the Mendenhall Glacier should be preparing for flooding impacts, but there was no indication as of mid-...Read more -
Improving climate information and services in Vanuatu
Creating improved climate information and services in Vanuatu poses unique logistical challenges. Andrew Harper has worked as NIWA’s Pacific climate specialist for over 15 years and knows what to expect when working in the region. Plans are likely to include 17 bags of cement, 42 meters of ...Read more -
Dissolved oxygen is a major concern in aquaculture. Here’s why.
Professor Boyd discusses a critical, stress-causing variable that can kill or cause poor appetite, slow growth and greater susceptibility to disease It is well known among aquaculturists that the availability of natural food organisms limits the production of shrimp and most fish species in pond...Read more -
Open channel flow measurement
Open channel flows are found in Nature as well as in man-made structures In Nature, tranquil flows are observed in large rivers near their estuaries: e.g. the Nile River between Alexandria and Cairo, the Brisbane River in Brisbane. Rushing waters are encountered in mountain rivers, river rapids a...Read more -
Northwestern Research and Extension Center installs weather station
Minnesota Department of Agriculture and NDAWN staff installed the MAWN/NDAWN weather station July 23-24 at the University of Minnesota Crookston North Farm north of Highway 75. MAWN is the Minnesota Agricultural Weather Network and NDAWN is the North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network. Maureen O...Read more -
Sensors collect data on people, traffic and weather as part of a pilot program in Arlington
Researchers are analyzing data collected from small sensors installed in a small area of streetlights along Wilson Avenue in the Clarendon neighborhood of Arlington, Virginia. Sensors installed between North Fillmore Street and North Garfield Street collected data on the number of people, direc...Read more -
DAM MONITORING AND DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM
The dam itself is a system consisting of technical objects and natural elements, although created by human activity. The interaction of both (technical and natural) elements includes challenges in monitoring, forecasting, decision support system, and warning. Usually, but not necessarily, the who...Read more