UAH will have a major presence at the 2014 American Meteorological Society (AMS) annual meeting in Atlanta during the first week of February. About 50 UAH faculty members, scientists and students are scheduled to participate in the conference, presenting 50 talks and posters on research in UAH's Earth System Science Center (ESSC) and the Department of Atmospheric Science, and with research collaborators. Research topics to be presented range from using lightning counts for forecasting severe weather to air pollution monitoring, climate change and developing specialized computer applications for tracking weather events. "This is an excellent opportunity for the department and ESSC to show the work we are doing here at UAH," said Dr. Sundar Christopher, chairman of UAH's Atmospheric Science Department.