UAH graduate student maps water in African desert
Aug 07, 2017
For thousands of generations, Africans concerned about their water supply looked to passing clouds for relief. Now, thanks in part to NASA's SERVIR program and several students and researchers at UAH, many of Africa's leaders will increasingly be l...
UAH designated Center of Academic Excellence in geospatial sciences
Aug 01, 2017
The Department of Atmospheric Science at UAH has been named a Center of Academic Excellence (CAE) in geospatial sciences by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and the U.S. Geological Survey. ...
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 ...
UAH team plans solar eclipse trip to study eclipse-related weather
Jul 06, 2017
In August, a team of researchers and students from UAH will join scientists and tourists from around the world streaming into the path of a total solar eclipse that will span the U.S. from coast to coast. ...
Zank awarded the International Space Science Institute’s Johannes Geiss Fellowship
Jun 27, 2017
Dr. Gary Zank, who serves as both chair of the Department of Space Science and the director of the Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research at UAH, has been named the 2017 recipient of the International Space Science Institute’s Johannes Ge...
NASA fellowship will fund UAH space science student’s research on solar wind
Jun 20, 2017
Bofeng Tang, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Space Science at UAH, has received a 2017/2018 NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship (NESSF) to fund his research into the transport of electrons and electron heat flux in the solar wind. The pr...
Satellite data finds peak in a daily lightning cycle
Jun 08, 2017
No matter where you are on middle Earth, there is a daily cycle to both the frequency and the power of lightning. ...
UAH's Sarthak Dasadia completes prestigious New York Data Incubator program
Jun 01, 2017
Sarthak Dasadia ('17 PhD Physics) a post-doctoral researcher (Physicist and Data Scientist) at UAH recently completed a prestigious data science fellowship, The Data Incubator (TDI) 2017. ...
UAH, NASA partner in climate research that’s essential here and abroad
May 17, 2017
Developing countries count on a solid partnership between UAH and NASA to manage climate risks and land use. ...