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.

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.

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.

Researchers at ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´³öÆ· (UAH) have published a paper in the Nature journal Communications Earth & 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.

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?

Dr. Josh Wurman, a researcher at ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´³öÆ· (UAH), was recently named to the National Storm Chasing Hall of Fame (NSCHoF).

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 Geneva State Forest in South Alabama.

The Flexible Array of Radars and Mesonets (FARM) team, part of the Severe Weather Institute – Radar & 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.

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.

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.