/essc/essc-news 2025-11-22T15:11:22-06:00 UAH webmaster@uah.edu Joomla! - Open Source Content Management 2025-10-31T07:08:21-05:00 2025-10-31T07:08:21-05:00 /essc/essc-news/19835-uah-student-publishes-groundbreaking-hurricane-study-improving-accuracy-hurricane-wind-estimates-after-landfall Paola Pinto

<p><img src="//images/Zeb-1-720.jpg" alt="Zeb Leffler stands in front of UAH’s Mobile Alabama X-Band Radar" width="720" height="405" loading="lazy"></p><!-- BEGIN Intro Text --> <p>A paper authored by University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) graduate student Zeb Leffler has been published in the Geophysical Research Letters, a journal of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), showcasing the university’s growing impact on advancing hurricane research.</p> <!--// END Intro Text -->

<p><img src="//images/Zeb-1-720.jpg" alt="Zeb Leffler stands in front of UAH’s Mobile Alabama X-Band Radar" width="720" height="405" loading="lazy"></p><!-- BEGIN Intro Text --> <p>A paper authored by University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) graduate student Zeb Leffler has been published in the Geophysical Research Letters, a journal of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), showcasing the university’s growing impact on advancing hurricane research.</p> <!--// END Intro Text --> 2025-10-30T08:08:21-05:00 2025-10-30T08:08:21-05:00 /essc/essc-news/19832-uah-earth-system-science-center-researchers-question-world-record-hottest-temperature-ever-observed Dr. Roy W. Spencer

<p><img src="//images/Death-Valley-720.jpg" alt="World’s record hottest temperature of 134 degrees F was recorded in Death Valley, Calif., on July 10, 1913." width="720" height="405" loading="lazy"></p><!-- BEGIN Intro Text --> <p>A new study published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS) by researchers from ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´³öÆ· (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, calls for invalidating the world record hottest temperature of 134 degrees F recorded in Death Valley, Calif., on July 10, 1913.</p> <!--// END Intro Text -->

<p><img src="//images/Death-Valley-720.jpg" alt="World’s record hottest temperature of 134 degrees F was recorded in Death Valley, Calif., on July 10, 1913." width="720" height="405" loading="lazy"></p><!-- BEGIN Intro Text --> <p>A new study published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS) by researchers from ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´³öÆ· (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, calls for invalidating the world record hottest temperature of 134 degrees F recorded in Death Valley, Calif., on July 10, 1913.</p> <!--// END Intro Text --> 2025-09-25T14:08:21-05:00 2025-09-25T14:08:21-05:00 /essc/essc-news/19759-uah-researcher-receives-ams-award-advances-hurricane-science-and-forecasting Paola Pinto

<p><img src="//images/Chen-award-720.jpg" alt="Dr. Xiaomin Chen and his student Zeb Leffler in front of UAH’s Mobile Alabama X-Band Radar" width="720" height="405" loading="lazy"></p><!-- BEGIN Intro Text --> <p>Dr. Xiaomin Chen, an assistant professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Earth Science and ​​principal investigator in the Earth System Science Center at ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´³öÆ· (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, has been recognized with the Banner I. Miller Award from the American Meteorological Society, one of the highest honors in hurricane science.</p> <!--// END Intro Text -->

<p><img src="//images/Chen-award-720.jpg" alt="Dr. Xiaomin Chen and his student Zeb Leffler in front of UAH’s Mobile Alabama X-Band Radar" width="720" height="405" loading="lazy"></p><!-- BEGIN Intro Text --> <p>Dr. Xiaomin Chen, an assistant professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Earth Science and ​​principal investigator in the Earth System Science Center at ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´³öÆ· (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, has been recognized with the Banner I. Miller Award from the American Meteorological Society, one of the highest honors in hurricane science.</p> <!--// END Intro Text --> 2025-07-23T08:08:21-05:00 2025-07-23T08:08:21-05:00 /essc/essc-news/19588-uah-first-of-its-kind-study-shows-air-quality-data-derived-from-megacities-are-not-accurate-when-applied-to-u-s-urban-centers Russ Nelson

<p><img src="//images/Lee-Tiszenkel-720.jpg" alt="Dr. Lee Tiszenkel, a UAH alumnus at the UAH Earth Systems Science Center, performs field research in Houston, Texas, focused on atmospheric ultrafine particles that can impact urban air quality" width="720" height="405" loading="lazy"></p><!-- BEGIN Intro Text --> <p>Researchers at ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´³öÆ· (UAH) have published a paper in the Nature journal Communications Earth &amp; Environment that demonstrates for the first time that using data gathered on atmospheric particles from Chinese megacities to characterize air quality for U.S. urban centers leads to significant inaccuracies.</p> <!--// END Intro Text -->

<p><img src="//images/Lee-Tiszenkel-720.jpg" alt="Dr. Lee Tiszenkel, a UAH alumnus at the UAH Earth Systems Science Center, performs field research in Houston, Texas, focused on atmospheric ultrafine particles that can impact urban air quality" width="720" height="405" loading="lazy"></p><!-- BEGIN Intro Text --> <p>Researchers at ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´³öÆ· (UAH) have published a paper in the Nature journal Communications Earth &amp; Environment that demonstrates for the first time that using data gathered on atmospheric particles from Chinese megacities to characterize air quality for U.S. urban centers leads to significant inaccuracies.</p> <!--// END Intro Text --> 2025-05-02T08:08:21-05:00 2025-05-02T08:08:21-05:00 /essc/essc-news/19463-uah-researchers-climate-study-quantifies-urban-heat-island-effect-for-the-first-time Dr. Roy W. Spencer

<p><img src="/" alt="Left to Right: UAH’s Dr. John Christy reviews climate model data with Dr. Roy W. Spencer"></p><!-- BEGIN Intro Text --> <p>A new research study from ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´³öÆ·, a part of The University of Alabama System, addresses the question, how much have urban areas warmed from the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect?</p> <!--// END Intro Text -->

<p><img src="/" alt="Left to Right: UAH’s Dr. John Christy reviews climate model data with Dr. Roy W. Spencer"></p><!-- BEGIN Intro Text --> <p>A new research study from ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´³öÆ·, a part of The University of Alabama System, addresses the question, how much have urban areas warmed from the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect?</p> <!--// END Intro Text --> 2025-04-09T08:17:28-05:00 2025-04-09T08:17:28-05:00 /essc/essc-news/19410-uah-dr-josh-wurman-earns-spot-national-storm-chasing-hall-of-fame Paola Pinto

<p><img src="/" alt="Dr. Josh Wurman presenting at the National Storm Chasing Summit"></p><!-- BEGIN Intro Text --> <p>Dr. Josh Wurman, a researcher at ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´³öÆ· (UAH), was recently named to the National Storm Chasing Hall of Fame (NSCHoF).</p> <!-- // END Intro Text -->

<p><img src="/" alt="Dr. Josh Wurman presenting at the National Storm Chasing Summit"></p><!-- BEGIN Intro Text --> <p>Dr. Josh Wurman, a researcher at ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´³öÆ· (UAH), was recently named to the National Storm Chasing Hall of Fame (NSCHoF).</p> <!-- // END Intro Text --> 2025-03-24T08:17:28-05:00 2025-03-24T08:17:28-05:00 /essc/essc-news/19355-fighting-fire-with-science-uah-and-nasa-forge-groundbreaking-fire-management-collaboration-in-south-alabama Paola Pinto

<p><img src="/" alt="Sensors provide critical insights into how soil moisture influences fire dynamics."></p><!-- BEGIN Intro Text --> <p>Researchers from ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´³öÆ· (UAH), part of The University of Alabama System, have partnered with the Alabama Forestry Commission and NASA’s FireSense initiative to study prescribed burns in the&nbsp;Geneva State Forest in South Alabama.</p> <!-- // END Intro Text -->

<p><img src="/" alt="Sensors provide critical insights into how soil moisture influences fire dynamics."></p><!-- BEGIN Intro Text --> <p>Researchers from ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´³öÆ· (UAH), part of The University of Alabama System, have partnered with the Alabama Forestry Commission and NASA’s FireSense initiative to study prescribed burns in the&nbsp;Geneva State Forest in South Alabama.</p> <!-- // END Intro Text --> 2025-02-25T11:17:28-06:00 2025-02-25T11:17:28-06:00 /essc/essc-news/19317-uah-secures-5m-for-groundbreaking-radar-instrumentation-and-hail-research Paola Pinto

<p><img src="/" alt="The C-band on Wheels a blue truck-mounted radar that collects weather data. It&#039;s part of the Doppler on Wheels (DOW) fleet."></p><!-- BEGIN Intro Text --> <p>The Flexible Array of Radars and Mesonets (FARM) team, part of the Severe Weather Institute – Radar &amp; Lightning Laboratories (SWIRLL) at ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´³öƷ’s (UAH) Earth System and Science Center (ESSC), has been awarded three grants totaling $5 million to support critical instruments and one of the most ambitious hail studies ever conducted.</p> <!-- // END Intro Text -->

<p><img src="/" alt="The C-band on Wheels a blue truck-mounted radar that collects weather data. It&#039;s part of the Doppler on Wheels (DOW) fleet."></p><!-- BEGIN Intro Text --> <p>The Flexible Array of Radars and Mesonets (FARM) team, part of the Severe Weather Institute – Radar &amp; Lightning Laboratories (SWIRLL) at ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´³öƷ’s (UAH) Earth System and Science Center (ESSC), has been awarded three grants totaling $5 million to support critical instruments and one of the most ambitious hail studies ever conducted.</p> <!-- // END Intro Text --> 2024-12-06T08:17:28-06:00 2024-12-06T08:17:28-06:00 /essc/essc-news/19160-uah-scientists-help-unveil-dynamic-gamma-ray-emissions-in-tropical-thunderclouds Paola Pinto

<p><img src="/" alt="Artistic view of a NASA plane flying over gamma ray-glowing clouds in the Caribbean"></p><!-- BEGIN Intro Text --> <p>Researchers from the Earth System Science Center (ESSC) at ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´³öÆ· (UAH) have partnered with atmospheric scientists from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) to make groundbreaking discoveries about gamma-ray emissions from thunderstorms.</p> <!-- // END Intro Text -->

<p><img src="/" alt="Artistic view of a NASA plane flying over gamma ray-glowing clouds in the Caribbean"></p><!-- BEGIN Intro Text --> <p>Researchers from the Earth System Science Center (ESSC) at ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´³öÆ· (UAH) have partnered with atmospheric scientists from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) to make groundbreaking discoveries about gamma-ray emissions from thunderstorms.</p> <!-- // END Intro Text --> 2024-11-21T08:17:28-06:00 2024-11-21T08:17:28-06:00 /essc/essc-news/19126-uah-atmospheric-researchers-find-disadvantaged-urban-populations-subject-to-greater-heat-stress-poor-air-quality Russ Nelson

<p><img src="/" alt="Land cover maps from 2001 and 2019 in the Houston Metropolitan Area"></p><!-- BEGIN Intro Text --> <p>Researchers at ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´³öÆ· (UAH) have employed a NASA open-source program to reveal that disadvantaged populations may be subject to greater heat stress and poor air quality.</p> <!-- // END Intro Text -->

<p><img src="/" alt="Land cover maps from 2001 and 2019 in the Houston Metropolitan Area"></p><!-- BEGIN Intro Text --> <p>Researchers at ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´³öÆ· (UAH) have employed a NASA open-source program to reveal that disadvantaged populations may be subject to greater heat stress and poor air quality.</p> <!-- // END Intro Text -->