UAH seeks science behind Sand Mountain tornadoes
Oct 20, 2016
Squeezed upward over the big toe of the Cumberland foothills, wind flowing north in front of a storm system accelerates over Sand Mountain in the northeastern corner of Alabama – until it hits the far edge. ...
New UAH lab seeks answers to particle, cloud mysteries
Oct 06, 2016
A new laboratory at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) is setting out to solve some of the fundamental mysteries about one of the common compounds floating in the atmosphere and what effects (if any) that compound has on climate change. ...
Cross-eyed instrument to help UAH test GLM, study lightning
Oct 06, 2016
Designed to test and validate a lightning sensor set for launch into geostationary orbit in November, a set of sensor "eyes" is nearing completion in labs at The University of Alabama in Huntsville. ...
Four receive UAH New Faculty Research awards
Oct 04, 2016
Four new tenure-track faculty members at UAH will share $39,701 in 2016-17 New Faculty Research awards from UAH's Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development. ...
UAH team readies GLM test unit
Sep 15, 2016
Two pieces of hardware designed to test the next three Geostationary Lightning Mappers (GLM) before they launch have been completed in UAH's Earth System Science Center and shipped to Lockheed Martin. ...
UAH alumnus wins NOAA award
Aug 03, 2012
Jianglong Zhang, '04 Ph.D., atmospheric science, will receive the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's David Johnson Award in March for his innovative work with complex data gathered by satellites. An assistant professor in th...
Murphy honored by College of Science
Aug 03, 2012
Todd Murphy, a doctoral student in atmospheric science, has been named one of the top graduate research assistants in UAHuntsville's College of Science for 2011-12. While his research into storm formation and the April 27, 2011, storms that hit Alab...
Seventh-graders learn about Atmospheric Science
Aug 03, 2012
About 200 seventh graders from Hampton Cove Middle School toured the NSSTC as part of a day-long field trip to learn about careers in science, technology, engineering and math. At Cramer Hall they visited the National Weather Service Office, visited ...
Dr. Nair and student win prestigious award
Aug 03, 2012
Congratulations to Dr. Nair (Assistant Professor, Department of Atmospheric Science) and his student Ms. Foshee on winning the prestigious NASA NESSF award for 2012. The purpose of the NESSF is to ensure continued training of a highly qualified workf...
Dr. Sundar Christopher Interviewed for New Book
Aug 03, 2012
Dr. Sundar Christopher, chair of the Atmospheric Science Department, was featured in an interview in the May 15 edition of the American Geophysical Union magazine EOS talking about his new book, "Navigating Graduate School and Beyond," which is publi...