Summertime in Washoe County can be hot and smoky. People that have a central air-conditioning (AC) unit at home can run it to keep the air cool and clean. People that don’t have AC have a harder time protecting their health. The purpose of this project is to learn how heat and smoke impact the health of people that don’t have AC. This will help us know how to help them protect their health.
Project Description Mountain Rain or Snow is a community-powered research project that aims to improve our tools for predicting winter precipitation. Community observers throughout the country submit real-time observations of rain, snow, and mixed precipitation,...
Project Description The North American Monsoon (NAM) is a large-scale feature having a strong impact on summer rainfall patterns and amounts over North America. For example, it supplies about 60%-80%, 45% and 35% of the annual precipitation for northwestern Mexico,...
The PI-SWERL, which stands for Portable In-Situ Wind ERosion Lab, has been in development at DRI since 2000. The PI-SWERL concept was motivated by the need for a portable device to test and measure the potential for wind erosion and dust emissions from real-world...