Minnesota’s weather observers add ground truth to forecasting
The CoCoRaHS rain and snow observation network, began at CSU, has 20,000 members across the country. Minnesota leads in adding new volunteers. (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
The CoCoRaHS rain and snow observation network, began at CSU, has 20,000 members across the country. Minnesota leads in adding new volunteers. (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
“The next week is looking really promising in terms of snowfall for the high elevations. It’s likely to improve runoff forecasts even from where they are now for the most part,” said Peter Goble, a climatologist for the Colorado Climate Center. (Grand Junction Daily Sentinel)
Here are some of the records Cyclone Freddy has already (or may have) broken according to experts at Colorado State University’s Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere. (Forbes)
The STEM program is a hands-on design celebration in which student teams design, construct, and test small scale wind turbines and solar structures at events all over the world.
Cutting-edge engineering research received a boost in the fall with seed money from the Scott Foundation.
The model can make accurate predictions of events like tornadoes and hail four to eight days in advance.
The event featured 32 top middle and high school robotics teams across the state.
"My research focuses on monitoring and identifying individual wild African leopards. The approach is similar to facial recognition technology but applied to leopards in the wild."
CSU will host the FIRST Tech Challenge statewide championship on Saturday, Feb. 18.
A new study by Elizabeth Barnes in the Department of Atmospheric Science uses artificial intelligence to show that global warming is on track to reach 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial averages in the early 2030s.