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NOAA Boulder

October 2018

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"Unmanned aircraft offer innovative, new perspectives on our environment, just as when satellite and radar assets were introduced decades ago."

Gijs de Boer, Research Scientist
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), a partnership of NOAA and the University of Colorado Boulder


“Earth has a radiation budget. Measuring it correctly, getting the data precisely right, is fundamental to understanding weather, climate and ocean circulation.”

John A. Augustine, Meteorologist
NOAA Global Monitoring Division, Earth System Research Laboratory


“NOAA is positioning America for the future with a revolutionary new mapping system that will serve our nation for decades to come.”

Derek van Westrum, Physicist
NOAA National Geodetic Survey


“Wildfire season is no longer really a season. We need to be vigilant year-round. When there’s no snow on the ground, fire is a possibility and, even though rare, some fires can smolder under snow all winter.”

Nezette Rydell, Meteorologist-in-Charge
NOAA National Weather Service
Denver/Boulder


“HRRR is useful in myriad forecast applications because it predicts all aspects of the weather -- wind, precipitation, clouds, thunderstorms, even smoke, and how they evolve in the atmosphere.” 

Terra Ladwig, Meteorologist
NOAA Global Systems Division, Earth System Research Laboratory and Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) 


"AirCore works like a tape recorder, logging multiple atmospheric gases critical to climate and human health. AirCore is simply constructed, rugged and low-cost, and it dramatically extends our reach into the upper atmosphere by collecting samples at heights no aircraft can reach."

Colm Sweeney, Lead Scientist, Aircraft Program
NOAA Global Monitoring Division, Earth System Research Laboratory


“In our increasingly interconnected world, the stakes have never been higher. Space weather has the potential to seriously disrupt daily life and cause enormous economic consequences. A space weather-related power outage alone could exceed $20 billion.” 

William Murtagh, Program Coordinator
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center

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