The FARM team collecting data in a tornado.

UAH becomes the largest mobile radar facility in the U.S. with the addition of the FARM to its deployable weather research fleet

Oct 04, 2024

With the addition of the Flexible Array of Radars and Mesonets (FARM) team to its deployable weather research fleet, the Severe Weather Institute – Radar and Lightning Laboratories (SWIRLL) at UAH will be the largest and most comprehensive mobile...

UAH scientist earns National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) funding to build AI foundation model for heliophysics

UAH scientist earns National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) funding to build AI foundation model for heliophysics

Oct 01, 2024

The award for designing the foundation model includes 650,000 hours of computational time on advanced supercomputing systems, which is worth around $5 million in funding. Dr. Sujit Roy, a computer scientist in the Lab for Applied Science (LAS) at ...

Christopher Kwinta, a master's student in the UAH Department of Atmospheric and Earth Science with his awards for being second top forecaster in North America.

Christopher Kwinta named second top forecaster in North American weather forecasting competition

Aug 07, 2024

Christopher Kwinta, a master's student in Atmospheric and Earth Science at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama system, achieved top honors in the 2023-2024 season in the WxChallenge, a prominent North ...

Dr. Michael Newchurch outside the UAH SWIRLL Building with his instrument truck the Rocket-city Ozone

Professor Newchurch Receives NASA Exceptional Public Service Medal in April 2024 for his in Air-Quality and Atmospheric-Chemistry Research

Jul 24, 2024

Prof. Michael Newchurch, faculty in the Department of Atmospheric and Earth Science and a principal investigator in the Earth System Science Center at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), received the NASA Exceptional Public Service Medal...

A view of the Aug. 21, 2017, total solar eclipse from Madras, Oregon. Credit: NASA/Gopalswamy

Understanding Animal Behavior and Atmospheric Changes during the April 2024 Solar Eclipse

Feb 28, 2024

Three faculty members from the College of Science at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, unveil the mysteries surrounding the solar eclipse and what is to be expected. The upcoming solar eclipse ...

Mariama Feaster, Atmospheric and Earth science graduate

From Atmospheric and Earth Science Graduate to National Weather Service Meteorologist: Mariama Feaster's Journey

Feb 27, 2024

Mariama Feaster's ('23) journey through meteorology is a story of passion, persistence, and purpose. As an alumna of the College of Science at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, she seeks to ins...

Department of Atmospheric and Earth Science at the Trash Panda Stadium for Education Day 2023

Dr. Kevin Knupp Leads UAH's AES Department in Showcasing Cutting-Edge MAPNET Technology at Trash Pandas' 2023 Education Day

Dec 13, 2023

The Department of Atmospheric and Earth Science (AES) at The University of Alabama in Huntsville, part of the University of Alabama System, actively participated in the 2023 Education Day at the Toyota Field with the Trash Pandas team. This collabora...

(L-R) Georgios Priftis, Ankur Kumar, Dr. Udaysankar Nair, and Dr. Sujit Roy discussing the precipitation patterns from the hurricane Harvey (2017)

Ankur Kumar, Ph.D. Student in Atmospheric and Earth Science, Wins AGU Michael H. Freilich Visualization Competition

Dec 07, 2023

Ankur Kumar, a Ph.D. student in the Atmospheric and Earth Science Department at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), part of the University of Alabama System, and a graduate research assistant at the NASA Interagency Implementation and Adva...

Austin Powell, undergraduate student in the Department of Atmospheric and Earth Science

Austin Powell's Journey as A Meteorologist in the Making

Dec 05, 2023

Austin Powell, an undergraduate student in the Department of Atmospheric and Earth Science at the College of Science and also an outstanding Honors College student at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama ...

Sarah Stough and Dr. Daniel Walker in a lab.

UAH researchers win $402K from NASA to study how lightning detected in space relates to thunderstorm strengthening

Nov 29, 2023

Two researchers from The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) Earth System Science Center were recently awarded $402K from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 2022 Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Science to disco...