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UAH student publishes groundbreaking hurricane study improving accuracy of hurricane wind estimates after landfall

Fri, 31 Oct 2025 07:08:21 -0500

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.

UAH Earth System Science Center researchers question world record for hottest temperature ever observed

Thu, 30 Oct 2025 08:08:21 -0500

A new study published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS) by researchers from ��ԭ��Ʒ (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.

UAH researcher receives AMS award for advances in hurricane science and forecasting

Thu, 25 Sep 2025 14:08:21 -0500

Dr. Xiaomin Chen, an assistant professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Earth Science and principal investigator in the Earth System Science Center at ��ԭ��Ʒ (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.

UAH first-of-its-kind study shows air quality data derived from megacities are not accurate when applied to U.S. urban centers

Wed, 23 Jul 2025 08:08:21 -0500

Researchers at ��ԭ��Ʒ (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.

UAH students receive prestigious national scholarships, fellowships in spring 2025

Mon, 07 Jul 2025 07:08:21 -0500

Nine undergraduate and graduate students at ��ԭ��Ʒ (UAH) received national scholarships and fellowships during the spring 2025 semester.

UAH announces promotion, tenure awards for 2025-26, past year’s grants of emeritus status

Wed, 11 Jun 2025 09:08:21 -0500

��ԭ��Ʒ (UAH) announced awards of tenure and/or promotion for 22 faculty members and recognized eight who were granted emeritus status over the past year at the University Awards for Excellence.

Outstanding UAH faculty, staff celebrated at 2025 University Awards for Excellence event

Fri, 06 Jun 2025 08:08:21 -0500

��ԭ��Ʒ (UAH) celebrated 14 faculty and staff members for their outstanding achievements during the 2024-25 academic year at the 2025 University Awards for Excellence ceremony on May 1.

UAH researcher offers novel model to better understand the nature of hurricane landfalls, enhancing predictions and public safety

Mon, 09 Jun 2025 08:08:21 -0500

Dr. Xiaomin Chen, a researcher at ��ԭ��Ʒ, has published a paper in Geophysical Research Letters, a journal of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), that offers a new model capable of resolving turbulence and eddies within hurricanes as they transition from water to land.

UAH researchers’ climate study quantifies Urban Heat Island warming effects related to population density for the first time

Fri, 02 May 2025 08:08:21 -0500

A new research study from ��ԭ��Ʒ, a part of The University of Alabama System, addresses the question, how much have urban areas warmed from the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect?

UAH’s Dr. Josh Wurman earns spot in National Storm Chasing Hall of Fame

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 08:17:28 -0500

Dr. Josh Wurman, a researcher at ��ԭ��Ʒ (UAH), was recently named to the National Storm Chasing Hall of Fame (NSCHoF).