UAH Earth system science student does the “research sprint”
Jul 20, 2017
When you have only three months to complete a research project, it can feel like a 12-week sprint – especially if the project includes building hardware. "You have to work quickly, and half the time I was building equipment," says Julian Longoria...
UAH part of team researching tropical trees hit by lightning
Jul 13, 2017
Trees and lightning generally don't play well together. However, while many trees struck by lightning explode or ignite or are otherwise instantly killed, other trees (especially in the tropics) seem less effected by lightning strikes and live for ...
VORTEX-SE tornado study brings 11 institutions to UAH
Mar 23, 2017
The mysteries of severe weather in the southeastern U.S. — and why tornadoes kill and injure more people here than any other part of the country — will get an in-depth probe this spring, as researchers from 11 research institutions around the c...
MSc Research Assistantship in Urban Remote Sensing Now Open at UAH
Mar 22, 2017
Applications are invited for a 2-year graduate research assistant at the Master’s level beginning summer/fall 2017 in the Earth System Science (ESS) or Atmospheric Science (ATS) program of the Department of Atmospheric Science at UAH. ...
UAH undergrads to launch balloons for Vortex-SE tornado research
Mar 21, 2017
Bad weather in March, April and early May will bring a virtual cloud of weather balloons to North Alabama, as scientists from around the U.S. gather to study the challenges of predicting which storms spin up tornadoes across the Southeastern states...
Lightning sensor launch Saturday brings decades of work to fruition
Feb 15, 2017
In the mid 1990s, when NASA built two identical Lightning Imaging Sensors (just in case), Dr. Hugh Christian planned all along to send the flight spare into space. ...
Radar study targeting wind events at NASA, Air Force launch facilities
Feb 09, 2017
Rockets rolling to their launch towers at both the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida (and the people who work on them) may soon be a little bit safer, thanks to research in the Atmospheric Science Departmen...
Daniel wins AGU competition in visualization, story telling
Nov 17, 2016
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (Nov. 17, 2016) — Mid-December is going to be a busy time for UAH Earth system science major Allison Daniel. Right after graduation on Sunday, Dec. 11, she has to hop on a flight to San Francisco to attend the winter meeting...
Daniel wins AGU competition in visualization, story telling
Nov 22, 2016
Mid-December is going to be a busy time for University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) Earth system science major Allison Daniel. ...
GLM launch will cap 36 years from idea to flight for UAH researcher
Nov 18, 2016
Dr. Hugh Christian is getting ready to watch 36 years of work rocket into space as science awaits the opportunity to better monitor the intensity and progress of storms to save lives and property on Earth. ...