The Atmospheric Sciences Research Center will be hosting Jeff Freedman, one of our own research faculty at the University at Albany as a part of the Ray Falconer Lecture series. He will be discussing The 2024 Solar Eclipse: a New York Perspective.
Abstract: On April 8th, parts of New York will observe a total solar eclipse for the first time since January 24th, 1925. As part of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) National Eclipse Balloon Project, the University at Albany, led by a team of undergraduate students under the mentorship of faculty from ASRC, the New York State Mesonet (NYSM), and the Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, will stage balloon launches at Fort Drum, New York to observe the effects of the eclipse on the atmospheric boundary layer and regions above. Here, we present a preliminary analysis of observations collected, integrating data collected from the student-launched balloons with measurements from the NYSM, and additional measurements made by a team from the National Science Foundation's National Center for Atmospheric Research deployed at three sites in New York (including one at the University at Albany). Note that the next time the path of totality passes through any part of New York will be on May 1st, 2079.