Department of Atmospheric and Climate Science

Our very own broadcast meteorology club, The UW Dawgcast, was profiled on KUOW Soundside this past week! You can read the story here or listen to Soundside on Spotify and iTunes! 

Research Assistant Professor Edward Blanchard-Wrigglesworth was recently featured in a UW News piece about record sea ice loss due to a strong Arctic cyclone that occurred in January 2022. Read the story here. 

A recent New York Times piece titled “Extreme Heat Will Change Us,” features work from Prof. David Battisti. Read the story here. 

Graduate Student Lily Hahn recently won the 24th annual Peter B. Wagner Memorial Award for Women in Atmospheric Sciences from the Desert Research Institute (DRI)! This annual competition recognizes the published works of women pursuing a master’s or Ph.D. 

Professor Dale Durran’s research on using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to improve weather forecasts was highlighted in a recent blog by the NVIDIA Corporation. Read more about Prof. Durran’s research here.
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Please join us for an information session and Question & Answer panel with faculty and graduate students from the University of Washington’s Atmospheric Science Department. Applications to the graduate program are due December 1st. 

With a La Niña winter favored for a third straight winter, UW News recently featured Dr. Robert Jnglin Wills and Prof. Kyle Armour’s research, which shows that climate change has favored La Niñas, at least in recent years. 

Congratulations to Prof. Dennis Hartmann, who received the AGU (American Geophysical Union) Roger Revelle Medal!
“The Roger Revelle Medal is given annually to one honoree in recognition of outstanding contributions in atmospheric sciences, atmosphere-ocean coupling, atmosphere-land coupling, biogeochemical cycles, climate or related aspects of the Earth system.”
Read more about the award here. 

Hurricane Ian made landfall in Florida on Wednesday, September 28th as a Category 4 storm. Prof. Shuyi Chen recently discussed the hurricane in a UW News article by Hannah Hickey. Chen discusses Ian’s impacts, how Ian compares to other hurricanes and her work with NOAA. 

Congratulations to Prof. Alex Turner who won the 2021-2022 UW Atmospheric Sciences Teaching Award! The award, coordinated by the graduate students, is given to a faculty member based on student nominations received over an academic year.