CIRES highlights at AMS 2026
Scientists present weather, water, and climate science in Houston, Texas

The American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual Meeting 2026 is almost here! Every year, CIRES scientists and colleagues present important work about weather, water, and climate science. Explore our selection of talks and posters led by CIRES researchers during the upcoming meeting at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas.
- Presenter: Guoqing Ge (NOAA Global Systems Laboratory)
- Time: 9:45 - 10:00 am CT
- Room: 371A
- Presenter: Dongwok Kim (CU Boulder Chemistry)
- Time: 11:30 - 11:45 am CT
- Room: 332C
- Presenter: W. Massey Bartolini (NOAA Weather Prediction Center)
- Time: 11:30 - 11:45 am CT
- Room: 381A
- Presenter: Jason English (NOAA Global Systems Laboratory)
- Time: 1:45 - 2:00 pm CT
- Room: 351B
- Presenter: Ruby Burgess (CU Boulder Chemistry)
- Time: 2:00 - 2:15 pm CT
- Room: 332C
- Presenter: Kara Hartig (CU Boulder Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences)
- Time: 3:00 - 4:00 pm CT
- Location: Hall B3
Examining Drought from the Demand Side for Improved Food Security Analyses
- Presenter: Mike Hobbins (NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory)
- Time: 5:15 - 5:30 pm CT
- Room: 352A
- Presenter: Katie Smith (NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory)
- Time: 5:45 - 6:00 pm CT
- Room: 352F
The Development of an Urban Rain Rate Dashboard (URRD)
- Presenter: Erica Bower (NOAA Weather Prediction Center)
- Time: 9:00 - 9:15 am CT
- Room: 332A
- Presenter: Ellie Browne (CIRES Fellow; CU Boulder Chemistry)
- Time: 9:30 - 9:45 am CT
- Room: 342E
- Presenter: Stan Benjamin (CIRES Fellow)
- Time: 5:00 - 5:15 pm CT
- Room: 362C
- Presenter: Bianca Adler (NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory)
- Time: 5:30 - 5:45 pm CT
- Room: 352A
Tyranny of the Tiny: Extreme Rainfall from a Watershed Point of View
- Presenter: James Correia (NOAA Weather Prediction Center)
- Time: 8:45 - 9:00 am CT
- Room: 332B
The NOAA-USGS Geoelectric Model: supporting resilience in the power grid against Space Weather
- Presenter: Jordan Guerra Aguilera (NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center)
- Time: 9:00 - 9:15 am CT
- Room: 320C
- Presenter: Sarah Marie Trojiniak (NOAA National Weather Service & Weather Prediction Center)
- Time: 9:45 - 10:00 am CT
- Room: 332B
- Presenter: Nell Schafer (CU Boulder Chemistry and NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory)
- Time: 1:45 - 2:00 pm CT
- Room: 332C
- Presenter: William Dresser (CU Boulder Chemistry)
- Time: 2:30 - 2:45 pm CT
- Room: 332C
From Research to Application: Drought Indicator Importance by Location and Season
- Presenter: Molly Woloszyn (National Integrated Drought Information System)
- Time: 5:00 - 5:15 pm CT
- Room: 332A
Advancing Fire Weather Prediction with a Machine Learning–Based Wildfire Emission System
- Presenter: Li Zhang (NOAA Global Systems Laboratory)
- Time: 5:15 - 5:30 pm CT
- Room: 322A
- Presenter: Mike Hobbins (NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory)
- Time: 8:45 - 9:00 am CT
- Room: 372A
Characterizing PyroCb-Processed Aerosol and Its Influence on the Stratosphere
- Presenter: Georgia Michailoudi (NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory)
- Time: 9:30 - 10:00 am CT
- Room: 372E
- Presenter: Congmeng Lyu (NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory)
- Time: 2:15 - 2:30 pm CT
- Room: 332C
- Presenter: Molly Smith (NOAA Global Systems Laboratory)
- Time: 2:15 - 2:30 pm CT
- Room: 362C
- Presenter: Sunil Baidar (NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory)
- Time: 3:00 - 4:00 pm CT
- Location: Hall B3