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Chasing thundersnow could lead to more accurate forecasts
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The job of one University of Missouri researcher could chill to the bone, but his research could make weather predicting more accurate. Patrick Market, associate professor of atmospheric science in the College ...
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NASA works to improve short-term weather forecasts
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Jul 21, 2008 |
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Sometimes seconds count. If a furious, tornado-spitting thunderstorm was bearing down on your home town, a few moments might make all the difference in the world.
Balloons 'bombard' North Alabama landfill to collect data, improve tornado warnings
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May 06, 2008 |
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Three hot-air balloons dropped asphalt shingles, lumber, sticks, leaves and pine needles onto the Morgan County Landfill near here on Sunday so scientists at The University of Alabama in Huntsville could gather data needed ...
Changing jet streams may alter paths of storms and hurricanes
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Apr 16, 2008 |
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The Earth’s jet streams, the high-altitude bands of fast winds that strongly influence the paths of storms and other weather systems, are shifting—possibly in response to global warming. Scientists at the Carnegie Institution ...
CT Scan To Help Scientists Diagnose Role of Clouds in Climate
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May 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- During May and June 2009, scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, and the University of Colorado at Boulder will use high-tech ...
Cosmic rays detected deep underground reveal secrets of the upper atmosphere (Video)
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Jan 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Cosmic-rays detected half a mile underground in a disused U.S. iron-mine can be used to detect major weather events occurring 20 miles up in the Earth's upper atmosphere, a new study has revealed.
High-Flying Balloons Track Hurricane Formation
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Aug 31, 2006 |
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The eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean is out of range for U.S. hurricane-hunter aircraft, and forecasters have little skill predicting which systems brewing there will develop into hurricanes, atmospheric scientists ...
Texas A&M prof to predict weather on Mars
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 04, 2009 |
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Is there such a thing as "weather" on Mars? There are some doubts, considering the planet's atmosphere is only 1 percent as dense as that of the Earth. Mars, however, definitely has clouds, drastically low temperatures and ...
A new twist on tornado study
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May 12, 2009 |
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Funny thing about tornadoes. When they ought to drop out of the sky, they usually don't. Despite all the radar looking for them, no one quite knows when or where they'll appear.
Rapid temperature increases above the Antarctic
Mar 31, 2006 |
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Antarctica's atmosphere is heating up three times faster than the earth average, British scientists said after a 30-year study released Thursday.
Global Warming Models Come Under Physicist's Scrutiny
Jul 30, 2004 |
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Two University of Rochester studies published in the latest issue of Geophysical Research Letters underline how uncertain and complex the understanding of global climate can be. Both reports emphasize some of the shortcomings in cur ...
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