UAH AMS Chapter Honored
For the fifth time in six years, the UAH student chapter of the American Meteorological Society has been recognized as one of the top chapters in…
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Huang rides UAH-to-TEMPO pipeline
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. When Guanyu Huang arrived in Boston, he became the third atmospheric science doctoral graduate to ride what might now be considered a “pipeline”…
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Mecikalski wins presentation award
Retha Mecikalski, a doctoral student in atmospheric science, won the best student presentation award at the seventh Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data…
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Sudden jump in a storm’s lightning might warn a supercell is forming
PHOENIX (Jan. 7, 2015) — A sudden “jump” in the number of lightning strikes inside a garden-variety thunderstorm might soon give forecasters a new tool for predicting severe…
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Gamma-ray flashes from lightning are both more complex, common
SAN FRANCISCO (Dec. 17, 2014) — Early evidence shows there is nothing at all special about thunderstorms whose cloud-to-cloud lightning bolts produce flashes of gamma rays,…
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ESS thesis chosen for grad school contest
The first graduate from UAH’s Earth system science graduate program continues to earn accolades: Eric Anderson’s M.S. thesis has been chosen to be UAH’s entry in…
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ESS students win von Braun prizes
Research can take a person to unexpected places. For instance, neither Jeanné le Roux or Chris Phillips expected their summer undergraduate research projects to take them to the…
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Etten-Bohm named EPA fellow
As a child growing up in central Alabama, Montana Etten-Bohm knew when she was 7 years old that she wanted to study the weather. “When there were tornado warnings,…
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UAH research featured in BAMS
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (Aug. 22, 2014) — A summary of data collected during the deadly tornado outbreak of April 27, 2011, by scientists and students at The University of Alabama in…
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UAH’s Gregory will receive NASA Public Service Medal
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (Aug. 13, 2014) — Dr. John Gregory, who for more than 45 years at UAH has taught and conducted research reaching from subatomic particles into the farthest…
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Kozlowski to intern at Southwest
Danielle Kozlowski, a student in the atmospheric science M.S. program, will spend the fall semester helping meteorologists at Southwest Airlines steer their flights out of the…
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Maintenance on a lightning detector…
Jeff Burchfield, left, and Kelcy Brunner-Miller, a research assistant and a graduate student in UAH’s Earth System Science Center, perform routine maintenance on a lightning…
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New science dean drove to his ‘airport interview’
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (June 2, 2014) — Having an office on campus and a house in town didn’t exempt Sundar Christopher from an “airport interview” at Huntsville…
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3 win research funding from UAH
Faculty and research staff affiliated with the Earth System Science Center and the Atmospheric Science Department won four internal research grants this spring worth more than…
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Estes joins NASA tuna study
You can’t see a tuna from outer space, but that isn’t stopping NASA and UAH from lending a hand in efforts to protect tuna and their tiny larvae in the Gulf of Mexico.…
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3 undergrads to spend summer in research
A U.S. Navy veteran who spent a decade “helping needy people all over the world” is one of three Earth system science undergraduates who will spend this summer…
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Markert to present research at ASPRS
Kel Markert, a senior Earth System Science major, will present findings from a summer 2013 research project with the NASA DEVELOP program to a special session at the American…
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Wade named top GRA in College of Science
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Ryan Wade, a doctoral candidate from the Mississippi Gulf coast who is in Alabama studying snow storms, has been named the top graduate research assistant in…
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UAH professor wins prestigious NSF grant
Dr. Udaysankar Nair, an assistant professor in UAH’s Atmospheric Science Department, has been awarded an almost $750,000 Faculty Early Career Development grant from the…
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Landslide sensors at UAH may save lives worldwide
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (Oct. 24, 2013) — Using technology found in cell phones, inexpensive sensors being tested at Monte Sano State Park might one day soon save lives by giving…
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Study of April 27, 2011, tornadoes affirms theories about the causes
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (Oct. 2, 2013) — The atmosphere in the southeastern U.S. was primed for disaster in late April 2011. Conditions were almost perfect for a massive outbreak of…
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Water Quality Workshops at the ESSC
The Earth System Science Center played host Friday and Saturday to water quality workshops sponsored by the Flint River Conservation Association and conducted by the Auburn…
Student’s research on hail ‘scars’ to be presented at Suomi event
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (Oct. 27, 2014) — Using data from an instrument aboard a 3-year-old satellite, graduate student Jordan Bell is developing a system to detect and…
UAH AMS Chapter Honored
ESS students win von Braun prizes
Etten-Bohm named EPA fellow
Maintenance on a lightning detector…
UAH to collaborate with NOAA cooperative institute
UAH has initiated a number of research collaborations with the NOAA-supported Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites (CICS), which open research and funding opportunities for researchers…
AMS honors Huang presentation
Guanyu Huang, a doctoral candidate in atmospheric science at UAH, has been honored by the American Meteorological Society for a scientific talk he presented in Atlanta…
UAH developing system to predict lightning
Millions of people who work or play outdoors might one day soon have a new tool to help them reduce the risk of being struck by…
Lightning jump might give warning of violent weather before radar can
ATLANTA, Ga. (Feb. 3, 2014) — A sudden increase in lightning strokes inside a thunderstorm might one day soon give forecasters five to 20 minutes of…
Baron Services to provide internships for UAH students
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (Jan. 31, 2014) – Students at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) will gain real-world experience through internships, and the university will do…
