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Justin Minder

@justinminder.bsky.social
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Professor of Atmospheric & Environmental Sciences, University at Albany Mesoscale meteorology | Regional climate dynamics | Hydromet.

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UAlbany Department of Atmospheric & Environmental Sciences @ualbanydaes.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Introducing our new Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies, and Master's and PhD in Climate Science, degree programs! Learn more at www.albany.edu/news-center/... and www.albany.edu/daes/programs.
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UAlbany Launches Environmental Studies Major, Climate Science Graduate Programs
The University at Albany is offering new academic programs that will help shape future leaders to address the world’s evolving climate and environmental challenges.
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Brian Tang @btangywx.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Mesoscale convective system materialized overnight and moved through central NY, producing isolated severe wind gusts (62 mph gust at @nysmesonet.org Westmoreland station) and flash flooding (3-5" of rain). (1/)
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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
🚨🚨 Friday night news drop from National Science Foundation!! 🧪 NSF just released its detailed budget request for next year: nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF... We knew it was going to be bad...and it lives up. Guts direct NSF support for a **quarter million people** 🧵 on some highlights...
Senior Researchers 60,400 --> 16,900
Other Professionals 14,400  --> 4,100
Postdoctoral Associates 5,500  --> 1,000
Graduate Students 41,500  --> 12,400
Undergraduate Students 37,300  --> 8,000
PreK-12 Teachers 42,900  --> 8,200
PreK-12 Students 128,100  --> 39,400
Total Number of People 330,100  --> 90,000
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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
How bad will it be? Catastrophic. Proposed cuts to #NSF, #NIH, and #NASA will set the US R&D landscape back 25 yrs+, cause economic and job loss now, and undermine innovations to come. But, this is the WH's *proposed* budget. Speak up now before it is too late. (inflation adjusted $-s below)
NSF, NASA and NIH budgets per year, inflation adjusted from 2000-2025 along with the proposed cuts. NSF includes research component only. Massive cuts across all sectors, well below support spanning 25 years.
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UAlbany News @ualbanynews.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
A class of #UAlbany undergrads spent the semester analyzing trends in environmental data & developing machine learning tools that support weather forecasting. Through the AI Plus initiative, UAlbany is developing AI-related courses like this one: www.albany.edu/news-center/...
Assistant Professor Zheng Wu (left) works with a student in her class.
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UAlbany Department of Atmospheric & Environmental Sciences @ualbanydaes.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
A fully-funded postdoctoral scientist position is available in the research group of Distinguished Prof. Mathias Vuille. The position is open to scientists with interest & experience in: (1) South American (paleo-)climate, (2) Andean glacier-climate interactions, or 3) regional climate modeling.
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Opportunities
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David John Gagne II @djgagnedos.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Unidata maintains a lot of key weather data infrastructure, including the netCDF data standard and libraries, metpy. data dissemination servers for accessing models and observations from NOAA, and educational resources for the university community. Now everyone is furloughed b/c of Trump and DOGE.
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Kevin Tyle @nywxguy.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Today, students in my @ualbanydaes.bsky.social data viz class present their final projects, which wouldn't be possible without the folks at @unidata.bsky.social. The consequences of this administration's attacks on science and education just keep on hitting closer and closer to home.
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Andrea Lopez Lang @alopezlang.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
One of the motivations for NOAA’s (a Department of Commerce agency) creation of this list was to quantify the economic importance of weather and climate information for the US. It is widely used to support further investments in weather and climate operations and science at the federal level. 🧐
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Brian Tang @btangywx.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
2nd Call: @justinminder.bsky.social and I are seeking a postdoc to perform research on the characteristics and predictability of rainfall events over the Catskill mountains that impact the NYC water supply. Application deadline is this Friday 5/9. www.atmos.albany.edu/facstaff/tan...
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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Science news is particularly grim this week. For NSF funding, 2 key fronts: 1) freeze on ALL existing grants (portal is down - no $$ going out, including reimbursements) www.nature.com/articles/d41... 2) budget proposes 40% overall cut & 15% cap on indirects (lawsuits blocked same for NIH in Feb)
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Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones
US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.
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Andrew Freedman @afreedma.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
NEW: US weather forecasting is in worse shape than previously known, with 30 NWS forecast offices missing meteorologists-in-charge and about a dozen offices at risk of no longer serving their communities 24/7. www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/w...
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US weather forecasting is more crippled than previously thought as hurricane season nears | CNN
Several current and former agency meteorologists and staff told CNN they are concerned warnings won’t be issued in time as hurricane season nears.
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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
I talked to Nature about the latest development at NSF, which is a five-alarm fire for American science. The scale of immediate impact is massive. We narrowly escaped this affecting @viralemergence.org for now, but will have to shut down in a few months if this stays. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones
US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.
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American Meteorological Society @ametsoc.org · 24/04/2025
New AMS Statement and Special Report: The Federal agencies in the public sector provide a foundational role in supporting the rest of the weather enterprise. A failure of these systems would be catastrophic. Read the AMS Statement: bit.ly/4lLTdbk
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Without a Strong Weather Enterprise America's Economic Leadership Is at Risk
The AMS is a global community committed to advancing weather, water, and climate science and service.
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American Meteorological Society @ametsoc.org · 17/04/2025
The 2026 budget passback plan calls for eliminating NOAA Research, the scientific backbone that keeps weather forecasts, alerts, and warnings accurate and effective. This would have disastrous consequences. Read the AMS statement, in partnership w/ @nwas.org: bit.ly/4cz2RtC
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Stand Up for NOAA Research – The Time to Act is Now
The AMS is a global community committed to advancing weather, water, and climate science and service.
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 17/04/2025
Oh no! Several of the Regional Climate Centers have had their funding lapse through DOC/NOAA. These institutes are critical for connecting weather and climate data and services to local communities across the United States. Spread the word to drive attention and support!
Funding for the Regional Climate Center program lapsed on April 17, 2025 due to a suspension of federal funding from NOAA through the Department of Commerce. It is unknown if or when funding will resume. All data and services offered under the HPRCC contract, including this website, are unavailable.

If there are particular products and services you rely upon, please fill out this form so we can identify products to prioritize for continuance. Unfortunately, some products will be discontinued indefinitely because of their association with the Regional Climate Center program.Support for all MRCC-hosted products and services is currently suspended as of April 17, 2025, due to a lapse in federal funding from the Department of Commerce through NOAA.Federal funding for the Regional Climate Center program lapsed on April 17, 2025.  It is unknown when or if funding will resume, pending decisions by NOAA and the Department of Commerce. If there are particular products and services that you rely upon, please contact us at sercc@sercc.com or reach out to your federal representatives and communicate their value and why you need them.
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OCCRI @occri.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Climate is the statistics of weather. And weather doesn't discriminate on the basis of politics.
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Justin Minder @justinminder.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
More details on how vital NWS services will be affected as a consequence of federally induced staffing reductions... Weather Service Prepares for ‘Degraded Operations’ Amid Trump Cuts www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/c...
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Weather Service Prepares for ‘Degraded Operations’ Amid Trump Cuts
An internal document describes how severe shortages of meteorologists and other staff members could affect forecasts and other operations.
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Justin Minder @justinminder.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Come work with @btangywx.bsky.social and me on hydrometeorology over the Catskill Mountains!
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Steve Nesbitt @70dbz.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Congress has a chance to have input on this, but slashing weather and climate research is incredibly irresponsible from the administration. www.science.org/content/arti...
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Trump seeks to end climate research at premier U.S. climate agency
White House aims to end NOAA’s research office; NASA also targeted
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Jeff Frame @vortexjeff.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
This NY Times article is probably the most thorough that I've read on the president's extremely shortsighted budget outline for NOAA. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/c...
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White House Plan Calls for NOAA Research Programs to Be Dismantled
A Trump administration budget proposal would essentially eliminate one of the world’s foremost Earth sciences research operations.
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CNN @cnn.com · 11/04/2025
The Trump administration plans to eliminate the research arm of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, close all weather and climate labs and eviscerate its budget along with several other NOAA offices, according to internal documents obtained by CNN.
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Trump’s draft budget eviscerates weather and climate tracking and research | CNN
The move would devastate weather and climate research even as weather is becoming more erratic and extreme, and would cripple the US industries — including agriculture — that depend on free, accurate ...
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Jared Rennie @jjrennie.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Here's how your area fared with snowfall this season, compared to a 14-year climatology. Greens=Above Normal Browns=Below Normal #snOMG
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 09/04/2025
ICF has supported the National Climate Assessment and the IPCC for nearly two decades with professionalism & integrity. Yesterday, ICF's contract to support NCA was cancelled. All federal staff details for OSTP + USGCRP were already returned to their agencies. There's no one left to work on NCA.
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Joseph Trujillo-Falcón @latinwx.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
68,845,865. That's how many individuals in the United States speak a language other than English at home. Everyone deserves a chance to stay safe during disasters, and I will never stop advocating for that. Thinking of all the communities that are going to be affected by this change.
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Justin Minder @justinminder.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
@ualbanydaes.bsky.social students sharing their passion for weather observations as part of a STEM Family Day on campus this past weekend.
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Chris Vagasky @coweatherman.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Two more NWS Upper Air Sites have suspended upper air launches - Omaha and Rapid City. Here are two maps that show the degradation of our upper air network because of helium or staff shortages (or in the case of Chatham, because of coastal erosion). www.weather.gov/media/notifi...
Map of all black dots showing the location of NWS Upper Air Sites.Map of black, red, and orange dots showing where soundings have been suspended or degraded because of staffing and helium shortages.NOUS41 KWBC 202015 PNSWSH Public Information Statement 25-17 National Weather Service Headquarters Silver Spring MD 415 PM EDT Thu March 20, 2025 To:     From:     Subscribers: -NOAA Weather Wire Service -Emergency Manager Weather Information Network -NOAAPORT Other NWS Partners and Employees Mike Hopkins, Director Surface and Upper Air Division  Office of Observations Subject: Suspension of Radiosonde Observations at Omaha, Nebraska, and Rapid City, South Dakota, Effective March 20, 2025. Effective immediately, and until further notice, the National Weather Service (NWS) is temporarily suspending weather balloon observations at Omaha, NE and Rapid City, SD, due to a lack of Weather Forecast Office (WFO) staffing.  Offices will perform special observations as needed.  The stations have the following NWS Upper Air site identifier and World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Upper Air site number: UPPER AIR SITE     Omaha, NE           Rapid City, SD      WMO ID          72558           72662           NWS ID  KOAX KUNR The NWS launches weather balloons twice daily from 100 upper air sites throughout the United States, Caribbean, and the Pacific Basin.  Radiosondes are instruments attached to weather balloons that send back a wide range of upper atmospheric data to support weather forecasts, including temperature, dew point, relative humidity, barometric pressure, wind speed, and wind direction.  Radiosondes are one of many technologies that collect earth observation data for weather modeling and forecasting. Data is also collected from instruments aboard commercial aircraft, surface observing stations, satellites, radars, and buoys. If you or your organization have any questions about these changes, please contact: Susan Buchanan Director of Public Affairs National Weather Service Phone: 202-834-5235 E-mail: susan.buchanan@noaa.gov National Public Information Statements are online at: https://www.weather.gov/notification/
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Justin Minder @justinminder.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
"... the NWS costs only $7 per citizen to operate each year, yet results in an estimated 10-100 times larger financial return ..." "Every government organization ... must be subjected to careful oversight ... However, the instrument of wise oversight is the scalpel, not the chainsaw. "
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Justin Minder @justinminder.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Federal cuts cost key forecasting tool for Albany's National Weather Service www.timesunion.com/news/article...
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Federal cuts cost key forecasting tool for Albany's National Weather Service
After federal job cuts, the National Weather Service does not have enough staff for Albany's twice-daily weather balloon launches.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Radiosondes on weather balloons are essential for collecting data from the upper atmosphere for accurate forecasting. Due to the mass firing at NOAA, the NWS doesn’t have enough people to launch balloons. 🎈 Accurate weather forecasts save lives. See data here: www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/soundi...
A public information statement from the National Weather Service announces the temporary suspension of radiosonde observations (weather balloon launches) in Albany, New York, and Gray, Maine, due to staffing shortages. The document outlines details about the suspension and provides contact information.
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UAlbany Department of Atmospheric & Environmental Sciences @ualbanydaes.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
A statement from our department regarding the recent NOAA/NWS cuts.
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Justin Minder @justinminder.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Thanks to folks ‪@ualbanydaes.bsky.social‬, @uwatmossci.bsky.social, and elsewhere that have supported me along the way. I especially appreciate the excellent students, postdocs, and other collaborators that I've been privileged to work with!
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UAlbany News @ualbanynews.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
“A lot of people don't realize how @NOAA.gov impacts their daily lives... It's a huge public service that is truly a bargain for the American taxpayer." - Brian Tang, @ualbanydaes.bsky.social spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-...
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NOAA layoffs could have widespread impacts in New York
Here's how the cuts could affect New Yorkers.
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 05/03/2025
Hi - I'd like to share this story of what is happening at NOAA GFDL, where some of my colleagues and I worked until the mass firings at NOAA last week. "...the birthplace of weather and climate forecasting"
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NOAA firings hit the birthplace of weather and climate forecasting
Dismissed researchers were improving severe weather predictions
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Justin Minder @justinminder.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Evan is an incredibly bright, talented, and hard-working young scientist. Firings such as these will make us less prepared, less prosperous, and less safe in the face of hazardous weather for years to come.
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Justin Minder @justinminder.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
"U.S. leadership in scientific innovation is at risk due to the recent and ongoing reductions in U.S. federal science capabilities. The consequences to the American people will be large and wide-ranging, including increased vulnerability to hazardous weather." www.ametsoc.org/ams/about-am...
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The U.S. Weather Enterprise: A National Treasure at Risk
The AMS is a global community committed to advancing weather, water, and climate science and service.
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Elizabeth Leitman @wxliz.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
That little black spec on the right hand side of this infographic is the total budget of the NWS. How is eliminating positions that exponentially increase economic dividends through enhancing commerce and mitigating/preventing disasters saving money or eliminating waste/fraud?
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Justin Minder @justinminder.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
In case you missed it, we are seeking a Visiting Assistant Prof. / Postdoc. Associate in Terrestrial Ice & Water Systems (w/ opportunity to transition to tenure-track) here @ualbanydaes.bsky.social. Review of applications is slated to start next week! albany.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta...
alpine lake with snowy mtn.
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Elizabeth Leitman @wxliz.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Excellent article explaining the vast ways the National Weather Service protects life and property, and supports commerce in the U.S. The NWS is the gold standard across the world, with many countries modeling the NWS operating model. It’s a government service worth saving.
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Justin Minder @justinminder.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Congrats to Megan! She who works in my research group, improving our understanding of how to forecast hazardous aircraft icing conditions using data from the WINTRE-MIX field campaign.
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Justin Minder @justinminder.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
The students in my Atmospheric Science Fieldwork class @ualbanydaes.bsky.social‬ had a busy week doing radiosonde launches as part of a multi-university field campaign in partnership with @cw3escripps.bsky.social. Very impressed at how quickly they picked up the fieldwork skills!
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Brian Rose @brianejrose.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Visiting Assistant Professor / Postdoctoral Associate in Terrestrial Ice and Water Systems We are looking to hire a Visiting Assistant Professor / Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences (DAES) at the University at Albany.
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Tomer Burg @burgwx.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Now that it's evening, and more snow reports came in throughout the day, look how much different this map looks than it did this morning! I'll use this example to explain why knowing *how* data is created & data limitations is far more important than some might think 🧵
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Justin Minder @justinminder.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
In our new @ametsoc.bsky.social JHM study: "Evaluating and Improving Snow in the National Water Model, using Observations from the New York State Mesonet", we use unique data from NYS Mesonet to identify biases in NWM's treatment of snow and ways to improve it. journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...
Photo of NYS Mesonet station in snowTime series of observed and simulated SWE at NYSM stations
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Justin Minder @justinminder.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Exciting postdoc funding opportunity for those interested in researching at UAlbany and other CIWRO partner institutions! ciwro.ou.edu/peter-lamb-p...
Flyer for Peter Lamb Postdoc Fellowhsip
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Justin Minder @justinminder.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Fun overview video of the Nationwide Eclipse Ballooning project that our UAlbany DAES team had the pleasure of participating in! www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPmO...
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Nationwide Eclipse Ballooning Project Highlights
YouTube video by Nationwide Eclipse Ballooning Project - Education
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Justin Minder @justinminder.bsky.social · 27/02/2024
Applications are now open for the *free* UAlbany Weather, Climate, and Chemistry Camp to take place this summer! www.atmos.albany.edu/facstaff/jmi...
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Justin Minder @justinminder.bsky.social · 29/12/2023
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Winter Lake-Effect Systems: Scientific and Educational Adventures to Further Our Knowledge and Prediction of Lake-Effect Storms
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Justin Minder @justinminder.bsky.social · 29/12/2023
New summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) opportunity at UAlbany! www.albany.edu/cnse/dev-res...
student deploying air quality sensorstudents launching a weather balloon
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