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We are actively seeking graduate students with chemistry, physics, and engineering degrees for atmospheric chemistry and climate studies. <a href="http://www.met.psu.edu/browse-by-audience/future-students/future-graduate-students-ms-and-phd">More</a> As part of the NIST funded INFLUX experiment, Natasha Miles and Laura McGowan perform maintenance on a Picarro, Inc. cavity ring down spectroscopy CO2/CO/CH4/H20 sensor, which is sampling the atmosphere above Indianapolis. Meteorology student Kevin Sanchez poses with a tethered sonde that is used to study vertical distribution of aerosols, ozone, and hydrocarbons. Penn State Meteorology research teams led by Drs. Jose Fuentes and Anne Thompson participate in a multi-institutional experiment to study air quality in the Washington DC area. Congratulations Spring 2011 Graduates! <a href="http://www.met.psu.edu/alumni-friends">More</a> Why do we have Daylight Savings Time? Congratulations on 75 years! Is each snowflake really unique? What ever happened to the ozone hole? Prof. Anne Thompson and her research team prepare to launch a weather balloon to study air quality. <a href="http://www.met.psu.edu/browse-by-audience/future-students/">More</a> Explore our research opportunities. Research experiences in our program range from the oceans to the atmosphere. <a href="http://www.met.psu.edu/research">More</a> Graduate student Maria Herrmann was aboard the NOAA ship Ronald H. Brown this spring as part of a climate variability study in the South Atlantic Ocean. The instrument pictured, a CTD (Conductivity Temperature Depth) packaged, was lowered into the ocean to take various measurements and collect samples. <a href="http://www.met.psu.edu/people/research-specialties/oceanography">More</a> View from the Probe 5 mobile mesonet of a tornado near LaGrange, WY, on 5 June 2009 during Vortex 2. <a href="http://www.met.psu.edu/news-events/news/spotlight-vortex-2/">More</a> The electronic map wall casts its reflection in the donor wall at the entrance of the Joel N. Myers Weather Center. <a href="http://www.met.psu.edu/facilities/teaching-facilities/joel-myers-weather-center-1">More</a>
Upcoming Events
Mon Jan 30, 2012 04:00 PM Seminar/Talk EarthTalk by Richard Alley (Evan Pugh Professor of Geosciences, Penn State) “Communicating Real Science in a Sound-Bite World”
Feb 01, 2012 to Apr 30, 2012 Office of Research Protections is happy to announce workshops for spring 2012! The Office of Research Protections is happy to announce the Scholarship and Research Ethics Brownbag Series, the IRB 101 Brownbag Series, the RCR in Focus and Survival Skills and Ethics series workshops for spring 2012!
Wed Feb 01, 2012 03:30 PM Meteorology Colloqium Jon Petters (University of California – Santa Cruz) "Opportunities in Science Policy"
Mon Feb 06, 2012 04:00 PM Seminar/Talk EarthTalk by Jeffrey Brownson ( Asst Professor of Energy and Mineral Engineering, Penn State) "To Be Announced"
Tue Feb 07, 2012 05:15 PM The Graduate Exhibition and Doctoral Alumni Reunion Weekend “How to Create an Exhibition Poster” Tuesday, February 7, 2012 5:15 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.
Mon Feb 20, 2012 04:00 PM Seminar/Talk EarthTalk by TBA
Mon Feb 27, 2012 04:00 PM Seminar/Talk Tim Spangler (Director, COMET, Boulder, CO) "The COMET Program: Resources for Innovative University Instruction and the Evolution of E-learning"
Mon Mar 05, 2012 04:00 PM Seminar/Talk no seminar - SPRING BREAK
Mon Mar 12, 2012 04:00 PM Seminar/Talk Bill Brune, Lee Kump, Karl Zimmerer (Penn State, EMS Department Heads) “Panel Discussion: The Present and Future of e-Education in Meteorology, Geosciences and Geography"
Mon Mar 19, 2012 04:00 PM Seminar/Talk TBA
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Spotlight

Penn State Meteorology faculty garner top awards from the American Meteorological Society

John Wyngaard

THE CARL-GUSTAF ROSSBY RESEARCH MEDAL

John C. Wyngaard

professor of meteorology emeritus

For outstanding contributions to measuring, simulating, and understanding atmospheric turbulence.


Anne M. Thompson

THE VERNER E. SUOMI AWARD

Anne M. Thompson

professor of meteorology

For exceptional vision and leadership in deploying technologies that have significantly advanced the understanding of ozone dynamics in the atmosphere.

 

>> Read the full story about these award winners and several other Penn State alumni and affiliates who received 2012 awards from the AMS .