Ankur Desai
@profdesai.bsky.social
Professor and Chair@UW_AOS Meteorology, Ecology, Climate Sci (Biosphere-Atmos) Parent to 3 kid chaos. Https://flux.aos.wisc.edu
PhD defense seminar from Nikaan Koupaei-Abyazani from Ecometeorology lab @uwmad-aos.bsky.social today at 1 pm CST - watch online: Title: A Different Peat Perspective: Quantifying Tropical Peatland Ecosystem Variables from the Ground and from Space www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnY3...
UW-AOS Ph.D. Defense - November 20, 2025 - Nikaan Koupaei Abyazani
YouTube video by UW-AOS UW Madison
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November 20, 2025 at 3:11 PM
PhD defense seminar from Nikaan Koupaei-Abyazani from Ecometeorology lab @uwmad-aos.bsky.social today at 1 pm CST - watch online: Title: A Different Peat Perspective: Quantifying Tropical Peatland Ecosystem Variables from the Ground and from Space www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnY3...
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PeatDepth-ML: A Global Map of Peat Depth Predicted using Machine Learning egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...
PeatDepth-ML: A Global Map of Peat Depth Predicted using Machine Learning
Abstract. Peatlands are major carbon stores that are sensitive to climate change and increasingly affected by human activity. Accurate assessment of carbon stocks and modelling of peatland responses t...
egusphere.copernicus.org
November 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
PeatDepth-ML: A Global Map of Peat Depth Predicted using Machine Learning egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...
AMS and AGU are no fun without students. These dollars are one of our primary ways to get them there!
Fill the Hill and the flamingos are back! Be part of the feathered fun Oct 9–10, and support AOS at go.wisc.edu/5348a6. Gifts go to our discretionary fund and are used in impactful ways, helping students gain research experience and attend academic conferences.
Will you join our AOS flock?
Will you join our AOS flock?
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences - Fill The Hill
Since 1948, the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (AOS) has been at the forefront of weather, climate, and ocean science, with nationally recognized graduate and undergraduate programs. O...
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October 10, 2025 at 3:17 AM
AMS and AGU are no fun without students. These dollars are one of our primary ways to get them there!
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WOO HOO!! Proud to share that TWO @uwmadison.bsky.social faculty were just announced as 2025 MacArthur Foundation “genius grant” recipients. HUGE congrats to Ángel F. Adames Corraliza & Sébastien Phillipe, doing amazing work on tropical storms & nuclear security, respectively.👏
Two UW–Madison professors named MacArthur Fellows
Atmospheric scientist Ángel F. Adames Corraliza and nuclear security specialist Sébastien Philippe, professors at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, have been awarded 2025 MacArthur Fellowships.
news.wisc.edu
October 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
WOO HOO!! Proud to share that TWO @uwmadison.bsky.social faculty were just announced as 2025 MacArthur Foundation “genius grant” recipients. HUGE congrats to Ángel F. Adames Corraliza & Sébastien Phillipe, doing amazing work on tropical storms & nuclear security, respectively.👏
So thrilling to see our very own genius, Ángel Adames Corraliza, receive this fitting recognition!!!
We are thrilled and proud to share that AOS prof Ángel F. Adames Corraliza has been named a 2025 MacArthur Fellow!
Congrats, Ángel! The department is ecstatic for you. In addition to the MacArthur announcement linked below, check out the UW–Madison news release here: go.wisc.edu/r0ff84
Congrats, Ángel! The department is ecstatic for you. In addition to the MacArthur announcement linked below, check out the UW–Madison news release here: go.wisc.edu/r0ff84
Ángel F. Adames Corraliza
Advancing understanding of the forces that drive tropical weather patterns.
www.macfound.org
October 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
So thrilling to see our very own genius, Ángel Adames Corraliza, receive this fitting recognition!!!
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The flamingos are coming! 🦩 Will you help us Fill the Hill Oct 9–10? Join in the feathered fun and make a gift starting at 5 pm CDT, Thurs, 10/9: uwflamingos.com/campaign/atm....
October 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The flamingos are coming! 🦩 Will you help us Fill the Hill Oct 9–10? Join in the feathered fun and make a gift starting at 5 pm CDT, Thurs, 10/9: uwflamingos.com/campaign/atm....
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Join us today for a Department Seminar at 2:30 CDT! Megan Caldwell, flood and water analyst, Guy Carpenter, will discuss "Private Sector Meteorology: An Introduction to Reinsurance and Catastrophe Modeling."
Livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl-D...
Livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl-D...
October 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Join us today for a Department Seminar at 2:30 CDT! Megan Caldwell, flood and water analyst, Guy Carpenter, will discuss "Private Sector Meteorology: An Introduction to Reinsurance and Catastrophe Modeling."
Livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl-D...
Livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl-D...
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The Roads Traveled to Reach a Greenhouse Gas Flux Network - Baldocchi - 2025 - Perspectives of Earth and Space Scientists - Wiley Online Library agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
The Roads Traveled to Reach a Greenhouse Gas Flux Network
A global network of eddy covariance measurements sites is providing direct measurements of carbon dioxide, water vapor and energy fluxes This network evolved over time through technical advances ...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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September 14, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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Our 400+ page comment on the DOE climate working group report is now out.
Our conclusion: The merchants of doubt are back, and they're coming for climate science.
Our conclusion: The merchants of doubt are back, and they're coming for climate science.
DOEresponseSite
On July 29, 2025, the Department of Energy (DOE) published a report from its Climate Working Group (CWG). This report features prominently in the EPA's reconsideration of its 2009 Endangerment Finding. In response, over 85 scientists have come together to write a comprehensive review, which is
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September 2, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Our 400+ page comment on the DOE climate working group report is now out.
Our conclusion: The merchants of doubt are back, and they're coming for climate science.
Our conclusion: The merchants of doubt are back, and they're coming for climate science.
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We’re thrilled to welcome Bee Leung to our faculty! A cloud physicist and mesoscale meteorologist by training, her research looks at the physical processes driving land-aerosol-cloud interactions. Learn more about Bee in our Q&A: www.aos.wisc.edu/news/q-a_wel...
September 2, 2025 at 6:20 PM
We’re thrilled to welcome Bee Leung to our faculty! A cloud physicist and mesoscale meteorologist by training, her research looks at the physical processes driving land-aerosol-cloud interactions. Learn more about Bee in our Q&A: www.aos.wisc.edu/news/q-a_wel...
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UW-Madison AOSS Rooftop Camera video from this past Saturday with two spectacular gust front / arc cloud passages, and lots of turbulence right behind them
youtu.be/OfgKADhyET0
youtu.be/OfgKADhyET0
2025 August 16 - Storms, Arc clouds - North view
YouTube video by AOSSRooftopCameras
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August 20, 2025 at 7:46 PM
UW-Madison AOSS Rooftop Camera video from this past Saturday with two spectacular gust front / arc cloud passages, and lots of turbulence right behind them
youtu.be/OfgKADhyET0
youtu.be/OfgKADhyET0
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Some good news to share: NASA's PREFIRE mission has been extended through September 2026 and is broadening its focus from Earth’s poles to the entire globe. AOS professor Tristan L'Ecuyer is the principal investigator.
www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-p...
www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-p...
NASA’s PREFIRE CubeSat Mission Extended
The twin cube satellites will operate through at least September 2026, expanding focus from the poles to the whole planet to improve modelling and weather forecasts.
www.jpl.nasa.gov
August 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Some good news to share: NASA's PREFIRE mission has been extended through September 2026 and is broadening its focus from Earth’s poles to the entire globe. AOS professor Tristan L'Ecuyer is the principal investigator.
www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-p...
www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-p...
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We’re looking for an Assistant Professor in Physical Climate Science. Apply and join a great interdisciplinary Department! @natureatcal.bsky.social @agu.org @freshwaterscience.bsky.social
#academicjobs
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05084
#academicjobs
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05084
Assistant Professor - Physical Climate Science - Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
aprecruit.berkeley.edu
August 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
We’re looking for an Assistant Professor in Physical Climate Science. Apply and join a great interdisciplinary Department! @natureatcal.bsky.social @agu.org @freshwaterscience.bsky.social
#academicjobs
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05084
#academicjobs
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05084
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The recent DOE climate science report misrepresents the work of many researchers. Carbon Brief asked those cited to review the parts of the report where their work was used, and we collectively found 100+ misleading or false statements: interactive.carbonbr...
August 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The recent DOE climate science report misrepresents the work of many researchers. Carbon Brief asked those cited to review the parts of the report where their work was used, and we collectively found 100+ misleading or false statements: interactive.carbonbr...
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AOS professor Hannah Zanowski joined The Larry Meiller Show to talk about the role of oceans on Earth and other planets. Have a listen!
How oceans support life; keeping space rovers unstuck; and the scourge of blue-green algae
Oceanography has much to tell us about the health of planet Earth – as well as far-flung exoplanets. Then, we learn why space rovers get stuck on Mars and the moon. Then, an up-to-date report on anoth...
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August 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
AOS professor Hannah Zanowski joined The Larry Meiller Show to talk about the role of oceans on Earth and other planets. Have a listen!
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Through modeling efforts over high-risk regions, including Wisconsin airspace, they aim to apply machine learning tools to improve the identification and prevention of these hazards.
August 7, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Through modeling efforts over high-risk regions, including Wisconsin airspace, they aim to apply machine learning tools to improve the identification and prevention of these hazards.
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CCR Director and AOS Affiliate Scientist Michael Notaro has led STEM camps aimed at fostering neurodiversity in science for several years. He spoke to WMTV 15 News about how their long-term future is unclear due to funding cuts.
Madison STEM camp for neurodivergent kids could see final year after funding loss
Private donations are helping keep the camps going through this summer, but the long-term future is unclear.
www.wmtv15news.com
July 28, 2025 at 2:35 PM
CCR Director and AOS Affiliate Scientist Michael Notaro has led STEM camps aimed at fostering neurodiversity in science for several years. He spoke to WMTV 15 News about how their long-term future is unclear due to funding cuts.
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AOS Professional MS students made a trip to the Kegonsa Research Campus to visit an agrivoltaics site. They explored research at the intersection of solar energy, agriculture, climate, and water, such as @profdesai.bsky.social and his Ecometeorology Lab's work with flux towers.
📸: Josh Arnold
📸: Josh Arnold
July 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
AOS Professional MS students made a trip to the Kegonsa Research Campus to visit an agrivoltaics site. They explored research at the intersection of solar energy, agriculture, climate, and water, such as @profdesai.bsky.social and his Ecometeorology Lab's work with flux towers.
📸: Josh Arnold
📸: Josh Arnold
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In partnership with the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections Center, we had the opportunity to archive a portion of the department’s historical photos. We're happy to share that the collection is now live: search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AAOS...
July 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM
In partnership with the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections Center, we had the opportunity to archive a portion of the department’s historical photos. We're happy to share that the collection is now live: search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AAOS...
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As the mean rate of forest disturbance is increasing, so does its temporal variance. Proof that Taylor's law also applies to disturbance ecology, and a warning of more severe future extremes. Paper led by @corneliussenf.bsky.social w/ @tommaso-jucker.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Taylor’s law predicts unprecedented pulses of forest disturbance under global change - Nature Communications
Large pulses of disturbance have been observed globally in response to climate change. Using Taylor’s Law, the authors show that those pulses were not unpredictable but expected given a strong scaling...
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July 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
As the mean rate of forest disturbance is increasing, so does its temporal variance. Proof that Taylor's law also applies to disturbance ecology, and a warning of more severe future extremes. Paper led by @corneliussenf.bsky.social w/ @tommaso-jucker.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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I have spent the last 24 hours looking at media reports and social media posts about the Texas Hill County tragedy and being appalled by the level of misinformation I am seeing. I have tried to put together an updated, more reasoned summary I hope you'll read.
open.substack.com/pub/balanced...
open.substack.com/pub/balanced...
Latest on Texas Hill Country flood tragedy
Chantal makes landfall in South Carolina
open.substack.com
July 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I have spent the last 24 hours looking at media reports and social media posts about the Texas Hill County tragedy and being appalled by the level of misinformation I am seeing. I have tried to put together an updated, more reasoned summary I hope you'll read.
open.substack.com/pub/balanced...
open.substack.com/pub/balanced...
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July 5, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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My mom and stepdad are from the same diaspora group as Zohran Mamdani’s dad (same like “my stepdad was kicked out of the same town and knows some of his classmates”) and apparently the New York Times doesn’t understand how diaspora works, so I am going to tell you a little about my mom’s people!
July 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
My mom and stepdad are from the same diaspora group as Zohran Mamdani’s dad (same like “my stepdad was kicked out of the same town and knows some of his classmates”) and apparently the New York Times doesn’t understand how diaspora works, so I am going to tell you a little about my mom’s people!