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The Paros Center for Atmospheric Research is seeking proposals for pilot grants. All faculty from the College of Engineering (CoE) and the College of Natural Sciences (CNS) are eligible for such grants. Proposals should have a CoE or CNS PI with an investigator from another college (e.g., CNS, Isenberg, CICS, SBS, and others). The proposal must include a description of how the proposed work supports atmospheric research (sensing, climate, weather), and/or weather/climate information systems that can lead to societal benefits. 

Members from the UMass Paros Center for Atmospheric Research continue their collaboration with researchers at the Lamont Observatory on hurricane genesis detection with X-band radars. In August 2024, a mobile UMass X-band radar was delivered to the observatory, where Lamont researchers will mount it on a building for local testing and data collection.

On April 3, 2024, a 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck 15 km south of Hulian City in Taiwan. It was the strongest earthquake in Taiwan since 1999.

Infrasound data generated by the Hulian earthquake was recorded by two Paroscientif barometers we installed on the island in 2023.

Chia-Ying Lee and Nick Frearson from the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory visited the Paros Center for Atmospheric Research at UMass Amherst on March 14th. 

The first PCAR seminar will be presented by Prof. Chia-Ying Lee from the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University on the topic of "Climate Change Impact on the Tropical Pacific and Global Tropical Cyclones"

The Paros Center for Atmospheric Research at UMass Amherst leads research to improve the nation’s ability to forecast, plan for, and respond to shifting climate and hazardous weather.

The project aims to investigate mathematical models that can provide a deeper understanding of human movement patterns during hazards

The Paros Center for Atmospheric Research is seeking proposals for pilot grants. All faculty from the College of Engineering (CoE) and the College of Natural Sciences (CNS) are eligible for such grants. Proposals should have a CoE or CNS PI with an investigator from another college (e.g., CNS, Isenberg, CICS, SBS, and others). The proposal must include a description of how the proposed work supports atmospheric research (sensing, climate, weather), and/or weather/climate information systems that can lead to societal benefits. 

NSF recently awarded funding to aid in the design of a National Data Cloud for Climate (NDC-C) to streamline the development of scientific workflows for climate and atmospheric science researchers.