Researchers are bridging hydropower data gaps for unrivaled forecasting precision to support grid resilience.

By improving the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF)-Solar model, this project aims to reduce forecast errors, improve sub-grid scale variability estimates, and more accurately estimate forecast uncertainty.

IrrigationViz is a visual decision-support tool that provides users with high-level estimates for irrigation modernization projects, such as concrete lining for a canal or replacing a canal with a pipeline.

The Isotope Program at PNNL supports scientific advances in the production and use of radioisotopes for research, medicine, and industrial applications.

The Joint Global Change Research Institute conducts research to advance fundamental understanding of human and Earth systems and provide decision-relevant information for management of emerging global risks and opportunities.

PNNL administers two research buoys for the U.S. Department of Energy that allows collection of wind meteorological and oceanographic data off the nation's coasts.

PNNL is heavily engaged in the development and use of mass spectrometry technology across its science, energy, and security missions, from fundamental research through mature operational capabilities.

PNNL is a testbed for the latest research and technologies in marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR)—leveraging the ocean’s strength as a natural carbon sink to address pressing climate concerns.

Research efforts at PNNL to co-locate marine energy with aquaculture developments for more sustainable operations.

Advancing the understanding and monitoring of nuclear material processing to accelerate development and qualification of new material systems for national security and nuclear energy.

The Mathematics for Artificial Reasoning in Science (MARS) initiative seeks to complement machine learning and deep learning to advance science.

Mega AI seeks to develop massive-scale, self-supervised, multimodal foundation models of scientific knowledge capable of general-purpose inferences to enable reasoning with existing knowledge and discovery of new knowledge.

The Molecular Observation Network is a national open science network designed to produce a comprehensive database of molecular and microstructural information on soil, water, microbial communities, and biogenic emissions.

RT3D is a software package for simulating three-dimensional, multi-species, reactive transport of chemical compounds (solutes) in groundwater.

The NNSA Graduate Fellowship Program is administered by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and sponsored by the NNSA to provide students with training and practical experience that achieve the NNSA mission.

PNNL's Ocean Dynamics Modeling group studies coastal processes such as marine-hydrokinetic energy, coastal circulations, storm surge and extreme waves, tsunamis, sediment transport and nutrient-macroalgal dynamics.