Internship https://www.ladco.org Sat, 20 Jul 2024 15:30:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 LADCO 2024 Summer Intern: Self Organizing Maps https://www.ladco.org/ladco-2024-summer-intern-self-organizing-maps/ Fri, 19 Jul 2024 16:23:16 +0000 https://www.ladco.org/?p=10765 Decoding Midwest June PM2.5 Events: A Self-Organizing Map Approach to Meteorological Analysis

Wednesday July 24, 2024 @ 11:00 – noon Central (Teams Link)

Victor Geiser, LADCO Summer-2024 Intern

Abstract: In this study, we used Self Organizing Maps (SOMs) for analyzing the meteorological conditions during June days from 2019 through 2023 and associated PM2.5 concentrations in the Midwest. Through an understanding of synoptic scale meteorological patterns and an introspective look at the vertical structure of the atmosphere, we gauge common and less common weather patterns for various levels of PM2.5 concentrations including those influenced significantly by wildfire smoke transported into the LADCO region.

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