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Sue Estes

NASA awards Exceptional Public Service Medal to ESSC’s Sue Estes

Oct 15, 2020

NASA has awarded its Exceptional Public Service Medal to Sue Estes, a research scientist at the Earth System Science Center (ESSC) at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, who also has a role at ...


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UAH interim science dean gets $600,000 to create more accurate analysis of soil moisture

Sep 10, 2020

A two-year, $600,000 grant to create a more accurate analysis of soil moisture for drought depiction, agricultural assessments and flood potential has been awarded to the interim dean of the College of Science at The University of Alabama in Huntsv...


Alaska wildfires and Iowa droughts  topics for NASA DEVELOP presentations

Alaska wildfires and Iowa droughts topics for NASA DEVELOP presentations

Apr 03, 2019

Three students and one alumna at UAH recently made presentations to NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) officials regarding their research as part of the UAH-hosted MSFC node of NASA DEVELOP. ...


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Can Billions of Corn Plants Affect the Weather in Nebraska?

Jul 11, 2018

When thinking of irrigation, most people imagine the huge dry valleys of California – Sacramento, San Joaquin, Coachella, Imperial – where so much of our food and fiber is grown. However, it is the state of Nebraska that slakes the thirst of mo...


Shah wins Woods Hole fellowship

Shah wins Woods Hole fellowship

May 11, 2018

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — From the choked air of Mumbai, India, to the mostly untracked rain forests of Ecuador and the Amazon River basin, UAH’s Ankur Shah is trying to find a sustainable balance between living a modern, high technology lifestyle and...


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Large hailstone is now official state record, and 1st entry in Alabama’s new hail dataset

Apr 13, 2018

A large hailstone that fell in Cullman County on March 19 is now officially the largest recorded hailstone to fall in Alabama. ...


Earth system science students at UAH serve as team members on NASA’s EarthKAM project

Earth system science students at UAH serve as team members on NASA’s EarthKAM project

Mar 15, 2018

What does a hurricane look like from 400 kilometers above the Earth’s surface? What do images taken of the ice caps over the past few years tell us about how they’ve changed? These are the types of questions that middle school students in dozen...


Dr. Hugh Christian

Lightning mapping sensor will provide UAH scientists with unique stereo view

Feb 27, 2018

With the scheduled March 1 launch of a new weather satellite, scientists at UAH are looking forward to getting a unique stereo view of lightning in storms over the United States. ...


UAH staff, students answer call for help after hurricanes

UAH staff, students answer call for help after hurricanes

Dec 15, 2017

For almost two months after Hurricane Maria came ashore in Puerto Rico and threw the island into darkness, UAH's Lori Schultz and Jordan Bell watched the lights come back on. ...


Helen Baldwin Zook

UAH undergrad co-leads project using satellite images of Thailand

Aug 18, 2017

Can an astronaut in space look down at a spot on the Earth and tell if the people living there are wealthy or poor? ...


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