IPRC News
James Potemra Recognized by AGU for Excellence in Reviewing Manuscripts
August 28, 2009
James Potemra, Assistant Manager of IPRC’s Asia-Pacific Data-Research Center, was among the recipients of the American Geophysical Union (AGU)'s 2008 Editors' Citations for Excellence in Refereeing. The awardees are commended by the AGU editors for “consistently providing constructive and thoughtful reviews” of manuscripts.
Hurricane Modeling and Forecasting Research
July 22, 2009
The work of IPRC’s Professor Yuqing Wang and Postdoctoral Fellow Hironori Fudeyasu and JAMSTEC colleagues on predicting tropical cyclones with the powerful, global cloud-system-resolving Nonhydrostatic Icosahedral Atmospheric Model (NICAM) is featured in Kaunana, the research journal of the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Past Abrupt Climate Change
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July 22, 2009
Axel Timmermann speaks about results from the ongoing climate model simulation on the Oak Ridge National Laboratory supercomputer, which provides an unprecedented view into the mechanisms of abrupt climate change. See Hawaii Public Radio news interview with Ben Markus and Perspectives in latest issue of Science.
Anticipating Hurricane Intensity
June 26, 2009
Anticipating hurricane intensity remains a challenge because it is difficult to observe and model the storm's inner core. In a paper
co-authored with UH Meteorology graduate student Xiaqiong Zhou, Bin Wang
showed how hurricanes transform into annular hurricanes, which are highly intense and resistant to weakening. The study was chosen as a
research highlight by the editors of the AGU publication Geophysical Research Letters
and featured in Earth.
New UH-JAMSTEC Cooperative Agreement Extends IPRC-JAMSTEC Scientific Partnership
April 6, 2009
The University of Hawaii has entered into a new five-year Cooperative
Agreement with the
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science
and Technology
(JAMSTEC) to support collaborative climate research at the International
Pacific Research Center
(read
more).
IPRC's Yuqing Wang Chosen by UH ITS
as "Researcher of the Month"
March 3, 2009
Information Technology Services at the University of Hawaii chose
Yuqing Wang
as "Researcher of the Month." Wang uses sophisticated weather models to
study the structure and intensity of tropical cyclones
(read
more)
.
IPRC hosts Joint IPCC-WCRP-IGBP Workshop:
New Science Directions and Activities Relevant to the IPCC AR5
March 3-6, 2009
The IPRC hosted leading climate scientists from around the world to
identify developments in climate change science and discuss implications
for understanding the Earth System and its response to accelerating
emissions of greenhouse gases and pollution particulates, and
deforestation. Sponsors were the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
,
World Climate Research
Programme
, and
International Geosphere- Biosphere
Programme
(more).
IPRC Launches Public Lecture Series in Climate Science
March 2, 2009
The IPRC launched the
IPRC Public Lecture in Climate Science
with a talk by
Susan Solomon
, a leader in the field of atmospheric science. Her talk, “A Tale of
Environmental Change: Something for Everyone about Climate Change, and
Climate Gridlock,” was held at the University of Hawaii Manoa and
attracted an audience of nearly 200 (read more).
UH Information Technology Services Selects Professor Tim Li
as "Researcher of the Month"
January 2009
UH Information Technology Services selected a fourth IPRC researcher,
Tim Li
, as "Researcher of the Month," an indication that IPRC scientists are
at the cutting-edge of using supercomputers for climate research. Li is
conducting computer modeling experiments to understand tropical cyclone
formation (more).
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